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| สมัยก่อนพ่อเคยเล่าให้ฟังว่า บ้านเราอด ๆอยาก ๆ ไม่ค่อยจะมีอะไรกิน ทำให้เราเลือกกินไม่ได้ saL maiR gaawnL phaawF kheeuyM laoF haiF fangM waaF baanF raoM ohtL yaakL maiF khaawyF jaL meeM aL raiM ginM thamM haiF raoM leuuakF ginM maiF daiF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | สะ-หฺมัย-ก่อน-พ่อ-เคย-เล่า-ไฮ่-ฟัง-ว่า-บ้าน-เรา-อด-หฺยาก-ไม่-ค่อย-จะ-มี-อะ-ไร-กิน-ทำ-ไฮ่-เรา-เลือก-กิน-ไม่-ได้ |
| IPA | sà mǎj kɔ̀ːn pʰɔ̂ː kʰɤːj lâw hâj faŋ wâː bâːn raw ʔòt jàːk mâj kʰɔ̂ːj tɕàʔ miː ʔàʔ raj kin tʰam hâj raw lɯ̂ːak kin mâj dâj |
| Royal Thai General System | samai kon pho khoei lao hai fang wa ban rao ot yak mai khoi cha mi arai kin tham hai rao lueak kin mai dai |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "My father used to tell me that our home was very poor and we had nothing to eat; we could not be picky about what we ate." | ||
| categories | |||
| components | สมัยก่อน  | saL maiR gaawnL | in former times; formerly; in olden days; in the old days |
 พ่อ | phaawF | father | |
| เคย | kheeuyM | (have you) ever; (as) before; did in the past; used to... | |
| เล่าให้ฟัง | laoF haiF fangM | to tell; narrate; explain | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| บ้านเรา | baanF raoM | our house; our nation; our home | |
| อด ๆอยาก ๆ | ohtL yaakL | [is] starving | |
| ไม่ค่อยจะ | maiF khaawyF jaL | scarcely | |
| มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
| อะไร | aL raiM | at all | |
| กิน | ginM | to eat or drink; consume; exploit | |
| ทำให้ | thamM haiF | [prefix which creates a verb from an adjective, corresponding to the English suffix (adj.)-en] to cause to be...; to make...; to effect...; to render as... | |
| เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
| เลือก | leuuakF | to select or choose; elect; pick | |
| กิน | ginM | to eat or drink; consume; exploit | |
| ไม่ได้ | maiF daiF | [is] unable to, cannot | |
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