Word
ตลาด เต็มไปด้วย ผู้คน
Meaning
The market is full of people.
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Questions & Answers about ตลาด เต็มไปด้วย ผู้คน
Why is the word ไป (to go) used in the middle of เต็มไปด้วย?
In Thai, ไป doesn't always mean physical movement. Here, it acts as a particle showing that a state is spread out or covering an area. The whole phrase เต็มไปด้วย is a fixed idiom that translates directly to 'full of' or 'filled with'.
Why does this sentence use ผู้คน instead of just คน for 'people'?
While คน simply means 'person' or 'people', ผู้คน is a collective noun used to describe a crowd, the masses, or a large group of people moving about. Using ผู้คน paints a more vivid picture of a bustling, active crowd filling the market.
Where is the verb 'to be' in this sentence? The English translation says 'is full'.
Thai doesn't use a 'to be' verb like เป็น or คือ before adjectives. The word เต็ม functions as a descriptive verb on its own, so it inherently means 'to be full'. You just put it directly after the noun.
Could I say เต็มด้วย and just leave out the ไป?
No, dropping ไป would sound unnatural. เต็มไปด้วย is a set phrase that you should memorize as a single chunk whenever you want to say a place or thing is 'full of' something.