Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 33
ไปโดยอะไรHow do you get there?
Travel vocabulary: รถเมล์, รถไฟ, รถไฟฟ้า, รถยนต์, มอเตอร์ไซค์, จักรยาน, เครื่องบิน, แท็กซี่, โดย, เดิน. Key grammar: to say WHAT you travel by, use "ไป + place + โดย + vehicle": "ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" (I go to school by bus), "เธอไปทำงานโดยรถไฟฟ้า" (she goes to work by skytrain). The exception is walking: say "เดินไป" (walk there), with no "โดย". English speakers have just learned "บน" (on), so they tend to render "on the bus" as "ไปโรงเรียนบนรถเมล์" ✗ → "ไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" ✓. For a vehicle use "โดย", not "บน". Tone corner: รถ (high), โดย (mid), เดิน (mid).
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บนรถเมล์? โดยรถเมล์— บนรถเมล์? or โดยรถเมล์
- Somchaiเจมส์คุณไปทำงานยังไงครับJames, how do you get to work?
- Jamesผมไปทำงานบนรถเมล์I go to work on the bus. (slip: the means uses "โดย", not "บน" → โดยรถเมล์)
- Somchaiพาหนะใช้"โดย"ครับ:"ผมไปทำงานโดยรถเมล์"A vehicle uses "โดย": "ผมไปทำงานโดยรถเมล์".
- Jamesอ๋อผมไปทำงานโดยรถเมล์ที่ใกล้ๆผมเดินไปOh, I go to work by bus. Nearby places I walk to.
- Somchaiถูกต้องครับ!พาหนะ="โดย";เดิน="เดินไป"ไม่มี"โดย"Correct! Vehicle = "โดย"; walking = "เดินไป" with no "โดย".
- Jamesเข้าใจแล้วครับพรุ่งนี้ผมไปตลาดโดยแท็กซี่I understand. Tomorrow I go to the market by taxi.
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ไปทะเลกัน— Let's go to the beach
- Jamesมาลีสุดสัปดาห์นี้เราไปพัทยากันไหมครับMalee, shall we go to Pattaya this weekend?
- Maleeไปสิคะเราไปโดยรถทัวร์นะเร็วและถูกLet's go! We go by coach, it's fast and cheap.
- Jamesดีครับแล้วที่พัทยาเราไปทะเลยังไงGood. And in Pattaya, how do we get to the beach?
- Maleeทะเลอยู่ใกล้โรงแรมเราเดินไปได้เลยค่ะThe beach is near the hotel, so we can just walk.
- Jamesเยี่ยมเลยครับ!ผมจะซื้อตั๋วรถทัวร์วันนี้Wonderful! I will buy the coach tickets today.
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- รถเมล์
nounbus
- รถไฟ
nountrain
- รถไฟฟ้า
nounskytrain (BTS)
- รถยนต์
nouncar
- มอเตอร์ไซค์
nounmotorbike
- จักรยาน
nounbicycle
- เครื่องบิน
nounaeroplane
- แท็กซี่
nountaxi
- โดย
prepositionby (means of)
- เดิน
verbto walk
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ไป + place + โดย + vehicle
Explanation
When you say WHAT vehicle you travel by, Thai uses "โดย" before the vehicle. The frame is "ไป + place + โดย + vehicle": "ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" (I go to school by bus), "เราไปเชียงใหม่โดยเครื่องบิน" (we go to Chiang Mai by plane), "เธอไปทำงานโดยรถไฟฟ้า" (she goes to work by skytrain). You can also say it more casually: "นั่งรถเมล์ไป" (ride + vehicle + go). The exception is walking — just say "เดินไป" with no "โดย". English speakers have just learned "บน" (on) in the last chapter, so they translate "on the bus" literally as "บนรถเมล์": "ผมไปโรงเรียนบนรถเมล์" ✗ → "ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์" ✓. Remember: a vehicle takes "โดย"; "บน" is only for things resting on a surface (on the table).
Examples
- ผมไปโรงเรียนโดยรถเมล์I go to school by bus.
- เธอไปทำงานโดยรถไฟฟ้าShe goes to work by skytrain.
- เราไปเชียงใหม่โดยเครื่องบินWe go to Chiang Mai by plane.
- บ้านใกล้ ๆ ผมเดินไปFor nearby places I walk.
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วรรณยุกต์: รถ (ตรี) กับ โดย/เดิน (สามัญ)— Tones: รถ (high) vs โดย/เดิน (mid)
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