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| กว่าที่ขบวนขันหมากจะถึงบ้านต้องผ่านการกั้นประตูของชาวบ้านหลายประตู แต่ก็เต็มไปด้วยความน่ารักเป็นกันเอง gwaaL theeF khaL buaanM khanR maakL jaL theungR baanF dtawngF phaanL gaanM ganF bpraL dtuuM khaawngR chaaoM baanF laaiR bpraL dtuuM dtaaeL gaawF dtemM bpaiM duayF khwaamM naaF rakH bpenM ganM aehngM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | กฺว่า-ที่-ขะ-บวน-ขัน-หฺมาก-จะ-ถึง-บ้าน-ต็้อง-ผ่าน-กาน-กั้น-ปฺระ-ตู-ของ-ชาว-บ้าน-หฺลาย-ปฺระ-ตู-แต่-ก้อ-เต็ม-ไป-ด้วย-คฺวาม-น่า-รัก-เป็น-กัน-เอง |
| IPA | kwàː tʰîː kʰà buːan kʰǎn màːk tɕàʔ tʰɯ̌ŋ bâːn tɔ̂ŋ pʰàːn kaːn kân pràʔ tuː kʰɔ̌ːŋ tɕʰaːw bâːn lǎːj pràʔ tuː tɛ̀ː kɔ̂ː tem paj dûaj kʰwaːm nâː rák pen kan ʔeːŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | kwa thi khabuan khan mak cha thueng ban tong phan kan kan pratu khong chao ban lai pratu tae ko tem pai duai khwam na rak pen kan eng |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Before the gift procession could reach the home it had to pass many of the villagers’ door barriers but these stops were replete with charm and conviviality." | ||
| categories | |||
| components | กว่า  | gwaaL | by the time... |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
| ขบวน | khaL buaanM | procession; caravan; train | |
 ขัน | khanR | a bowl or basin used for dipping water | |
| หมาก | maakL | [general] betel nut | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| ถึง | theungR | to reach; arrive at; attain; get to | |
| บ้าน | baanF | house; home; place (or one's place); village | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| ผ่าน | phaanL | to cross; pass; pass by; pass through; pass an exam | |
| 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] | |
| กั้น | ganF | to obstruct; to hide; separate | |
| ประตู | bpraL dtuuM | door; gate; doorway; entrance | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
ชาวบ้าน | chaaoM baanF | villagers; "common folks"; the people; the hoi polloi, the salt of the earth; ordinary people | |
| หลาย | laaiR | several; numerous; a variety; many; sundry; diverse; [the prefix] "multi-"; many | |
| ประตู | bpraL dtuuM | door; gate; doorway; entrance | |
| แต่ | dtaaeL | but; even; however; rather | |
| ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| เต็มไปด้วย | dtemM bpaiM duayF | [is] filled with | |
| ความ | khwaamM | [a prefix which converts an adjective or verb into a noun] | |
| น่ารัก | naaF rakH | [is] cute; loveable; charming | |
| เป็นกันเอง | bpenM ganM aehngM | [is] informal, friendly, intimate | |
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