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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | แต่-ท่า-เกิด-ว่า-เรา-มี-เงิน-เยอะ-หฺน่อย-เรา-อาด-จะ-เลือก-ซื้อ-ของ-แบฺรน-เนม-ไฮ่-กับ-พู่-หฺยิง-ก้อ-ได้-นะ-คฺรับ |
IPA | tɛ̀ː tʰâː kɤ̀ːt wâː raw miː ŋɤn jɤ́ʔ nɔ̀ːj raw ʔàːt tɕàʔ lɯ̂ːak sɯ́ː kʰɔ̌ːŋ brɛːn neːm hâj kàp pʰûː jǐŋ kɔ̂ː dâj náʔ kʰráp |
Royal Thai General System | tae tha koet wa rao mi ngoen yoe noi rao at cha lueak sue khong braennem hai kap phu ying ko dai na khrap |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "But, if we have a lot of money, we might buy a brand name item for a woman." | ||
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components | แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather |
ถ้า | thaaF | [indicating a condition] if | |
เกิด | geertL | to be born; to birth; to happen | |
ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
มีเงิน | meeM ngernM | to have money | |
เยอะ | yuhH | [is] a lot; many; plenty; much | |
หน่อย | naawyL | [word used to soften the meaning of a sentence] "...a bit" — "...somewhat" — "...to some extent"; this little thing, no big deal here, for just a moment | |
เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
อาจจะ | aatL jaL | [auxiliary verb combination] may (possibility); might; maybe; perhaps will; probably; possibly | |
เลือก | leuuakF | to select or choose; elect; pick | |
ซื้อ | seuuH | to buy or purchase | |
ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
แบรนด์เนม | braaenM naehmM | [Thai transcription of foreign loanword] brandname; (of products) [is] well-known | |
ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
กับ | gapL | with; to; for | |
ผู้หญิง | phuuF yingR | girl; woman; women | |
ก็ได้ | gaawF daiF | O.k.; okay. | |
นะ | naH | [word added to the end of a sentence to soften it, make it polite, indicate pleading, disagreement, ordering, surprise or emphasis] | |
ครับ | khrapH | [word added by a male speaker to the end of every sentence to convey politeness or] "yes"; "that's right"; "I see." | |