Breakdown of เขา แพ้ ถั่ว ก็เลย ไม่ กิน ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
กิน
to eat
เขา
he, she, they
ไม่
not
แพ้
to be allergic to / to lose
ก็เลย
so / therefore
ถั่ว
peanut
Questions & Answers about เขา แพ้ ถั่ว ก็เลย ไม่ กิน ครับ
How would I use the lesson's modifier นิดหน่อย to say he is only "a little bit" allergic in this sentence?
You place it after the verb and its object. To say "He is a little bit allergic to peanuts," you would simply add it to the first clause: เขาแพ้ถั่วนิดหน่อย or เขาแพ้ถั่วนิดหนึ่ง.
I remember learning that แพ้ means "to lose". Why is it translated as "allergic" here?
You remembered correctly! แพ้ means "to lose" in a game or competition. However, in health and medical contexts, it is the standard verb for "to be allergic to" something. You can think of it as your body "losing" a fight against the peanuts.
The translation says "does not eat them," but I don't see a word for "them" after กิน. Where did it go?
In Thai, if the object of the sentence is already obvious from the context, it is naturally dropped. Since peanuts (ถั่ว) were just mentioned in the first half of the sentence, adding a pronoun for "them" after กิน is unnecessary.
How does ก็เลย work here to mean "so"?
ก็เลย is a very common conjunction used to link a cause and an effect in everyday spoken Thai. The first part (being allergic) is the cause, and ก็เลย introduces the result (not eating them). You will often see it placed right before the verb of the second clause.
Does ถั่ว specifically mean "peanuts"?
ถั่ว is actually a general word for all types of beans, peas, and nuts. If you need to be very specific about peanuts (for a severe allergy, for example), you would say ถั่วลิสง. But in casual conversation, just saying ถั่ว is usually enough if context makes it clear.
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