แบบ

Kind and Style

Level 3

แบบ (bàep) is a versatile word used to categorize things by their design, style, or the way something is done. It is often translated as 'style', 'type', or 'like'.

How It Works

แบบ can mean model, example, type, or form. Read what it refers to in each complete phrase.

1. Identify A Kind Or Design
The dictionary illustrates form or design with แบบเสื้อ and แบบบ้าน. It also gives a kind sense in คนแบบนี้. In ฉันชอบบ้านแบบนี้, the phrase บ้านแบบนี้ identifies the style of house the speaker likes. The card requests that complete phrase, rather than a rule that แบบ can never appear before any noun.

2. Read A Way Of Doing Something
เขาทำงานแบบมืออาชีพ describes working in a professional manner. Here, the following phrase supplies the manner. Compare อย่าง, which also has method or style senses and can introduce suitable descriptions of manner. The two words overlap; this does not make them interchangeable in every phrase.

3. Notice What Is Pointed Out
แบบนี้ points to this style or way. Compare demonstratives in their own phrases. แบบเดียวกัน in the shirt question means the same style or pattern. In the restaurant example, แบบบุฟเฟ่ต์ identifies a buffet style.

4. Read The Available Choices
มีให้เลือกหลายแบบ says there are several styles to choose from. แบบ has a classifier use for kinds or models. Compare เหมือน in similarity expressions rather than treating every English like as แบบ.

5. Learn Other Constructions Separately
The meanings above do not establish every use of แบบที่, แบบว่า, or แบบ after a description. This lesson’s examples teach specific styles and ways; they do not assign a fixed casual-versus-formal division between แบบ and อย่าง.

Examples (5)

  1. ฉันชอบบ้านแบบนี้

    I like this style of house.

    Word by Word: I like house style this

    Here, แบบ follows the noun 'house' to specify the style being pointed at.

  2. เขาทำงานแบบมืออาชีพ

    He works in a professional manner.

    Word by Word: He work style professional

    แบบ is used here to describe the 'style' or 'manner' of the verb 'to work'.

  3. คุณมีเสื้อแบบเดียวกันแต่เป็นสีฟ้าไหม?

    Do you have the same style of shirt but in blue?

    Word by Word: You have shirt style same but be color blue [question]?

    แบบเดียวกัน means 'the same style' or 'the same pattern'.

  4. ร้านนี้ขายอาหารแบบบุฟเฟ่ต์

    This restaurant sells buffet-style food.

    Word by Word: Shop this sell food style buffet

    แบบ is used to categorize the service style of the restaurant.

  5. มีให้เลือกหลายแบบ

    There are many styles to choose from.

    Word by Word: Have for choose many style

    In this sentence, แบบ acts as a classifier for the different designs or models available.

Common Mistakes

  • Keep บ้านแบบนี้ In The Requested House Phrase.

    ฉันชอบแบบนี้บ้าน
    ฉันชอบบ้านแบบนี้

    For “I like this style of house,” the card selects ฉันชอบบ้านแบบนี้, containing บ้านแบบนี้. แบบ also occurs before a noun in a different construction such as แบบบ้าน (house design), so this correction concerns the requested phrase.

How It Connects

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แบบLevel 3Kind and Style

Learn This First

To understand 'แบบ' (kind/style), you should be comfortable with basic Thai word order where modifiers follow the noun. It is frequently paired with demonstratives like 'นี้' (this) to mean 'like this' or 'this way', and it functions as a way to categorize or describe the manner of an action or object.

Words in This Pattern

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