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เมื่อวานนี้เขากำลังได้อ่านหนังสือเล่มนั้น meuuaF waanM neeH khaoR gamM langM daiF aanL nangR seuuR lemF nanH |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | เมื่อ-วาน-นี้-เขา-กำ-ลัง-ได้-อ่าน-หฺนัง-สือ-เล่ม-นั้น |
IPA | mɯ̂ːa waːn níː kʰǎw kam laŋ dâj ʔàːn nǎŋ sɯ̌ː lêm nán |
Royal Thai General System | muea wan ni khao kamlang dai an nangsue lem nan |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "Yesterday he was reading that book (when she came)." | ||
notes | Kanchanawan#58b | ||
categories | |||
components | เมื่อวานนี้ | meuuaF waanM neeH | (at the time of) yesterday |
เขา | khaoR | [3rd person singular or plural pronoun] he; she; him; her; they; them | |
กำลัง | gamM langM | [auxiliary verb indicating the present participle, meaning "in the act of" or "in the process of", similar to the English suffix, "-ing"] | |
ได้ | daiF | [aspect marker indicating present and present perfect—action which happened in the past and continues to the present] | |
อ่าน | aanL | to read; <subject> reads | |
หนังสือ | nangR seuuR | book; document; letters; alphabet; printed document; written document | |
เล่ม | lemF | [numerical classifier for books and things with handles, such as carts, sharp metal objects such as scissors and knives, oars, candles] | |
นั้น | nanH | that one; object at a medium distance; those | |