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ผลผลิต　ของ　พืชผล　ขึ้นอยู่กับ　ปริมาณ　ฝน　ครับ

ผลผลิต　ของ　พืชผล　ขึ้นอยู่กับ　ปริมาณ　ฝน　ครับ
The crop yield depends on the amount of rain.
From Lesson 398:Dependencies (ขึ้นอยู่กับ)·Thai

Questions & Answers about ผลผลิต　ของ　พืชผล　ขึ้นอยู่กับ　ปริมาณ　ฝน　ครับ

The phrase ขึ้นอยู่กับ literally translates to 'go up, stay, with'. How does this combination mean 'to depend on'?
In Thai, ขึ้นอยู่กับ paints a metaphorical picture. ขึ้น (to rise/depend) and อยู่ (to stay/be at) combine to imply that a situation rests upon a specific condition. Adding กับ (with/to) links it directly to the determining factor. So, the crop yield's status literally 'rests with' the amount of rain.
Both ผลผลิต and พืชผล contain the word ผล. What is the exact difference between these two words here?
ผล generally means fruit or result. In พืชผล, it combines with พืช (plant) to mean crops or agricultural produce. In ผลผลิต, it combines with ผลิต (to produce) to mean the actual yield, output, or product. Together, ผลผลิตของพืชผล specifies the output (yield) of those crops.
Could I drop ของ and just say ผลผลิตพืชผล to mean crop yield?
Yes, Thai often drops ของ to form compound nouns. However, keeping ของ (of) makes the sentence flow more clearly by explicitly separating the yield from the crops, which is standard in informative, formal, or academic statements like this one.
Could I use จำนวน instead of ปริมาณ for the amount of rain?
No, ปริมาณ is used for uncountable or continuous quantities like rain, water, or heat, similar to 'amount' or 'volume' in English. จำนวน is strictly used for countable things, like a 'number' of apples or farmers. Since rain is uncountable, ปริมาณฝน is the correct choice here.

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