Chapter 7 Language Points & Explanations

Question 1

That red shop

Answer 1

ร้าน สีเเดง น้ัน
Shop red that
Describing words (adjectives) and [nii nan noon nai] Always go after the noun they describe. In many cases they generally describe THE CLASSIFIER of that noun instead of the itself; they need to be put after the classifier of the noun rather then the noun itself.

Question 2

I (Dao) also want to watch this film.

Answer 2

ดาว ก็ อยาก ดู เรื่อง นี้
Describing words (adjectives) and [nii nan noon nai] Always go after the noun they describe. In many cases they generally describe THE CLASSIFIER of that noun instead of the itself; they need to be put after the classifier of the noun rather then the noun itself.

Question 3

Not that good (so much fun)

Answer 3

ไม่ ค่อย สนุก เท่าไหร่
Just like word of frequency, intensifiers may appear on both sides of the word they describe (in this case the adjective), so pay attention of the position of the intensifier in this sentence. note that เท่าไหร่ in this case is not a question word. When used with ไม่ it means not really or not very.

Question 4

( Exactly) in time

Answer 4

ตรงเวลา พอดี
We learned that พอดี means clothes fit in Journey 1 chapter 8. Actually we can use this word in the sense of “at the right moment” or event that happens “in time” and not late.