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| ชนชาติไทยจะต้องถือว่า หน้าที่ของพลเมืองไทยที่ดีประการหนึ่งนั้น คือ ศึกษาให้รู้หนังสือไทยอันเป็นภาษาของชาติอย่างน้อยต้องให้อ่านออกเขียนได้ chohnM chaatF thaiM jaL dtawngF theuuR waaF naaF theeF khaawngR phohnM laH meuuangM thaiM theeF deeM bpraL gaanM neungL nanH kheuuM seukL saaR haiF ruuH nangR seuuR thaiM anM bpenM phaaM saaR khaawngR chaatF yaangL naawyH dtawngF haiF aanL aawkL khiianR daiF |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | ชน-ชาด-ไท-จะ-ต็้อง-ถือ-ว่า-น่า-ที่-ของ-พน-ละ-เมือง-ไท-ที่-ดี-ปฺระ-กาน-หฺนึ่ง-นั้น-คือ-สึก-สา-ไฮ่-รู้-หฺนัง-สือ-ไท-อัน-เป็น-พา-สา-ของ-ชาด-หฺย่าง-น้อย-ต็้อง-ไฮ่-อ่าน-ออก-เขียน-ได้ |
| IPA | tɕʰon tɕʰâːt tʰaj tɕàʔ tɔ̂ŋ tʰɯ̌ː wâː nâː tʰîː kʰɔ̌ːŋ pʰon lá mɯːaŋ tʰaj tʰîː diː pràʔ kaːn nɯ̀ŋ nán kʰɯː sɯ̀k sǎː hâj rúː nǎŋ sɯ̌ː tʰaj ʔan pen pʰaː sǎː kʰɔ̌ːŋ tɕʰâːt jàːŋ nɔ́ːj tɔ̂ŋ hâj ʔàːn ʔɔ̀ːk kʰǐːan dâj |
| Royal Thai General System | chon chat thai cha tong thue wa nathi khong phonla mueang thai thi di prakan nueng nan khue sueksa hai ru nangsue thai an pen phasa khong chat yang noi tong hai an ok khian dai |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "One of the duties of a good Thai citizen is to learn the national language at least to a certain level of literacy." | ||
| components | ชนชาติ  | chohnM chaatF | man; nation; nationality; country; race; birth; family; group; kind; lineage; rank; caste |
 ไทย | thaiM | Thai; of or pertaining to Thailand | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| ถือว่า | theuuR waaF | to think that...; regard as...; deem that...; believe that... | |
| หน้าที่ | naaF theeF | duty; function; obligation; responsibility | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| พลเมือง | phohnM laH meuuangM | a citizen; an inhabitant; people; population | |
| ไทย | thaiM | Thai; of or pertaining to Thailand | |
| ที่ดี | theeF deeM | best; which is good; who are good | |
| ประการ | bpraL gaanM | type; kind; sort; species; variety; method; item | |
| หนึ่ง | neungL | one; the number or quantity one | |
| นั้น | nanH | that one; object at a medium distance; those | |
| คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
| ศึกษา | seukL saaR | to study; to be educated; to receive education; to go to school; to learn (at higher levels such as college) | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| รู้หนังสือ | ruuH nangR seuuR | [is] literate; able to read | |
| ไทย | thaiM | Thai; of or pertaining to Thailand | |
| อัน | anM | [the formal relative pronouns] that; which | |
| เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
| ภาษา | phaaM saaR | language(s); speech; idiom; tongue; lingo; understanding; words | |
| ของชาติ | khaawngR chaatF | national; of a nation | |
| อย่างน้อย | yaangL naawyH | at least | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| อ่านออกเขียนได้ | aanL aawkL khiianR daiF | [is] literate; able to read and write | |
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