Breakdown of เพราะ เขา หักโหม ถึงได้ ป่วย ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
เพราะ
because
ป่วย
sick
หักโหม
to overwork
ถึงได้
that is why
Questions & Answers about เพราะ เขา หักโหม ถึงได้ ป่วย ครับ
How does ถึงได้ change the tone of the sentence compared to using a common word like ก็เลย (so)?
While ก็เลย simply connects a cause to an effect like "so" or "therefore," ถึงได้ is more emphatic. It means "that is the exact reason why." It strongly points back to him overexerting himself as the specific explanation for why he got sick.
Is it necessary to repeat the subject เขา before ป่วย?
No, it is actually more natural to drop it here. In Thai, once the subject (เขา) is established in the first clause, you do not need to repeat it in the result clause, especially immediately following a connector like ถึงได้.
Does the word หักโหม only refer to working too many hours at an office job?
Not necessarily. หักโหม means to overdo something to the point of physical exhaustion or harm. While it often refers to working too hard, it is also commonly used for overtraining at the gym, studying excessively, or doing any activity too intensely.
Can you still use ถึงได้ if you drop เพราะ (because) at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can completely drop เพราะ in everyday speech. Saying เขาหักโหม ถึงได้ป่วยครับ still perfectly conveys the meaning because ถึงได้ already signals that the previous statement was the root cause.
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