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ข.อย่าว่าแต่คนไทยเลย แม้ฝรั่งก็ดื่มเหล้าจัด yaaL waaF dtaaeL khohnM thaiM leeuyM maaeH faL rangL gaawF deuumL laoF jatL |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | หฺย่า-ว่า-แต่-คน-ไท-เลย-แม้-ฝะ-หฺรั่ง-ก้อ-ดื่ม-เล่า-จัด |
IPA | jàː wâː tɛ̀ː kʰon tʰaj lɤːj mɛ́ː fà ràŋ kɔ̂ː dɯ̀ːm lâw tɕàt |
Royal Thai General System | ya wa tae khon thai loei mae farang ko duem lao chat |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "Don't limit your discussion to Thais. Foreigners also drink a lot. (Even foreigners drink a lot of liquor.)." | ||
categories | |||
components | ข | b.) — [indicating the second item in a list]; Mr. B. | |
อย่าว่าแต่ | yaaL waaF dtaaeL | not only; let alone that | |
คนไทย | khohnM thaiM | Thai person; Thai people | |
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 | |
แม้ | maaeH | [establishing a conditional link between phrases] | |
ฝรั่ง | faL rangL | non-Asian foreigner, [usually] Caucasian [see notes] | |
ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
ดื่มเหล้า | deuumL laoF | to drink alcohol; imbibe liquor | |
จัด | jatL | [is] strong; intense; excessive; severe [especially when speaking of the weather] | |