Breakdown of เขา ป่วย และ อ่อนแอ ก็เลย หายใจ ช้า ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
เขา
he, she, they
ช้า
slow
ป่วย
sick
และ
and
ก็เลย
so / therefore
อ่อนแอ
weak
หายใจ
to breathe
Questions & Answers about เขา ป่วย และ อ่อนแอ ก็เลย หายใจ ช้า ครับ
I don't see the capability marker ไหว (wai) here, even though we are learning it. How could we use it to say he is too weak to breathe?
Since ไหว (wai) is used for physical endurance, you could say เขาหายใจไม่ไหว (khao hai-jai mai wai) to mean "he can't physically keep breathing." Here, the sentence just describes how he breathes (ช้า, slow) rather than him hitting his physical limit.
We learned เพราะว่า (phro wa - because) before. How is ก็เลย (ko-loei) different here?
ก็เลย (ko-loei) means "so" or "therefore," and it connects a cause to an effect. You put the cause first ("He is sick and weak"), then ก็เลย, then the result ("breathes slowly"). If you used เพราะว่า (because), the order would flip: "He breathes slowly because he is sick and weak."
What do the parts of the word หายใจ (hai-jai - to breathe) mean?
หายใจ is made of หาย (hai - to disappear or recover) and ใจ (jai - heart/mind). A lot of Thai words related to feelings or internal states use ใจ, but here they combine to simply mean "to breathe."
Does ช้า (cha - slow) need any extra words to act like the adverb "slowly" in English?
No extra words are needed! In Thai, adjectives like ช้า (slow) can be used directly as adverbs right after the verb. So หายใจช้า translates perfectly to "breathes slowly."
The word อ่อนแอ (on-ae - weak) starts with อ่อน (on). Does this mean the same thing as the อ่อน in "light green"?
Yes! อ่อน (on) generally means "soft," "tender," or "light" (as in colors). When combined with แอ (ae), it becomes อ่อนแอ, meaning physically or mentally "weak."
Learn เขา ป่วย และ อ่อนแอ ก็เลย หายใจ ช้า ครับ and more in Thai
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free