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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ปฺล่อย-ไฮ่-เรือ-ล่อง-ตาม-น้าม-มา-เรื่อย-เรื่อย-แค่-คอย-คัด-ท้าย-จน-ถึง-ผืน-นา-ที่-เป็น-เหฺมือน-ลม-หาย-ไจ-คฺรึ่ง-หฺนึ่ง-ของ-แก-และ-ลูก-เมีย |
IPA | plɔ̀ːj hâj rɯːa lɔ̂ːŋ taːm náːm maː rɯ̂ːaj rɯ̂ːaj kʰɛ̂ː kʰɔːj kʰát tʰáːj tɕon tʰɯ̌ŋ pʰɯ̌ːn naː tʰîː pen mɯ̌ːan lom hǎːj tɕaj kʰrɯ̂ŋ nɯ̀ŋ kʰɔ̌ːŋ kɛː lɛ́ʔ lûːk miːa |
Royal Thai General System | ploi hai ruea long tam nam ma rueay rueay khae khoi khat thai chon thueng phuen na thi pen muean lom haichai khrueng nueng khong kae lae luk mia |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "[He] let the boat meander lazily along the stream, steering occasionally, until he finally reached the fields which had been the life blood for him and his family." | ||
categories | |||
components | ปล่อยให้ | bplaawyL haiF | to let; allow |
เรือ | reuuaM | boat; ship; barge; vessel; navy | |
ล่อง | laawngF | to descend; to follow the current of a river downwards | |
ตาม | dtaamM | to follow; along; around | |
น้ำ | naamH | water; fluid; liquid | |
มา | maaM | [aspect marker indicating past or present perfect tense (continuity from the past)] | |
เรื่อย ๆ | reuuayF reuuayF | usually; continuously; gradually; more and more; on and on | |
แค่ | khaaeF | as far as; to the extent that; only; merely | |
คอย | khaawyM | to continue (doing something); to keep at it; to keep on (going) | |
คัดท้าย | khatH thaaiH | to steer a boat | |
จนถึง | johnM theungR | until; until reached; until you reach; 'till | |
ผืนนา | pheuunR naaM | farmland | |
ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
เหมือน | meuuanR | [is] similar; all the same; like; as | |
ลมหายใจ | lohmM haaiR jaiM | breath; breath of life; life-blood | |
ครึ่งหนึ่ง | khreungF neungL | half; one-half; ½ | |
ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
แก | gaaeM | [impolite or colloquial usage] he; him; she; her; they; them; you | |
และ | laeH | and | |
ลูก | luukF | child; offspring; son or daughter [including figurative usage for certain ideas]; cub; young animal | |
เมีย | miiaM | wife | |