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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | พะ-นัน-ได้-เลย-ว่า-พอ-ซิ่น-เดือน-ปั๊บ-มัน-จะ-ต็้อง-ล่อง-เรือ-มา-หา-เสด-หา-เลย-กับ-ผม-สัก-สอง-สาม-พัน-บาด-เป็น-แน่-แท้-ที-เดียว-เชียว |
IPA | pʰá nan dâj lɤːj wâː pʰɔː sîn dɯːan páp man tɕàʔ tɔ̂ŋ lɔ̂ːŋ rɯːa maː hǎː sèːt hǎː lɤːj kàp pʰǒm sàk sɔ̌ːŋ sǎːm pʰan bàːt pen nɛ̂ː tʰɛ́ː tʰiː diːaw tɕʰiːaw |
Royal Thai General System | phanan dai loei wa pho sin duean pap man cha tong long ruea ma ha set ha loei kap phom sak song sam phan bat pen nae thae thi diao chiao |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "You can bet on it. At the end of the month bamm! He’s gonna come on down and be hitting me up for a couple thousand baht with absolute certainty, just like that!" | ||
categories | |||
components | พนัน | phaH nanM | to bet or wager; gamble |
ได้เลย | daiF leeuyM | sure; absolutely; definitely; yes I can; of course | |
ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
พอ | phaawM | upon; just when; as soon as; at the moment when | |
สิ้นเดือน | sinF deuuanM | end of the month | |
ปั๊บ | bpapH | at once; immediately; suddenly | |
มันจะ | manM jaL | it will | |
ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
ล่องเรือ | laawngF reuuaM | a cruise on a boat or ship; take a trip | |
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. | |
กับ | gapL | with; to; for | |
ผม | phohmR | [used by male speakers] I; me; my | |
สัก | sakL | just; mere; even; just about; approximately | |
สองสาม | saawngR saamR | [literally, "two or three"] a few, several | |
พัน | phanM | thousand; the number one thousand (1,000) | |
บาท | baatL | Thai currency: Baht (TH฿) | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
แน่แท้ | naaeF thaaeH | for sure; certainly | |
ทีเดียว | theeM diaaoM | quite; very | |
เชียว | chiaaoM | at once; absolutely; immediately; quite certainly; right now; surely; very very sure, quite sure | |