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| แม้ว่าสมบูรณาญาสิทธิราชย์สยามระวังมิให้กระฎุมพีมีอำนาจมากเกินไปตลอด แต่กระฎุมพีก็กระเสือกกระสนอยู่รอดมาได้โดยการสวามิภักดิ์ต่อนายใหม่คือพระมหากษัตริย์ maaeH waaF sohmR buuM raH naaM yaaM sitL thiH raatF saL yaamR raH wangM miH haiF graL doomM pheeM meeM amM naatF maakF geernM bpaiM dtaL laawtL dtaaeL graL doomM pheeM gaawF graL seuuakL graL sohnR yuuL raawtF maaM daiF dooyM gaanM saL waaR miH phakH dtaawL naaiM maiL kheuuM phraH maH haaR gaL satL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | แม้-ว่า-สม-บู-ระ-นา-ยา-สิด-ทิ-ราด-สะ-หฺยาม-ระ-วัง-มิ-ไฮ่-กฺระ-ดุม-พี-มี-อำ-นาด-มาก-เกิน-ไป-ตะ-หฺลอด-แต่-กฺระ-ดุม-พี-ก้อ-กฺระ-เสือก-กฺระ-สน-หฺยู่-รอด-มา-ได้-โดย-กาน-สะ-หฺวา-มิ-พัก-ต่อ-นาย-ไหฺม่-คือ-พฺระ-มะ-หา-กะ-สัด |
| IPA | mɛ́ː wâː sǒm buː rá naː jaː sìt tʰíʔ râːt sà jǎːm ráʔ waŋ míʔ hâj kràʔ dum pʰiː miː ʔam nâːt mâːk kɤːn paj tà lɔ̀ːt tɛ̀ː kràʔ dum pʰiː kɔ̂ː kràʔ sɯ̀ːak kràʔ sǒn jùː rɔ̂ːt maː dâj doːj kaːn sà wǎː míʔ pʰák tɔ̀ː naːj màj kʰɯː pʰráʔ má hǎː kàʔ sàt |
| Royal Thai General System | mae wa somburanayasitthirat sayam rawang mi hai kradumphi mi amnat mak koen pai talot tae kradumphi ko krasueak krason yu rot ma dai doi kan sawamiphak to nai mai khue phra maha kasat |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Even though the Siamese absolute monarchy was careful never to allow the bourgeois to have too much power, the bourgeois continued to struggle to survive by giving their allegiance to their new master, the monarch." | ||
| components | แม้ว่า  | maaeH waaF | although; though; even though; even if |
| สมบูรณาญาสิทธิราชย์ | sohmR buuM raH naaM yaaM sitL thiH raatF | absolute monarchy; despotism | |
| สยาม | saL yaamR | "Siam," the former name for Thailand; Siamese | |
| ระวัง | raH wangM | [is] careful; cautious; wary | |
| มิ | miH | not; no [more formal than  ไม่ ] | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| กระฎุมพี | graL doomM pheeM | bourgeosie; man of wealth | |
| มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
| อำนาจ | amM naatF | authority; power | |
| มากเกินไป | maakF geernM bpaiM | much too much; way too much | |
| ตลอด | dtaL laawtL | all the time; always | |
| แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
| กระฎุมพี | graL doomM pheeM | bourgeosie; man of wealth | |
| ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| กระเสือกกระสน | graL seuuakL graL sohnR | to struggle; grasp for; strive; crawl towards an objective with difficulty | |
| อยู่รอด | yuuL raawtF | to survive | |
| มา | maaM | [aspect marker indicating past or present perfect tense (continuity from the past)] | |
| ได้ | daiF | can; to be able; is able; am able; may; might [auxiliary of potential, denoting possbility, ability, or permission] | |
| โดย | dooyM | by; via; the method; route; way or mode of attainment | |
| การสวามิภักดิ์ | gaanM saL waaR miH phakH | paying alliegance (to) | |
| ต่อ | dtaawL | against; towards; to; further; on; for | |
| นาย | naaiM | [a prefix meaning] one who is an officer of a business; boss; master; superior; mister | |
| ใหม่ | [is] new; modern; fresh | ||
| คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
| พระมหากษัตริย์ | phraH maH haaR gaL satL | Great King; Monarch | |
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