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อย่า　ทิ้ง　หนังสือ　เก่า　ครับ

อย่า　ทิ้ง　หนังสือ　เก่า　ครับ
Do not throw away old books.
From Lesson 33:Negative commands (อย่า)·Thai

Questions & Answers about อย่า　ทิ้ง　หนังสือ　เก่า　ครับ

Why use อย่า instead of ไม่ to say 'do not'?
ไม่ is used for regular negative statements, like 'I do not read'. But when you are giving a command or telling someone not to do something, you must use อย่า before the verb. So here, อย่าทิ้ง means 'Don't throw away!'.
Why is it หนังสือเก่า (book old) instead of 'old book'?
In Thai, adjectives always come after the noun they describe. Since เก่า means 'old' and หนังสือ means 'book', you put the noun first to get หนังสือเก่า.
The English translation says 'books', but is there a plural word in the Thai sentence?
No, Thai nouns do not change form to become plural. หนังสือ can mean 'a book' or 'books' depending on the context. Here, we are talking about old books in general, so the plural makes the most sense in English.
Does เก่า mean 'old' for people too?
No, เก่า is only used for objects, like 'old books' (หนังสือเก่า). If you want to say a person or an animal is old, you must use a different word: แก่.
Can you use polite words like ครับ when giving a command?
Yes! Adding ครับ (for male speakers) or ค่ะ (for female speakers) at the end of a command makes it sound much softer and more polite. Without it, อย่าทิ้งหนังสือเก่า sounds very direct or strict.

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