กันเถอะ

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Level 3

Verb + กันเถอะ
Used to invite others to do something together with you.

How It Works

1. Invite A Shared Action
In กินข้าวกันเถอะ, the speaker suggests eating together. The pattern places กันเถอะ after the action phrase, unlike English “Let’s” before it.

2. Read The Components
กัน can mark an action shared by two or more participants. เถอะ can urge, persuade, or invite. In this construction they support a shared suggestion. Leaving out กัน does not prove that the speaker is excluded from every possible invitation.

3. Read The Final Words
The going example ends in ครับ, and the meeting example ends in ค่ะ. These particles contribute to the interaction. Delivery, relationship, and situation still matter; เถอะ does not automatically turn every command into a gentle invitation.

4. Compare An Invitation As A Question
กินข้าวกันไหม asks whether to eat together. Compare that complete question with the proposal กินข้าวกันเถอะ. Both can invite action. In the practice card, select the direct กันไหม question rather than stacking the two displayed endings.

5. Recognize Related Forms
The dictionary also lists เถิด and เหอะ with เถอะ. That lexical relationship alone does not rank their formality or make every longer expression interchangeable. Learn the complete expression in its setting.

Examples (5)

  1. กินข้าวกันเถอะ

    Let's eat!

    Word by Word: eat rice together let's

    The speaker suggests eating together. กัน marks the shared action in this invitation.

  2. ไปกันเถอะครับ

    Let's go.

    Word by Word: go together let's [polite]

    This example suggests going together and ends with the polite particle ครับ. The situation and delivery still affect its tone.

  3. เริ่มประชุมกันเถอะค่ะ

    Let's start the meeting.

    Word by Word: start meeting together let's [polite]

    The speaker suggests starting a meeting together. The final ค่ะ contributes to the interaction.

  4. พักผ่อนกันเถอะ

    Let's take a rest.

    Word by Word: rest together let's

    The speaker suggests taking a rest together. No specific preceding work or travel is stated.

  5. เรียนภาษาไทยกันเถอะ

    Let's study Thai together.

    Word by Word: study language Thai together let's

    An invitation to engage in a shared learning activity.

Common Mistakes

  • Form The Direct Question “Shall We Eat?”

    กินข้าวกันเถอะไหม
    กินข้าวกันไหม

    For the direct question shown here, use กินข้าวกันไหม. Compare it with the proposal กินข้าวกันเถอะ. A question can also be an invitation; the distinction is between these complete constructions. The first displayed string stacks their endings and does not reproduce the requested direct กันไหม question. This task does not establish a ban on every possible particle sequence in every context.

How It Connects

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กันเถอะLevel 3Let Us All

Learn This First

The pattern 'กันเถอะ' is a compound of the collective marker 'กัน' and the urging particle 'เถอะ'. To understand it, you need to know how each component contributes to the meaning of a group suggestion.

Words in This Pattern

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