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| ชนชั้นนำไทยกลับปรับตัวไม่ทันกับการพัฒนาการรับรู้ของผู้คนในประเทศ ซึ่งถูกถ่วงรั้งมานาน จนไม่สามารถพัฒนาประชาธิปไตยที่สมบูรณ์ได้ chohnM chanH namM thaiM glapL bprapL dtuaaM maiF thanM gapL gaanM phatH thaH naaM gaanM rapH ruuH khaawngR phuuF khohnM naiM bpraL thaehtF seungF thuukL thuaangL rangH maaM naanM johnM maiF saaR maatF phatH thaH naaM bpraL chaaM thipH bpaL dtaiM theeF sohmR buunM daiF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ชน-ชั้น-นำ-ไท-กฺลับ-ปฺรับ-ตัว-ไม่-ทัน-กับ-กาน-พัด-ทะ-นา-กาน-รับ-รู้-ของ-พู่-คน-ไน-ปฺระ-เทด-ซึ่ง-ถูก-ถ่วง-รั้ง-มา-นาน-จน-ไม่-สา-มาด-พัด-ทะ-นา-ปฺระ-ชา-ทิบ-ปะ-ไต-ที่-สม-บูน-ได้ |
| IPA | tɕʰon tɕʰán nam tʰaj klàp pràp tuːa mâj tʰan kàp kaːn pʰát tʰá naː kaːn ráp rúː kʰɔ̌ːŋ pʰûː kʰon naj pràʔ tʰêːt sɯ̂ŋ tʰùːk tʰùːaŋ ráŋ maː naːn tɕon mâj sǎː mâːt pʰát tʰá naː pràʔ tɕʰaː tʰíp pà taj tʰîː sǒm buːn dâj |
| Royal Thai General System | chon chan nam thai klap prap tua mai than kap kan phatthana kan rap ru khong phu khon nai prathet sueng thuk thuang rang ma nan chon mai samat phatthana prachathippatai thi sombun dai |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "The Thai leadership class has not adapted itself to keep pace with the changing perceptions of the ordinary citizen who have been held back for such a long time that they have been unable to develop a full-blown democracy." | ||
| components | ชนชั้นนำ | chohnM chanH namM | the leadership class; high-society |
 ไทย  | thaiM | Thai; of or pertaining to Thailand | |
| กลับ | glapL | to return or go back | |
| ปรับตัว | bprapL dtuaaM | to adapt oneself | |
| ไม่ | maiF | not; no | |
| ทัน | thanM | to overtake; catch up with; be on time; be abreast of | |
| กับ | gapL | with; to; for | |
| การ | gaanM | [placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes] | |
| พัฒนาการ | phatH thaH naaM gaanM | development; name of a road in Bangkok | |
| รับรู้ | rapH ruuH | to acknowledge, recognize, or comprehend a piece of information; absorb (knowledge); become aware | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| ผู้คน | phuuF khohnM | an individual, a person; folk; people | |
| ใน | naiM | in; inside; within; amidst; into; on; at a particular time | |
| ประเทศ | bpraL thaehtF | nation; country | |
| ซึ่ง | seungF | [the relative pronouns] that; which | |
| ถูก | thuukL | [a verb particle reflecting passive voice] | |
| ถ่วง | thuaangL | to retard; hinder; impede | |
| รั้ง | rangH | to stop; obstruct; prevent; hold back; restrain; to curb | |
| มานาน | maaM naanM | [of a period of time] very long | |
| จน | johnM | until; up until; as far as; up to; to; till | |
| ไม่สามารถ | maiF saaR maatF | cannot; can't; could not; couldn't; incapable of; unable to | |
| พัฒนา | phatH thaH naaM | to develop | |
| ประชาธิปไตย | bpraL chaaM thipH bpaL dtaiM | democracy | |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
| สมบูรณ์ | sohmR buunM | [is] perfect; complete; absolute; abundant; [grammar] past, present and future perfect tenses | |
| ได้ | daiF | can; to be able; is able; am able; may; might [auxiliary of potential, denoting possbility, ability, or permission] | |
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