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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ตัว-เทอ-เอง-ขอ-แค่-ไฮ่-เด็ก-เป็น-คน-ดี-และ-ท่า-เป็น-ไป-ได้-ก้อ-ไม่-หฺยาก-ไฮ่-ลูก-โต-คึ่น-แล้ว-ต็้อง-ทำ-งาน-หฺนัก-เหฺมือน-พ่อ |
IPA | tuːa tʰɤː ʔeːŋ kʰɔ̌ː kʰɛ̂ː hâj dèk pen kʰon diː lɛ́ʔ tʰâː pen paj dâj kɔ̂ː mâj jàːk hâj lûːk toː kʰɯ̂n lɛ́ːw tɔ̂ŋ tʰam ŋaːn nàk mɯ̌ːan pʰɔ̂ː |
Royal Thai General System | tua thoe eng kho khae hai dek pen khon di lae tha pen pai dai ko mai yak hai luk to khuen laeo tong tham ngan nak muean pho |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "She herself hopes that the child will become a good person, and, if possible, she wishes that when her child grows up he or she would not have to work as hard as his father had to." | ||
categories | |||
components | ตัว | dtuaaM | [of a person] self; himself; herself; yourself; themselves; [things] itself |
เธอ | thuuhrM | she; her; [the 3rd person singular pronoun when referring to a female] | |
เอง | aehngM | by oneself; on one's own; personally; myself; oneself; himself; themselves | |
ขอ | khaawR | to ask for; to request; "I'd like..." — "May/Can I have...?" | |
แค่ | khaaeF | as far as; to the extent that; only; merely | |
ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
เด็ก | dekL | child | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
คนดี | khohnM deeM | a good person | |
และ | laeH | and | |
ถ้า | thaaF | [indicating a condition] if | |
เป็นไปได้ | bpenM bpaiM daiF | [is] possible; feasible; to progress, move forward | |
ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
อยาก | yaakL | [auxiliary verb] to want; desire; crave for | |
ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
ลูก | luukF | child; offspring; son or daughter [including figurative usage for certain ideas]; cub; young animal | |
โตขึ้น | dto:hM kheunF | to grow up; dgrow; become bigger (people) | |
แล้ว | laaeoH | [positioned at the beginning of a clause indicating the ordering of events or agreement with main clause] next; then; afterwards; so; finally; and | |
ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
ทำงานหนัก | thamM ngaanM nakL | to work hard; work strenuously | |
เหมือน | meuuanR | [is] similar; all the same; like; as | |
พ่อ | phaawF | father | |