Breakdown of เมื่อ ดม ดู แล้ว กลิ่น ติดจะ คาว พอๆ กับ ปลา ดิบ
ปลา
fish
แล้ว
already
กับ
with / and (connecting nouns) / to (a recipient)
ดิบ
raw
ดู
to try out (in ลอง…ดู)
พอ
enough, sufficient
กลิ่น
smell
เมื่อ
when (at the time that)
ติดจะ
leaning towards / a bit too
ดม
to smell
คาว
fishy
Questions & Answers about เมื่อ ดม ดู แล้ว กลิ่น ติดจะ คาว พอๆ กับ ปลา ดิบ
How does ติดจะ change the meaning of คาว here, and does it carry a negative feeling?
The auxiliary ติดจะ is placed directly before the stative verb คาว (fishy) to mean it is leaning towards being fishy, or a bit on the fishy side. It softens the description but usually carries a slightly negative or undesirable connotation, showing the speaker thinks the fishiness is a bit too much.
Why does the sentence use both ดม and กลิ่น if they both translate to smell?
English uses the word smell for both the action and the odor, but Thai strictly separates them. ดม is the active verb meaning to physically sniff or inhale. กลิ่น is the noun for the actual scent or odor that the object gives off.
What is the purpose of the word ดู right after the verb ดม?
While ดู normally means to look, here it functions as an auxiliary verb meaning to try out an action to see the result. So ดมดู translates to trying to smell something to see what it smells like. The following แล้ว marks that this trial action is complete before the speaker judges the scent.
How exactly does พอๆ กับ structure the comparison to the raw fish?
The phrase พอๆ กับ means about the same as or roughly equal to. It combines the reduplicated word พอ (enough) and กับ (with). It connects the previously established fishy smell to the reference point of ปลาดิบ (raw fish), showing that the intensity of the fishiness is on par with raw fish.
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