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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ดิ-ฉัน-คิด-ว่า-คน-ที่-ไม่-รู้-จิง-หฺย่า-ออก-มา-พูด-เพฺราะ-จะ-ทำ-ไฮ่-ปฺระ-ชา-ชน-เกิด-คฺวาม-สับ-สน |
IPA | dìʔ tɕʰǎn kʰít wâː kʰon tʰîː mâj rúː tɕiŋ jàː ʔɔ̀ːk maː pʰûːt pʰrɔ́ʔ tɕàʔ tʰam hâj pràʔ tɕʰaː tɕʰon kɤ̀ːt kʰwaːm sàp sǒn |
Royal Thai General System | dichan khit wa khon thi mai ru ching ya ok ma phut phro cha tham hai prachachon koet khwam sapson |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "I think that those who don’t know, shouldn’t speak because [if they do speak] they only create confusion among the people." | ||
components | ดิฉัน | diL chanR | [used by female speakers in a formal setting] I; me; my |
คิดว่า | khitH waaF | to count; think that... | |
คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronoun] who [or subordiate conjunction] whom | |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
รู้ | ruuH | to know a subject or piece of learned information | |
จริง | jingM | truthful; truthfully; really?; true; real; serious; no-nonsense; well; so | |
อย่า | yaaL | don't...; do not...; don't be...; doesn't | |
ออกมา | aawkL maaM | to come out (and do something) | |
พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
เพราะ | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to | |
จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
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... | |
ประชาชน | bpraL chaaM chohnM | citizens, the public; people | |
เกิด | geertL | to cause; create; make happen | |
ความสับสน | khwaamM sapL sohnR | [state of mind] confusion; puzzlement | |