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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ท่า-เรา-บัน-หฺยัด-สับ-อะ-ไร-อะ-ไร-คึ่น-มา-ก้อ-จะ-ขอ-ไฮ่-ปฺระ-ชา-ชน-ทั้ง-ปฺระ-เทด-เป็น-พู่-ที่-มี-คฺวาม-คิด-ไน-ด้าน-พา-สา-เป็น-สับ-บัน-หฺยัด-กอน-กัน-ทั้ง-ชาด-หฺรือ-เป็น-วิด-ทะ-ยา-กอน-พู่-ที่-มี-คฺวาม-รู้-ทั้ง-ชาด-ก้อ-ไม่-ได้ |
IPA | tʰâː raw ban jàt sàp ʔàʔ raj ʔàʔ raj kʰɯ̂n maː kɔ̂ː tɕàʔ kʰɔ̌ː hâj pràʔ tɕʰaː tɕʰon tʰáŋ pràʔ tʰêːt pen pʰûː tʰîː miː kʰwaːm kʰít naj dâːn pʰaː sǎː pen sàp ban jàt kɔːn kan tʰáŋ tɕʰâːt rɯ̌ː pen wít tʰá jaː kɔːn pʰûː tʰîː miː kʰwaːm rúː tʰáŋ tɕʰâːt kɔ̂ː mâj dâj |
Royal Thai General System | tha rao banyat sap arai arai khuen ma ko cha kho hai prachachon thang prathet pen phu thi mi khwam khit nai dan phasa pen sap banyat kon kan thang chat rue pen witthaya kon phu thi mi khwam ru thang chat ko mai dai |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "If we do create new words, we cannot ask that everyone in the country be thoughtful about language and serve as wordsmiths and as language experts." | ||
categories | |||
components | ถ้า | thaaF | [indicating a condition] if |
เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
บัญญัติ | banM yatL | to lay down; enact; formulate; draw up; constitute; establish; prescribe; provide; decree; enact; regulate | |
ศัพท์ | sapL | vocabulary; dictionary entry; terminology; word(s) | |
อะไร ๆ | aL raiM aL raiM | anything; something; everything | |
ขึ้น | kheunF | to ascend; raise; rise; go up | |
มา | maaM | to come; <subject> comes | |
ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
จะ | jaL | [auxiliary verb indicating future tense—must be used with another verb] will; shall | |
ขอ | khaawR | to ask for; to request; "I'd like..." — "May/Can I have...?" | |
ให้ | haiF | for; towards; in the direction of; into; to | |
ประชาชน | bpraL chaaM chohnM | citizens, the public; people | |
ทั้ง | thangH | all; entire; whole; wholly; both (...and); while | |
ประเทศ | bpraL thaehtF | nation; country | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
ผู้ | phuuF | person, human, one (who...); [Thai prefix corresponding to the English suffixes] '-er' or '-or' | |
ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronoun] who [or subordiate conjunction] whom | |
มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
ความ | khwaamM | [a prefix which converts an adjective or verb into a noun] | |
คิด | khitH | to think, consider, imagine, expect, compute, to count, wonder | |
ใน | naiM | in; inside; within; amidst; into; on; at a particular time | |
ด้าน | daanF | related to; pertaining to; concerning; regarding | |
ภาษา | phaaM saaR | language(s); speech; idiom; tongue; lingo; understanding; words | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
ศัพท์ | sapL | vocabulary; dictionary entry; terminology; word(s) | |
บัญญัติ | banM yatL | to lay down; enact; formulate; draw up; constitute; establish; prescribe; provide; decree; enact; regulate | |
กร | gaawnM | worker, laborer, doer, workman, [a suffix indicating] a person who... (does certain things), or an object that... (performs a certain function) | |
กัน | ganM | together with | |
ทั้ง | thangH | all; entire; whole; wholly; both (...and); while | |
ชาติ | chaatF | nation; country | |
หรือ | reuuR | or | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
วิทยากร | witH thaH yaaM gaawnM | expert; lecturer | |
ผู้ | phuuF | person, human, one (who...); [Thai prefix corresponding to the English suffixes] '-er' or '-or' | |
ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronoun] who [or subordiate conjunction] whom | |
มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
ความรู้ | khwaamM ruuH | knowledge; information | |
ทั้ง | thangH | all; entire; whole; wholly; both (...and); while | |
ชาติ | chaatF | national; of a nation; race; of a country | |
ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
ได้ | daiF | can; to be able; is able; am able; may; might [auxiliary of potential, denoting possbility, ability, or permission] | |