Breakdown of คู่แข่ง เกทับ ราคา อย่าง ไม่อั้น ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ราคา
price
อย่าง
-ly (adverb former)
คู่แข่ง
the competitor / the rival
ไม่อั้น
unlimitedly
เกทับ
to overbid
Questions & Answers about คู่แข่ง เกทับ ราคา อย่าง ไม่อั้น ค่ะ
What does เกทับ mean literally, and how is it used outside of business?
The word เก comes from card games (meaning to raise the bet or bluff), and ทับ means to place on top of or to crush. Together, เกทับ means to outbid or raise the stakes. In everyday conversation, it is frequently used to mean one-upping someone who is bragging.
I know ไม่ means not, but what does อั้น mean in ไม่อั้น?
อั้น means to suppress, hold back, or retain (often used for holding your breath or holding in pee!). So, ไม่อั้น literally means without holding back. You will often see it used for things like all-you-can-eat buffets (กินไม่อั้น) or, in this case, spending or bidding without limits.
If I want to emphasize that the competitor intends to win the bidding war at all costs, where would I add this lesson's target phrase, ให้ได้?
You would place it at the end of the action phrase, right before the polite particle. The sentence would become คู่แข่งเกทับราคาอย่างไม่อั้นให้ได้ค่ะ. Note that this shifts the meaning slightly from stating a current fact (they are outbidding) to emphasizing their absolute resolve to accomplish the task (they are determined to outbid without limits no matter what).
Could we just say the sentence without the word อย่าง?
Yes! In spoken Thai, อย่าง (which functions like the English -ly suffix to create adverbs) is often dropped. Saying คู่แข่งเกทับราคาไม่อั้น sounds perfectly natural and is very common in casual conversation.
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