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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | แม่-ยาย-เป็น-คน-ไม่-พูด-มาก-แต่-แสง-ดาว-พูด-มาก-คี่-บ่น-จุก-จิก-ได้-ทุก-เรื่อง-ตั้ง-แต่-เรื่อง-เล็ก-น้อย-ไป-จน-ถึง-เรื่อง-ไหฺย่-โต |
IPA | mɛ̂ː jaːj pen kʰon mâj pʰûːt mâːk tɛ̀ː sɛ̌ːŋ daːw pʰûːt mâːk kʰîː bòn tɕùk tɕìk dâj tʰúk rɯ̂ːaŋ tâŋ tɛ̀ː rɯ̂ːaŋ lék nɔ́ːj paj tɕon tʰɯ̌ŋ rɯ̂ːaŋ jàj toː |
Royal Thai General System | mae yai pen khon mai phut mak tae saeng dao phut mak khi bon chukchik dai thuk rueang tang tae rueang lek noi pai chon thueng rueang yai to |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "My mother-in-law usually doesn’t say very much, but Saengdow does complain and nag about everything, from little, insignificant issues to big, important ones." | ||
categories | |||
components | แม่ยาย | maaeF yaaiM | mother-in-law (wife's mother) |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
มาก | maakF | much; many; very; more; so much; a great deal; seriously | |
แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
แสงดาว | saaengR daaoM | Saengdow [a Thai female given name meaning "starlight"] | |
พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
มาก | maakF | much; many; very; more; so much; a great deal; seriously | |
ขี้บ่น | kheeF bohnL | to nag; nagging | |
จุกจิก | jookL jikL | to fuss; complain; grumble; carp | |
ได้ | daiF | can; to be able; is able; am able; may; might [auxiliary of potential, denoting possbility, ability, or permission] | |
ทุก | thookH | every; each | |
เรื่อง | reuuangF | issue; affair; topic; brouhaha; concern; uproar | |
ตั้งแต่ | dtangF dtaaeL | since; from [indicating a span of time or distance or a range of items or varieties] from (...'a' to 'z') | |
เรื่อง | reuuangF | issue; affair; topic; brouhaha; concern; uproar | |
เล็กน้อย | lekH naawyH | few; small amount; a little bit; minor amount | |
ไปจนถึง | bpaiM johnM theungR | all the way up to; including | |
เรื่อง | reuuangF | issue; affair; topic; brouhaha; concern; uproar | |
ใหญ่โต | yaiL dto:hM | [is] huge; large; big | |