Breakdown of ผม หา แผนก นี้ เจอ แล้ว ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ผม
I (male)
หา
to look for / to go see / visit (a person)
เจอ
to meet / to find
นี้
this (modifier)
แล้ว
already
แผนก
department
Questions & Answers about ผม หา แผนก นี้ เจอ แล้ว ครับ
Why do we need both หา and เจอ in this sentence?
In Thai, หา means to look for, and เจอ means to find. Thai often links verbs together to show the result of an action. Here, you looked for (หา) the department and successfully found (เจอ) it.
Why is แผนกนี้ (this department) put right in the middle of หา and เจอ?
When you use a verb pair to show an action and its result, the thing you are acting upon goes after the first action verb. So the pattern is action verb (หา) + object (แผนกนี้) + result verb (เจอ). You literally say look for this department find.
Does เจอ always mean to find? I remember it meaning to meet someone.
You have a good memory! เจอ means to meet when talking about people, but it also means to find when talking about objects or places. In this sentence, it specifically acts as the successful result of your search.
What does แล้ว add to this sentence?
แล้ว translates to already and tells us the action is completely finished. Combined with เจอ (to find), it makes it very clear that your search is over and you have the successful result in hand.
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