ตกอยู่กับ(dtòk yòo gàp)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] fall upon [sb]/[sth]; [to] rest with [sb]

to fall upon someone or something, such as a responsibility or burden; to be in the hands of someone.

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)งานngaanงานngaan1work; job; employment2task; assignment; duty3event; fair; function4work (product); creation5joule (physics unit)6unit (classifier) for eventsล้างจานláang jaanล้างจานláang jaan[to] wash dishes; do the dishesตกอยู่กับdtòk yòo gàpตกอยู่กับdtòk yòo gàp[to] fall upon [sb]/[sth]; [to] rest with [sb]ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)
Today, the task of washing dishes falls on me.

Word Breakdown

ตกอยู่dtòk yòoตกอยู่dtòk yòo1[to] find oneself in; end up in (a state/situation)2[to] be under the power/control/influence of [sb]/[sth]3[to] be in the possession/custody of [sb]/[sth]Part 1
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กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)Part 2
ตกอยู่กับdtòk yòo gàpตกอยู่กับdtòk yòo gàp[to] fall upon [sb]/[sth]; [to] rest with [sb]