Breakdown of ตลาด เก่า สกปรก กว่า ตลาด ใหม่ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ใหม่
new / again / anew
เก่า
old
ตลาด
market
กว่า
more than
สกปรก
dirty
Questions & Answers about ตลาด เก่า สกปรก กว่า ตลาด ใหม่ ครับ
Why does the sentence put the words in the order of 'market old' and 'market new'?
In Thai, adjectives always come after the noun they describe. So instead of saying 'old market', you say the noun ตลาด (market) followed by the adjective เก่า (old). The same goes for ตลาดใหม่ (new market).
Where is the word for 'is' before 'dirtier'?
You don't need a word for 'is' here! In Thai, description words like สกปรก (dirty) are actually 'stative verbs' that already mean 'to be dirty'. Adding a separate word for 'to be' is unnecessary and would make the sentence incorrect.
How exactly does กว่า work to make the comparison here?
The word กว่า means 'more than' and follows the formula taught in this lesson: [Noun A] + [Adjective] + กว่า + [Noun B]. Here, Noun A is ตลาดเก่า (the old market), the adjective is สกปรก (dirty), and Noun B is ตลาดใหม่ (the new market).
English uses the '-er' ending to say 'dirtier'. How does Thai show this?
Thai doesn't change the ending of adjectives. Instead, you just use the base word สกปรก (dirty) and put กว่า right after it. Together, สกปรกกว่า literally means 'dirty more than', which translates perfectly to 'dirtier than' in English.
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