Breakdown of ถือว่า ไดโนเสาร์ สูญพันธุ์ ไป หมด แล้ว ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ไป
to go
แล้ว
already
หมด
to run out / completely (resultative)
สูญพันธุ์
to go extinct
ถือว่า
to consider, to regard as, to count as
ไดโนเสาร์
dinosaur
Questions & Answers about ถือว่า ไดโนเสาร์ สูญพันธุ์ ไป หมด แล้ว ครับ
Why is ถือว่า placed at the very beginning of the sentence instead of after a subject like 'people'?
Thai frequently drops the general subject (such as 'people' or 'we') when making widely accepted statements. Placing ถือว่า right at the start acts much like the impersonal English construction 'It is considered that...' or 'It is regarded that...', which is then followed by the entire complement clause ไดโนเสาร์สูญพันธุ์ไปหมดแล้ว.
Could I use the other evaluative verb, นับว่า, instead of ถือว่า here?
Yes, you could use นับว่า and it would still mean 'Dinosaurs are considered...'. However, ถือว่า often implies a strong consensus, accepted fact, or rule ('held to be true'), whereas นับว่า leans slightly more toward an evaluation or calculation ('counts as'). For extinction, which is an accepted scientific consensus, ถือว่า sounds highly natural.
What role does ไป play here, given that dinosaurs aren't physically traveling anywhere?
While ไป means 'to go' as an action verb, it acts here as an aspect marker indicating a change of state that is irretrievable or moving away from the speaker's timeframe. When paired with หมด (completely), the phrase ไปหมด emphasizes that the dinosaurs have vanished completely and permanently.
What is the literal breakdown of the word สูญพันธุ์ (extinct)?
It is a compound word made of สูญ (to lose, to vanish, or zero) and พันธุ์ (lineage, species, breed, or seed). Put together, it literally translates to 'vanished species' or 'lost lineage', which perfectly captures the concept of extinction.
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