Word
คน แก่ ร่างกาย มักจะ อ่อนแอ ครับ
Meaning
Old people often have weak bodies.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of คน แก่ ร่างกาย มักจะ อ่อนแอ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
คน
person
ร่างกาย
body (physical)
มักจะ
tend to / usually (expresses tendency)
Questions & Answers about คน แก่ ร่างกาย มักจะ อ่อนแอ ครับ
This lesson is about ไหว. Why don't we use ไม่ไหว (cannot handle it) here instead of อ่อนแอ (weak)?
ไหว is an auxiliary verb used after an action verb to show you have the strength or endurance to do that specific action (like walking or lifting). อ่อนแอ is an adjective describing the general state of being physically or mentally weak. If you wanted to say an old person "cannot walk anymore," you would use ไม่ไหว (e.g., เดินไม่ไหว). But to just say their body is "weak," อ่อนแอ is the correct word.
Since แก่ means old, can I use it to talk about an old car or an old house?
No, แก่ is only used for living things (like people and animals) getting older in age. If you want to talk about old objects, such as a car, building, or book, you must use the word เก่า instead.
The sentence uses มักจะ for "often". Could I just put บ่อยๆ at the end of the sentence instead?
They are similar but have different focuses. บ่อยๆ means an action happens frequently (like "I go to the gym often"). มักจะ, which is placed before a verb or adjective, translates closer to "tends to" or "usually" (as in "Old people tend to be weak"). Because this sentence describes a general characteristic or tendency rather than a repeated action, มักจะ is much more natural here.
The sentence literally starts with "Old people body...". Is it normal to put these two nouns right next to each other without a word for "their" or "have"?