Breakdown of ผม ขอร้อง ปล่อย เขา ไป เถอะ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ผม
I (male)
เขา
he, she, they
ไป
to go
ปล่อย
to release
เถอะ
let's / why don't we
ขอร้อง
to beg
Questions & Answers about ผม ขอร้อง ปล่อย เขา ไป เถอะ ครับ
The lesson says เถอะ means "let's", but "let's let him go" doesn't quite fit the English translation. How is it being used here?
While เถอะ is often used for "let's" (like in "let's eat"), its main job is to urge or persuade someone to do something. Here, especially after ขอร้อง (to beg), it turns a direct command into an earnest plea, closer to "please, I urge you to do this."
Why do we need ไป (to go) after เขา? Doesn't ปล่อย already mean "let go"?
ปล่อย translates closely to "to release" or "to let loose." Thai often uses directional words like ไป (to go) after an action to show where the object ends up. Adding ไป emphasizes that he is being released to go away from the speaker.
The English translation says "I beg you," but I don't see a word for "you" in the Thai sentence. Why is it missing?
Thai frequently drops pronouns when the context makes it obvious who is involved. Since you are speaking directly to the person holding him, you don't need to explicitly add a word like คุณ (you).
I recognize ขอ (to ask for) in ขอร้อง. What does the ร้อง part mean?
ร้อง on its own means "to cry out" or "to make a sound" (you might recognize it from ร้องเพลง, to sing). When you combine "to ask for" (ขอ) with "to cry out" (ร้อง), you get the stronger compound verb ขอร้อง, meaning "to beg" or "to plead."
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