| Grammar Notes: Sentence: ภาพนีออนนี้แสดงให้เห็นนกยูงที่ถูกล้อมรอบไปด้วยพืช Romanisation: *phâap níi on níi sà-daaeng hâi hěn nók yuung thîi thùuk lóm-râawp bpai dûai phʉ̂ʉt* Word-by-Word Breakdown: * ภาพ (*phâap*): A noun meaning 'picture', 'image', or 'photo'. * นี้ (*níi*): A demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'. * ออนนี้ (*on níi*): An adverb borrowed from English meaning 'online'. * แสดง (*sà-daaeng*): A verb meaning 'to show', 'to display', or 'to exhibit'. (Infinitive: แสดง) * ให้ (*hâi*): A particle used here to indicate that the action (showing) is done for a purpose or result. * เห็น (*hěn*): A verb meaning 'to see'. (Infinitive: เห็น) * นกยูง (*nók yuung*): A compound noun meaning 'peacock' (นก = bird, ยูง = peafowl). * ที่ (*thîi*): A relative pronoun meaning 'that', 'which', or 'who'. It is used to introduce a clause that describes the peacock. * ถูก (*thùuk*): A passive marker particle. It is placed before a verb to indicate that the subject (the peacock) is the receiver of the action. * ล้อมรอบ (*lóm-râawp*): A verb meaning 'to surround', 'to encircle'. (Infinitive: ล้อมรอบ) * ไป (*bpai*): A versatile particle. Here it is used to emphasise the extent or completeness of the action (surrounded all over). * ด้วย (*dûai*): A preposition meaning 'with' or 'by'. * พืช (*phʉ̂ʉt*): A noun meaning 'plants' or 'vegetation'. Grammar Tip: The structure "ที่ถูกล้อมรอบ" (*thîi thùuk lóm-râawp*) is a passive relative clause, meaning "that is surrounded". The pattern Noun + ที่ + ถูก + Verb is a common way to say "a noun that is verbed". The word ถูก (*thùuk*) is the key marker of the passive voice. Related Words: * ล้อม (*lóm*): To encircle or besiege (the root of ล้อมรอบ). * ต้นไม้ (*dtôn-máai*): A noun meaning 'tree(s)', which is a type of พืช (*phʉ̂ʉt* - plant). |
