Breakdown of ฉัน ไม่ เคย คิด ฝัน ว่า จะ ได้ เจอ เขา อีก ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
เขา
he, she, they
ฉัน
I (female)
ไม่
not
เจอ
to meet / to find
จะ
will
เคย
to have ever
คิด
to think
ว่า
that (conjunction)
ได้
got to (do)
อีก
again / more
ฝัน
to dream
Questions & Answers about ฉัน ไม่ เคย คิด ฝัน ว่า จะ ได้ เจอ เขา อีก ค่ะ
Since this lesson is about บังเอิญ / เผอิญ (to happen to), how could we add it to this sentence to say 'I never dreamed I would happen to meet him again'?
You would place it right before the action that happened by chance. In this case, it goes nicely before ได้เจอ to modify the meeting: ฉันไม่เคยคิดฝันว่าจะบังเอิญได้เจอเขาอีกค่ะ (I never dreamed that I would happen to get to meet him again).
Why does the sentence use คิดฝัน for 'dream' instead of just ฝัน?
ฝัน by itself refers to literally dreaming while asleep. By pairing it with คิด (to think), the compound คิดฝัน takes on the figurative meaning of 'to imagine' or 'to dream up'. This kind of pairing is very common in Thai to stretch a literal, physical word into an abstract concept.
What exactly does the combination of จะ and ได้ before the verb เจอ communicate here?
จะ indicates a hypothetical ('would'), and ได้ placed before a main verb means 'to get the opportunity to'. Together, จะได้เจอ means 'would get the chance to meet'. It emphasizes that meeting him was an unlikely opportunity, not just a guaranteed future event.
Can we drop ว่า ('that') like we often do in casual English ('I never dreamed I would meet him')?
No, you generally shouldn't drop it here. In Thai, ว่า acts as a mandatory linking word required after verbs of thinking, saying, and feeling (like คิดฝัน) to introduce the clause that explains what was thought or said.
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