Breakdown of จำเลย ไม่ยอม ให้การ กับ ตำรวจ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ตำรวจ
police officer
กับ
with / and (connecting nouns) / to (a recipient)
ไม่ยอม
refuses to / will not let
จำเลย
defendant
ให้การ
to testify
Questions & Answers about จำเลย ไม่ยอม ให้การ กับ ตำรวจ ครับ
What is the exact difference between saying ไม่ยอมให้การ and simply saying ไม่ให้การ?
Using ไม่ให้การ simply states a neutral fact: the defendant "does not testify." By adding the auxiliary ไม่ยอม (refuses to / won't yield), you add strong volition and resistance. It shows that the defendant was likely asked, expected, or pressured to give a statement, but stubbornly refused.
If ไม่ยอม can also mean "will not let," how do we know it means "refuses to" in this sentence?
It depends on the grammatical structure that follows. When ไม่ยอม is followed directly by an action verb (like ให้การ here), it means the subject "refuses to" do that action themselves. If it meant "won't let," it would typically be followed by another person and their action, often using ให้ (to let/cause), such as ไม่ยอมให้ตำรวจเข้ามา (refuses to let the police come in).
ให้ usually means "to give" and การ is often a prefix for nouns. How do they combine to mean "testify" here?
While การ is commonly used as a prefix to turn verbs into nouns (like การเรียน), as a standalone noun it means "work," "matter," or "affair." In official and legal contexts, the compound verb ให้การ specifically means to "give a statement," "testify," or "plead" (literally, to give the account of the matter).
In English we say "testify TO the police." Why is กับ (with) used here instead of a directional word like แก่ (to)?
In Thai, verbs of communicating, conversing, or reporting (like คุย, พูด, and ให้การ) commonly pair with กับ (with) to indicate the person being spoken to. While แก่ is used for giving physical objects or abstract rights to a recipient, communicating a statement is treated as an interaction done with the authorities.
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