บังคับให้

Force Someone to

Level 4

บังคับให้ describes compelling someone to act. Read the person and action in the complete phrase; expressing compulsion does not itself prove that the person complied.

How It Works

1. Find The Person And Action
เจ้านายบังคับให้ผมทำงานล่วงเวลา presents the boss compelling ผม to work overtime. In the displayed construction, ให้ introduces ผมทำงานล่วงเวลา, the action clause. The selected cards practise that order; they do not define every possible บังคับ phrase.

2. Read A Requirement
กฎหมายบังคับให้เราต้องคาดเข็มขัดนิรภัย presents a requirement, with ต้อง expressing obligation in the action clause. It is an illustrative grammar sentence, not a current account of traffic law.

3. Read The Passive Situation
เขาถูกบังคับให้เซ็นชื่อในเอกสาร puts him in the position of being subjected to compulsion. The sentence describes that situation; to know the eventual outcome, read the wider account rather than treating this isolated example as an independent record of signing.

4. Read A Negative Request
อย่าบังคับให้ฉันต้องพูดเลย asks someone not to compel the speaker to speak. It does not specify a secret or a motive for staying silent.

5. Keep The Other Construction Separate
วิชานี้เป็นวิชาบังคับ describes a compulsory subject. Learn วิชาบังคับ as the complete phrase shown here. Compare บอกให้ reporting that someone was told to act; the complete context matters when interpreting a directive.

Examples (5)

  1. เจ้านายบังคับให้ผมทำงานล่วงเวลา

    The boss forced me to work overtime.

    Word by Word: Boss + force + give + I + work + over + time

    The sentence presents the boss as compelling overtime work. A fuller account would tell us what the worker eventually did.

  2. กฎหมายบังคับให้เราต้องคาดเข็มขัดนิรภัย

    The law mandates that we must wear seatbelts.

    Word by Word: Law + force + give + we + must + fasten + belt + safety

    บังคับให้ presents the law as requiring the action, and ต้อง adds obligation. This is a grammar example rather than a current legal advice statement.

  3. เขาถูกบังคับให้เซ็นชื่อในเอกสาร

    He was forced to sign the document.

    Word by Word: He + [passive marker] + force + give + sign + name + in + document

    ถูก places him as the person subjected to compulsion. Read the surrounding account for the eventual outcome of the requested signing.

  4. อย่าบังคับให้ฉันต้องพูดเลย

    Don't force me to speak.

    Word by Word: Don't + force + give + I + must + speak + [particle]

    The speaker asks not to be forced to speak. The Thai does not specify revealing a secret.

  5. วิชานี้เป็นวิชาบังคับ

    This subject is a mandatory subject.

    Word by Word: Subject + this + is + subject + force

    The complete phrase วิชาบังคับ describes a compulsory or mandatory subject in this sentence.

Common Mistakes

  • Use The Displayed บังคับให้ Construction

    แม่บังคับผมกินผัก
    แม่บังคับให้ผมกินผัก

    The task practises แม่บังคับให้ผมกินผัก, with ให้ introducing the action clause ผมกินผัก. แม่บังคับผมกินผัก does not reproduce this construction. This comparison is confined to the displayed target pattern.

  • Place ผม Before ไป In This Action Clause

    บังคับให้ไปผม
    บังคับให้ผมไป

    The task asks for บังคับให้ผมไป, where ผม is the person to go. บังคับให้ไปผม does not reproduce that action clause. This does not rule out placing a person earlier in another complete บังคับ construction.

How It Connects

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บังคับให้Level 4Force Someone to

Learn This First

To understand 'บังคับให้' (to force someone to), you need to be familiar with the causative use of 'ให้', which allows one person to influence the actions of another. It builds upon the basic 'tell someone to' (บอกให้) structure but adds the specific verb 'บังคับ' (to force/compel) to change the intensity of the command.

Words in This Pattern

บังคับให้