Breakdown of เอาเป็นว่า กงสี ต้อง ถูก แบ่ง ให้ได้ ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ต้อง
must
แบ่ง
to share / to divide
ถูก
passive marker
ให้ได้
at all costs
เอาเป็นว่า
let's agree that
กงสี
family fund
Questions & Answers about เอาเป็นว่า กงสี ต้อง ถูก แบ่ง ให้ได้ ค่ะ
How does เอาเป็นว่า work in this sentence, and can I use it in formal writing?
เอาเป็นว่า acts as a summarizing marker meaning "let's just say that" or "the bottom line is." It's used in spoken Thai to cut to the chase, end a debate, or summarize a complicated situation. Because it's conversational, you wouldn't use it in formal written documents.
I haven't seen the word กงสี before. What exactly does it mean?
กงสี is a loanword from Teochew Chinese. It refers to a shared family fund, business, or communal property, usually in Thai-Chinese families. In Thai soap operas, fighting over the กงสี is a very common plot point!
Doesn't using ถูก before a verb usually mean something bad happened? Is the fund being divided a bad thing here?
Traditionally, yes. The Thai passive voice using ถูก (like ถูกแบ่ง) was originally reserved for negative or unpleasant events. However, in modern Thai, its use has broadened. Here, it simply means "to be divided." It emphasizes that the action is being done to the fund, regardless of whether the speaker views it as a tragedy.
I know ให้ได้ often means "so that it can" or "to be able to." Why is it translated as "at all costs" here?
When placed at the very end of a sentence that shows obligation (like here with ต้อง) or strong intent, ให้ได้ acts as an emphatic particle. It means "at all costs," "no matter what," or "absolutely." The speaker is demanding that the division happens, leaving no room for argument.
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