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| อ้ายแมงดานี่ มันจะมาหาเศษหาเลยชุมชนรากหญ้า มันจะสร้างภาพว่าอีกหน่อยจะรวย มันเป็นการตกเขียวนะสิไม่ว่า aaiF maaengM daaM neeF manM jaL maaM haaR saehtL haaR leeuyM choomM chohnM raakF yaaF manM jaL saangF phaapF waaF eekL naawyL jaL ruayM manM bpenM gaanM dtohkL khiaaoR naH siL maiF waaF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | อ้าย-แมง-ดา-นี่-มัน-จะ-มา-หา-เสด-หา-เลย-ชุม-ชน-ราก-ย่า-มัน-จะ-ซ่าง-พาบ-ว่า-อีก-หฺน่อย-จะ-รวย-มัน-เป็น-กาน-ตก-เขียว-นะ-สิ-ไม่-ว่า |
| IPA | ʔâːj mɛːŋ daː nîː man tɕàʔ maː hǎː sèːt hǎː lɤːj tɕʰum tɕʰon râːk jâː man tɕàʔ sâːŋ pʰâːp wâː ʔìːk nɔ̀ːj tɕàʔ ruaj man pen kaːn tòk kʰǐːaw náʔ sìʔ mâj wâː |
| Royal Thai General System | ai maeng da ni man cha ma ha set ha loei chumchon rak ya man cha sang phap wa ik noi cha ruai man pen kan tok khiao na si mai wa |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "That pimp! He’s just scrounging around the poor communities painting a pretty picture that (they’ll) get rich. It’s undeniably just selling the girl into prostitution!" | ||
| categories | |||
| components | อ้าย  | aaiF | [a derogatory prefix placed in front of male names or nicknames to express insult—usually used in a negative way] |
| แมงดา | maaengM daaM | pimp; gigolo | |
 นี่ | neeF | this | |
มันจะ | manM jaL | it will | |
| มา | maaM | to come; <subject> comes | |
| หาเศษหาเลย | haaR saehtL haaR leeuyM | to nickel and dime, scavenge, feed off of, bottom-feed, scrounge around for, “hit someone up for”, look for scraps. | |
| ชุมชน | choomM chohnM | community | |
| รากหญ้า | raakF yaaF | [cross-literally, "grassroot" or "grassroots"] (accomplishing something) as a popular movement | |
| มันจะ | manM jaL | it will | |
| สร้างภาพ | saangF phaapF | to imagine; create a mental image | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| อีกหน่อย | eekL naawyL | in a little while; soon | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| รวย | ruayM | (of a person) [is] rich; wealthy | |
| มัน | manM | [the indefinite pronoun for referring to animals or things] it, they, them | |
| เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
| การ | gaanM | [placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes] | |
| ตกเขียว | dtohkL khiaaoR | to deceive a girl into becoming a prostitute | |
| นะ | naH | [word added to the end of a sentence to soften it, make it polite, indicate pleading, disagreement, ordering, surprise or emphasis] | |
| สิ | siL | [a particle placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize or indicate a request] | |
| ไม่ว่า | maiF waaF | no matter; irrespective of; notwithstanding | |
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