Breakdown of ผู้รับเหมา เชิด ค่าแรง ของ เรา หนี ไป แล้ว ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ไป
to go
ของ
of (belonging to)
แล้ว
already
เรา
we
หนี
to flee
ผู้รับเหมา
contractor
ค่าแรง
labor cost
เชิด
to abscond with
Questions & Answers about ผู้รับเหมา เชิด ค่าแรง ของ เรา หนี ไป แล้ว ค่ะ
How does the word ผู้รับเหมา break down to mean contractor?
It is made of three parts: ผู้ (person who does an action) + รับ (to receive/accept) + เหมา (to do something wholesale, in bulk, or for a flat rate). So a ผู้รับเหมา is a person who takes on a whole project for a flat fee, which is exactly what a contractor or builder does.
I have learned เชิด as meaning to lift up or to act haughty. How does it mean to abscond here?
เชิด literally means to lift or raise up, like controlling a puppet. In colloquial Thai, to lift someone's money or belongings and disappear is used idiomatically to mean making off with it or swindling. It is very similar to how we might say a thief lifted a wallet in English, but applied here to running off with the funds.
Why are there three verbs strung together to describe the escape (เชิด... หนี ไป)?
This is a classic Thai serial verb construction showing the sequence and direction of the event. เชิด (to make off with) is the main action applied to the object (ค่าแรงของเรา). หนี (to flee) shows the manner of the escape, and ไป (to go) is a directional verb showing movement away from the speaker. It translates literally as: lifted our wages, fled, away.
Since this lesson is about รู้งี้ (if I had known...), how would I naturally attach that to this situation to express regret?
You can place รู้งี้ at the very beginning of your thought, followed by the action you wish you had avoided, and then use this sentence as the context. For example, you could say: รู้งี้ ไม่จ้างหรอก ผู้รับเหมาเชิดค่าแรงของเราหนีไปแล้วค่ะ (If I had known, I wouldn't have hired him! The contractor made off with our wages and ran away.).
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