Breakdown of ทำไม ดอกเบี้ย ของ ธนาคาร นี้ สูง เกินไป คะ
สูง
tall / high
ของ
of (belonging to)
คะ
female question particle / polite particle (female)
ธนาคาร
bank
นี้
this (modifier)
ทำไม
why
เกินไป
too / too much (excessively)
ดอกเบี้ย
interest
Questions & Answers about ทำไม ดอกเบี้ย ของ ธนาคาร นี้ สูง เกินไป คะ
How would I add น่าจะ (likely / ought to) from our current lesson into this sentence to ask "Why is this bank's interest rate likely too high?"
You would place น่าจะ right before the main adjective สูง (high). The sentence becomes: ทำไมดอกเบี้ยของธนาคารนี้น่าจะสูงเกินไปคะ. In Thai, น่าจะ acts like a helping verb and goes directly before the action or state you are making a logical deduction about.
Why does นี้ (this) come at the very end of the phrase instead of right after "bank"?
In Thai, pointing words like นี้ (this) and นั้น (that) always go at the very end of the entire noun block. Here, the noun block is "interest of bank", so นี้ has to wait until the very end to point to the specific bank being discussed: ดอกเบี้ยของธนาคารนี้ (interest of bank this).
I learned that สูง means "tall" for people and buildings. Is it exactly the same word for "high"?
Yes! สูง is used for both physical height (like a tall person or a skyscraper) and for abstract levels, amounts, or rates. You will frequently see it used for high interest rates, high temperatures, and high prices.
What is the difference between using สูงเกินไป and สูงมาก in this sentence?
สูงมาก means "very high", which is just a neutral statement of fact. By using เกินไป (too much / excessively), the speaker is expressing that the rate is "too high", which usually carries a complaint or a feeling that a reasonable limit has been crossed.
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