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| มณีกำลังจะอ่านหนังสือ maH neeM gamM langM jaL aanL nangR seuuR |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | มะ-นี-กำ-ลัง-จะ-อ่าน-หฺนัง-สือ |
| IPA | má niː kam laŋ tɕàʔ ʔàːn nǎŋ sɯ̌ː |
| Royal Thai General System | mani kamlang cha an nangsue |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Manee is going to read a book." | ||
| notes | (36) 16. Sentence (36) literally means something like “Manii is in the process of being about to read a/the book”, which is analogous to the meaning of “Manii is going to read a/the book”. Hereafter, I use the short translation “be going to” for the combination of กำลัง - PROG and จะ - ‘be about to’. | ||
| categories | |||
| components | มณี  | maH neeM | Manee [a Thai female given name or nickname] (jewels, precious stones) |
 กำลัง | gamM langM | [auxiliary verb indicating the present participle, meaning "in the act of" or "in the process of", similar to the English suffix, "-ing"] | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
อ่านหนังสือ | aanL nangR seuuR | to read a book; to study (e.g. for a test) | |
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