Breakdown of แล้วแต่ คุณ ครับ ผม เลือก ใคร ก็ ได้
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ผม
I (male)
คุณ
you
ใคร
who
ได้
can
เลือก
to choose
ก็
then (in result clause)
แล้วแต่
up to / depending on
Questions & Answers about แล้วแต่ คุณ ครับ ผม เลือก ใคร ก็ ได้
How does ใครก็ได้ mean anyone?
This is the focus of the current lesson! You take the question word ใคร (who) and add ก็ได้ (also okay / can do) right after it. Literally it means who is also okay, which translates smoothly to anyone or whoever.
Is แล้วแต่ a fixed phrase?
Yes! While แล้วแต่ comes from words meaning already and but, together it is a common fixed phrase meaning up to or depending on. You just put a noun or pronoun right after it, like แล้วแต่คุณ (up to you).
Why is the polite particle ครับ sitting in the middle of the sentence?
This example is actually two separate short clauses spoken together: แล้วแต่คุณครับ (It is up to you) and ผมเลือกใครก็ได้ (I can choose anyone). It is common in spoken Thai to just put the polite particle at the end of the first thought, though adding another ครับ at the very end would also be perfectly fine.
Could I move ใครก็ได้ to the beginning to say Anyone can choose me?
Yes, you can say ใครก็ได้เลือกผม. The phrase ใครก็ได้ can act as the object being chosen (as in our example sentence) or as the subject doing the choosing. The words stay exactly the same.
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