Breakdown of ผู้ต้องสงสัย หนี ไม่ รอด ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ไม่
not
หนี
to flee
ผู้ต้องสงสัย
the suspect
รอด
to escape
Questions & Answers about ผู้ต้องสงสัย หนี ไม่ รอด ครับ
Why is ไม่ right in the middle of หนี and รอด?
This sentence uses a resultative verb pair, which is the focus of this lesson. หนี (to flee) is the main action, and รอด (to escape safely) is the intended result. To say the action happened but the result failed, Thai puts ไม่ (not) right between them. It literally translates as "flee not escape."
The word for suspect, ผู้ต้องสงสัย, is really long. How does it break down?
You can split it into three parts. ผู้ is a common prefix meaning "person," ต้อง here means "to be subject to" or "must," and สงสัย means "to doubt" or "to suspect." Put together, it literally means a "person subject to suspicion."
Doesn't รอด usually mean "to survive"?
Yes, but its broader meaning is to make it safely through a difficult or dangerous situation. When paired with the action หนี (to flee), รอด naturally translates to "escape" or "get away" rather than just "survive."
The translation says "fled but couldn't escape." How do we know it happened in the past?
Thai verbs don't change form to show the past tense, and there are no special past tense words in this sentence. The past tense is simply understood from the context of the situation, like reporting on a criminal who was just caught. If you wanted to heavily emphasize that the event was completely over, you could add แล้ว (already) before ครับ.
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