Breakdown of ถ้า คุณ กิน เจ คุณ ต้อง กิน ผัก และ แป้ง เยอะ ขึ้น ค่ะ
ค่ะ
polite particle (female)
กิน
to eat
คุณ
you
เยอะ
a lot
ผัก
vegetable
และ
and
ต้อง
must
ถ้า
if
ขึ้น
more / increasingly (change of state)
แป้ง
starch / dough / flour
เจ
vegan
Questions & Answers about ถ้า คุณ กิน เจ คุณ ต้อง กิน ผัก และ แป้ง เยอะ ขึ้น ค่ะ
What exactly does เจ mean? Is it the usual word for vegan or vegetarian?
เจ specifically refers to food eaten during the Chinese Vegetarian Festival. It is strictly vegan (no meat, dairy, or eggs) and also excludes pungent vegetables like garlic and onions. For standard vegetarianism, you would use มังสวิรัติ, but กินเจ is widely used in everyday Thai to mean eating strict vegan food.
How does เยอะขึ้น translate to more?
เยอะ means a lot and ขึ้น means to go up or to increase. When you put ขึ้น after an adjective or a quantity, it shows a change or an increase in state. So เยอะขึ้น literally means a lot more or an increasing amount.
Does แป้ง always mean starch? I thought it meant powder.
You are right! แป้ง commonly means powder, such as baby powder, or flour used in baking. In the context of food, cooking, and nutrition, Thais use แป้ง to refer to carbohydrates or starchy foods in general, like rice, noodles, and bread.
Since this lesson is about ส่วน, why isn't it used here? Could I say ส่วนคุณถ้ากินเจ...?
You would only use ส่วน (as for...) here if you were actively contrasting this person with someone else you just talked about. For example: John eats meat. As for you, if you eat vegan... (ส่วนคุณ ถ้ากินเจ...). Without a contrast to a previous subject, you just start directly with ถ้า (if).
Is there a Thai word for 'then' missing in the second half of the sentence?
In English we often say 'If X, then Y'. In Thai, you can just state the second part directly without an explicit word for 'then', as seen in this sentence. You will sometimes see the linking word ก็ used in the second half to connect the ideas, but it is not strictly required.
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