Breakdown of ถ้า คุณ เหยียบ หาง ก็ ทำให้ หมา โกรธ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
หมา
dog
คุณ
you
โกรธ
to be angry
ทำให้
to cause
ถ้า
if
ก็
then (in result clause)
เหยียบ
to step on
หาง
tail
Questions & Answers about ถ้า คุณ เหยียบ หาง ก็ ทำให้ หมา โกรธ ครับ
The current lesson is about เกือบ (almost). Where would I add it if I wanted to say 'If you almost step on the tail'?
You would place เกือบ right before the verb it modifies. To say 'almost step', you put it directly before เหยียบ (step on). The first part of the sentence would become ถ้าคุณเกือบเหยียบหาง (If you almost step on the tail).
Why is ก็ (gôr) used in the middle of this sentence?
ก็ is used here to mean 'then' as part of an 'if... then' structure. When you start a condition with ถ้า (if), you typically put ก็ right before the result to link the two ideas smoothly.
Why use ทำให้ (tam-hâi) instead of just ทำ (tam) to say it 'makes' the dog angry?
ทำ on its own means 'to do' or 'to make' a physical thing (like making a sandwich). When you want to express that an action or event causes someone to feel or do something, you must use ทำให้. Here, the action of stepping causes the dog to feel angry.
The English translation says 'step on the tail' and 'it makes the dog angry', but I don't see words for 'the' or 'it'. Is that normal?
Yes, very normal! Thai does not use articles like 'a' or 'the'. Furthermore, the subject 'it' (which refers back to the whole situation of stepping on the tail) is dropped before ทำให้ because Thai frequently omits pronouns when the context already makes it obvious.
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