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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | พู่-ชาย-คน-นี้-เล่า-ว่า-คึ่น-รด-ไฟ-ที่-ชุม-พอน-เพฺราะ-มี-โท-ระ-สับ-ไป-บอก-ว่า-งาน-ที่-สุ-ราด-ทา-นี-มี-ปัน-หา |
IPA | pʰûː tɕʰaːj kʰon níː lâw wâː kʰɯ̂n rót faj tʰîː tɕʰum pʰɔːn pʰrɔ́ʔ miː tʰoː rá sàp paj bɔ̀ːk wâː ŋaːn tʰîː sùʔ râːt tʰaː niː miː pan hǎː |
Royal Thai General System | phu chai khon ni lao wa khuen rot fai thi chumphon phro mi thora sap pai bok wa ngan thi suratthani mi panha |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "The man told me that he got on the train at Chumporn because he received a phone call telling him that his business in Surathani was having a problem." | ||
categories | |||
components | ผู้ชาย | phuuF chaaiM | man; men; guy; guys; boy; boys; male |
คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
นี้ | neeH | this; these | |
เล่า | laoF | to relate a story; to tell; to recount; to narrate | |
ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
ขึ้น | kheunF | to get on (a train, plane and bus), to get in (a car) | |
รถไฟ | rohtH faiM | (railroad) train | |
ที่ | theeF | at; on the site of; within; amidst; in the location of | |
ชุมพร | choomM phaawnM | Chumphon, a province in southern Thailand with a 1995 population of 432,867 (rank 57 of 76) | |
เพราะ | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to | |
มี | meeM | [existential construction] there is; there are | |
โทรศัพท์ | tho:hM raH sapL | to call on the telephone; to place a call; to phone; to telephone | |
ไป | bpaiM | [aspect marker indicating time duration (continuity into the future)] for; since; forward | |
บอกว่า | baawkL waaF | to say that; tell; state; relate | |
งาน | ngaanM | work; job; duty; business; function; activity | |
ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
สุราษฎร์ธานี | sooL raatF thaaM neeM | Surat Thani, a province in southern Thailand with a 1995 population of 831,378 (rank 25 of 76) | |
มี | meeM | to have or possess; to be available | |
ปัญหา | bpanM haaR | problem; trouble; difficulty | |