Verb + ให้ + Adjective

Intended Results with ให้

Level 3

Displayed pattern: Verb + (Object) + ให้ + Quality or Result

How It Works

Desired quality or result
The five displayed phrases are read here as instructions: พูดให้ชัด asks for clear speech; ล้างมือให้สะอาด asks for hands to be washed clean; กินให้หมด asks for all the contextually understood food to be eaten; เขียนให้สวย asks for attractive writing; ทำให้ดี asks for the understood task to be done well. ให้ is glossed functionally as “so that” in these segmented readings, rather than as lexical “give.”

The displayed object
In ล้างมือให้สะอาด, มือ follows ล้าง and precedes ให้สะอาด. Read this complete phrase as washing hands to the desired clean state. The short phrases do not themselves specify whose hands, which food, or which task; the chosen English readings supply that context.

The two practice requests
The first task asks specifically for พูดให้ชัด. พูดชัด can describe clear speech and can also function as an instruction in a suitable context, so omitting ให้ is not a universal command error. The second task asks for the displayed order in ล้างมือให้สะอาด; ล้างให้สะอาดมือ does not match that requested complete phrase. These tasks do not impose one order on every Thai sentence or require ให้ in every request.

Examples (5)

  1. พูดให้ชัด

    Speak clearly.

    Word by Word: speak | so that | clear

    This phrase is read here as a request for clear speech. The desired quality follows ให้; the phrase does not prove that the listener already speaks clearly.

  2. ล้างมือให้สะอาด

    Wash [your] hands until clean.

    Word by Word: wash | hands | so that | clean

    มือ is the object before ให้สะอาด. The instruction requests clean hands; the possessive [your] is supplied from the selected listener context.

  3. กินให้หมด

    Eat all of [it].

    Word by Word: eat | so that | all gone

    หมด expresses the requested finished state. The object is omitted; food understood in the chosen context supplies [it]. The instruction does not establish that the food was actually finished.

  4. เขียนให้สวย

    Write beautifully.

    Word by Word: write | so that | beautiful

    This reading asks for attractive writing. The phrase does not specify a student, a teacher, or a particular handwriting standard.

  5. ทำให้ดี

    Do [it] well.

    Word by Word: do | so that | good

    ดี supplies the desired quality. The task is omitted and supplied as [it] in this reading; no successful outcome is guaranteed.

Common Mistakes

  • Use the requested complete phrase พูดให้ชัด.

    พูดชัด
    พูดให้ชัด

    For this task, reproduce the displayed request พูดให้ชัด. พูดชัด omits the requested ให้, but can have a meaningful descriptive or instructional reading in another context.

  • Keep the displayed object position in ล้างมือให้สะอาด.

    ล้างให้สะอาดมือ
    ล้างมือให้สะอาด

    The requested complete phrase places มือ after ล้าง and before ให้สะอาด. The alternative ล้างให้สะอาดมือ does not reproduce that order; this comparison is limited to the displayed phrase.

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Verb + ให้ + AdjectiveLevel 3Intended Results with ให้

Learn This First

To understand the 'Verb + ให้ + Adjective' pattern, you first need to be comfortable with basic Thai sentence structure and how adjectives are used. You also need to recognize the word 'ให้' (hâi), which here acts as a bridge between the action and the desired result or standard (e.g., 'do it so that it is good').

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