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| บ้านคนชั้นกลางทุกหลังจะต้องมีห้องอยู่ห้องหนึ่งเรียกว่าห้องรับแขกตกแต่งประดับประดาไว้เป็นอย่างดี แต่ชั่วนาตาปีแทบไม่เคยเปิดใช้เลย baanF khohnM chanH glaangM thookH langR jaL dtawngF meeM haawngF yuuL haawngF neungL riiakF waaF haawngF rapH khaaekL dtohkL dtaengL bpraL dapL bpraL daaM waiH bpenM yaangL deeM dtaaeL chuaaF naaM dtaaM bpeeM thaaepF maiF kheeuyM bpeertL chaiH leeuyM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | บ้าน-คน-ชั้น-กฺลาง-ทุก-หฺลัง-จะ-ต็้อง-มี-ฮ่อง-หฺยู่-ฮ่อง-หฺนึ่ง-เรียก-ว่า-ฮ่อง-รับ-แขก-ตก-แต่ง-ปฺระ-ดับ-ปฺระ-ดา-ไว้-เป็น-หฺย่าง-ดี-แต่-ชั่ว-นา-ตา-ปี-แทบ-ไม่-เคย-เปิด-ไช้-เลย |
| IPA | bâːn kʰon tɕʰán klaːŋ tʰúk lǎŋ tɕàʔ tɔ̂ŋ miː hɔ̂ːŋ jùː hɔ̂ːŋ nɯ̀ŋ rîːak wâː hɔ̂ːŋ ráp kʰɛ̀ːk tòk tɛ̀ŋ pràʔ dàp pràʔ daː wáj pen jàːŋ diː tɛ̀ː tɕʰûːa naː taː piː tʰɛ̂ːp mâj kʰɤːj pɤ̀ːt tɕʰáj lɤːj |
| Royal Thai General System | ban khon chan klang thuk lang cha tong mi hong yu hong nueng riak wa hong rap khaek tok taeng pradap prada wai pen yang di tae chua na tapi thaep mai khoei poet chai loei |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Every middle class household has a room which is called the “living room” which is expensively decorated; however, this room is almost never used." | ||
| components |  บ้าน  | baanF | house; home; place (or one's place); village |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
ชั้นกลาง | chanH glaangM | middle class | |
| ทุก | thookH | every; each | |
| หลัง | langR | [numerical classifier for pianos, houses, buildings] | |
| จะ | jaL | [auxiliary verb indicating future tense—must be used with another verb] will; shall | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
| ห้อง | haawngF | room of a building; apartment; chamber | |
| อยู่ | yuuL | [marker indicating the progressive or perfect aspect] | |
| ห้อง | haawngF | [numerical classifier for rooms of a building] | |
| หนึ่ง | neungL | one; the number or quantity one | |
| เรียก | riiakF | to call out; called; to be named | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| ห้องรับแขก | haawngF rapH khaaekL | living room; guest parlor | |
| ตกแต่ง | dtohkL dtaengL | to decorate; beautify; to trim | |
| ประดับ | bpraL dapL | to adorn; decorate; bedeck | |
| ประดา | bpraL daaM | to dive into water; swim underwater | |
| ไว้ | waiH | [usually used in an intransitive sense] to wear (clothes or hairstyle); to restore; to store; to keep; to preserve; to conserve; to maintain | |
| เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
| อย่าง | yaangL | [a prefix acting like the English suffix] -ly [creating an adverb from an adjective] way; in the (following) particular way | |
| ดี | deeM | [is] good; well; fine; nice; excellent; high | |
| แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
| ชั่วนาตาปี | chuaaF naaM dtaaM bpeeM | endlessly; always; for years | |
| แทบ | thaaepF | nearly; almost | |
| ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
| เคย | kheeuyM | (have you) ever; (as) before; did in the past; used to... | |
| เปิด | bpeertL | to open; to turn on; engage | |
| ใช้ | chaiH | to use, employ, exploit an object; utilize; resort to; implement | |
| เลย | leeuyM | [used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!; completely, directly; simply, without doing anything else first; right away | |
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