Breakdown of อย่า ข้าม ไป โรงพยาบาล ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
ไป
to go
โรงพยาบาล
hospital
อย่า
do not
ข้าม
to cross
Questions & Answers about อย่า ข้าม ไป โรงพยาบาล ค่ะ
Why do we need ไป after ข้าม? Can I just say อย่า ข้าม โรงพยาบาล?
Adding ไป (to go/away) after an action verb like ข้าม (to cross) shows the direction of the action. ข้าม ไป means you are crossing away from your current location. If you just dropped the ไป and said อย่า ข้าม โรงพยาบาล, it would sound like you are physically stepping over the hospital building itself!
Since ไป means to go, does ข้าม ไป mean cross and then go?
Not exactly. When ไป is placed directly after a movement verb, it acts as a direction marker. It just means cross over (away from here). It shows the movement is directed away from the speaker, rather than meaning you do two completely separate actions.
Could I use มา instead of ไป in this sentence?
Yes, but it changes the perspective! If you were standing at the hospital and shouting to someone on the other side of the street, you would say อย่า ข้าม มา (Don't cross over towards me). Because this sentence uses ไป, the speaker is on the opposite side, telling the person not to cross away to get to the hospital.
Why use อย่า instead of ไม่ for don't?
อย่า is the negative command word used to tell someone not to do something. ไม่ just makes a regular statement negative. If you said ไม่ ข้าม ไป, it would simply be a statement meaning I am not crossing over, rather than an order telling someone else Don't cross!
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