Breakdown of เรา ควร ลด ใช้ ถุง พลาสติก ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ใช้
to use
ถุง
bag (plastic, paper, sack)
ลด
to decrease
เรา
we
ควร
should
พลาสติก
plastic
Questions & Answers about เรา ควร ลด ใช้ ถุง พลาสติก ครับ
Where exactly does ควร go in the sentence, and how do I make it negative?
ควร (khuan) is a helper verb meaning 'should'. It always goes directly before the main verb. Here, it sits before ลด (to reduce). If you want to say 'should not', you simply put ไม่ (mai) directly before ควร, making it ไม่ควร (mai khuan).
The English translation says 'use fewer', but the Thai sentence says ลดใช้. Why?
In Thai, ลด means 'to reduce' or 'decrease', and ใช้ means 'to use'. Instead of saying 'use fewer', Thai speakers literally say 'reduce using' (ลดใช้). You will often see ลด followed directly by another verb to mean doing less of that action.
Why is the word order ถุงพลาสติก (bag plastic) instead of the English order?
In Thai, modifying words and adjectives always come after the noun they describe. Since ถุง (bag) is the main noun and พลาสติก (plastic) tells us what kind of bag it is, พลาสติก must come second.
I recognize พลาสติก as an English loanword. Can I just say 'plastic' with my normal English accent?
Usually not, because Thai speakers adapt English loanwords to Thai pronunciation rules. It is pronounced 'phlat-sa-tik'. Thai doesn't allow consonant clusters like '-st' at the end of syllables, so the sounds are broken up to fit natural Thai speech.
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