Breakdown of ใคร รับผิดชอบ ค่าใช้จ่าย นี้ ครับ
ครับ
polite particle (male)
ใคร
who
นี้
this (modifier)
ค่าใช้จ่าย
the expense
รับผิดชอบ
to be responsible for
Questions & Answers about ใคร รับผิดชอบ ค่าใช้จ่าย นี้ ครับ
How would I add the word for "together" (ด้วยกัน) to this sentence if I wanted to ask who shares this responsibility?
You would place ด้วยกัน right before the polite particle ครับ. The sentence becomes: ใครรับผิดชอบค่าใช้จ่ายนี้ด้วยกันครับ (Who is responsible for this expense together?). As you learned in this lesson, the collaborative adverb ด้วยกัน usually goes at the end of the clause or sentence.
The word for "responsible" (รับผิดชอบ) seems very long. Is it made up of smaller words?
Yes! It is a great example of how Thai builds concepts. It combines รับ (to receive or accept), ผิด (wrong or fault), and ชอบ (right or good). Literally, it means to accept both the wrong and the right, which perfectly describes taking responsibility.
In English we start with "Who", and here Thai also starts with ใคร. Does ใคร always go at the beginning of a question?
Not always! When ใคร is the subject doing the action (like in this sentence, where "who" is taking responsibility), it goes at the beginning. However, if "who" is the object receiving the action (for example, "Who did you meet?"), ใคร goes at the end of the sentence.
What do the individual parts of ค่าใช้จ่าย (expense) mean?
ค่า means "cost" or "fee" and is used as a prefix for many bills (like ค่าน้ำ for the water bill). ใช้ means "to use" and จ่าย means "to pay" or "to spend." Put together, they form the noun for costs or expenses.
Why does นี้ (this) come at the very end of the phrase instead of before "expense"?
In Thai, pointing words like นี้ (this) and นั้น (that) always come after the noun they describe. While English says "this expense," Thai word order is "expense this" (ค่าใช้จ่ายนี้).
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