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โถง　ที่　โอ่อ่า　นี้　จุ　คน　ได้　หนึ่ง　หมื่น　คน　ครับ

โถง　ที่　โอ่อ่า　นี้　จุ　คน　ได้　หนึ่ง　หมื่น　คน　ครับ
This grand hall can accommodate ten thousand people.
From Lesson 384:Evaluative degree modifier (ออกจะ)·Thai

Questions & Answers about โถง　ที่　โอ่อ่า　นี้　จุ　คน　ได้　หนึ่ง　หมื่น　คน　ครับ

Since this lesson is about the modifier ออกจะ (rather/somewhat), how would I use it here to say "This hall, which is rather grand..."?
You would place ออกจะ directly before the stative verb (adjective) it modifies. In this sentence, it goes right before โอ่อ่า (grand), making the phrase โถงที่ออกจะโอ่อ่านี้ (this hall which is rather grand).
Why is there a ที่ between โถง (hall) and โอ่อ่า (grand)? Couldn't I just say โถงโอ่อ่านี้?
You can, but adding ที่ turns the description into a relative clause: "the hall which is grand." When using highly descriptive or elegant words like โอ่อ่า, inserting ที่ makes the phrase sound much more natural and sophisticated, matching the formal tone of a 10,000-person venue.
I haven't seen the verb จุ very often. Can I use it anytime I want to say something "holds" something else?
จุ is specifically used for capacity—how much volume or how many items/people a space or container can hold. You will see it used for stadiums, rooms, bottles, and even hard drives (holding data). You would never use it for someone physically holding an object in their hands (that would be ถือ).
Why is the word คน used twice in the phrase จุคนได้หนึ่งหมื่นคน?
They serve two different grammatical roles. The first คน is the direct object of the verb จุ (accommodates people). The second คน is the classifier for the number หนึ่งหมื่น (ten thousand). The literal structure is "accommodate people able to [the capacity of] one ten-thousand people." While this is grammatically perfect, dropping the first คน to avoid repetition (จุได้หนึ่งหมื่นคน) is also very common.

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