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| อย่าว่าแต่คนนอกอย่างฝรั่งเลยที่ไม่เข้าใจโครงสร้างการเมืองไทยคนไทยเองก็ยังงงเป็นไก่ตาแตก yaaL waaF dtaaeL khohnM naawkF yaangL faL rangL leeuyM theeF maiF khaoF jaiM khro:hngM saangF gaanM meuuangM thaiM khohnM thaiM aehngM gaawF yangM ngohngM bpenM gaiL dtaaM dtaaekL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | หฺย่า-ว่า-แต่-คน-นอก-หฺย่าง-ฝะ-หฺรั่ง-เลย-ที่-ไม่-เค่า-ไจ-โคฺรง-ซ่าง-กาน-เมือง-ไท-คน-ไท-เอง-ก้อ-ยัง-งง-เป็น-ไก่-ตา-แตก |
| IPA | jàː wâː tɛ̀ː kʰon nɔ̂ːk jàːŋ fà ràŋ lɤːj tʰîː mâj kʰâw tɕaj kʰroːŋ sâːŋ kaːn mɯːaŋ tʰaj kʰon tʰaj ʔeːŋ kɔ̂ː jaŋ ŋoŋ pen kàj taː tɛ̀ːk |
| Royal Thai General System | ya wa tae khon nok yang farang loei thi mai khao chai khrong sang kan mueang thai khon thai eng ko yang ngong pen kai ta taek |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Its not just outsiders, like foreigners, who fail to understand the structure of Thai politics; Thais themselves are confused." | ||
| components | อย่าว่าแต่ | yaaL waaF dtaaeL | not only; let alone that |
 คน  | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| นอก | naawkF | [is] outside of; external to; foreign; alien | |
| อย่าง | yaangL | like; as | |
| ฝรั่ง | faL rangL | non-Asian foreigner, [usually] Caucasian [see notes] | |
| เลย | leeuyM | [used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!; completely, directly; simply, without doing anything else first; right away | |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronoun] who [or subordiate conjunction] whom | |
| ไม่เข้าใจ | maiF khaoF jaiM | [I, you, they] don't understand | |
| โครงสร้าง | khro:hngM saangF | structure | |
| การเมือง | gaanM meuuangM | politics | |
| ไทย | thaiM | Thai; of or pertaining to Thailand | |
| คนไทย | khohnM thaiM | Thai person; Thai people | |
| เอง | aehngM | by oneself; on one's own; personally; myself; oneself; himself; themselves | |
| ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| ยัง | yangM | yet; since; not yet; still | |
| งงเป็นไก่ตาแตก | ngohngM bpenM gaiL dtaaM dtaaekL | [is] confused; stupefied | |
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