ความเชื่อใจก็เหมือนยางลบ
[kwaam chêua jai gâw meǔan yaang lóp]
Trust is like an eraser.

ผิดบ่อยๆ ยางลบก็ก้อนเล็กลง
[pìt bòi bòi, yaang lóp gâw gâwn lék long]
The more often mistakes are made, the smaller it gets.

[ – – – Vocabulary – – – ]

ความเชื่อใจ [kwaam chêua jai] trust
เหมือน [meǔan] like
ยางลบ [yaang lóp] eraser, rubber
ผิด [pìt] wrong
บ่อยๆ [bòi bòi] often
ก็ [gâw] a word used to express a consequence
ก้อน [gâwn] a classifier for erasers
เล็กลง [lék long] smaller

[ – – – Grammar – – – ]

We use the structure of “adjective / adverb + ลง [long] or ขึ้น [kêun]” to talk about a change that occurs within the same subject, whereas we use “กว่า [gwàa]” to make a comparison between two different subjects. See examples below;

เล็กลง [lék long] smaller
ใหญ่ขึ้น [yài kêun] bigger

เล็กกว่า [lék gwàa] smaller
ใหญ่กว่า [yài gwàa] bigger

1. ปีนี้ ตัวใหญ่ขึ้นเยอะเลยนะ [pii níi ngaan yài kêun]
You’ve grown so much bigger this year!

2. ผมตัวใหญ่กว่าพี่ผมอีก [pǒm tua yài gwàa pîi pǒm ìik]
I’m even bigger than my older brother.

แย่ลง [yâe long] worse
ดีขึ้น [dii kêun] better

แย่กว่า [yâe gwàa] worse
ดีกว่า [dii gwàa] better

1. เดี๋ยวนี้ อากาศแย่ลง [dǐao níi aa gàat yâe long] 
The air (quality) nowadays has gotten worse than before.

2. อากาศที่กรุงเทพแย่กว่าที่ภูเก็ต [aa gàat tîi grung têp yâe gwàa tîi Phuket]
The air (quality) in Bangkok is worse than that in Phuket.

For more on comparison, watch our video lesson below.

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