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| ถ้าในกรุงเทพฯ ไม่มีคนต่างจังหวัดและแรงงานต่างด้าวเลยนี่ เมืองแทบจะเป็นอัมพาต thaaF naiM groongM thaehpF maiF meeM khohnM dtaangL jangM watL laeH raaengM ngaanM dtaangL daaoF leeuyM neeF meuuangM thaaepF jaL bpenM amM maH phaatF | ![]() |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ท่า-ไน-กฺรุง-เทบ-ไม่-มี-คน-ต่าง-จัง-หฺวัด-และ-แรง-งาน-ต่าง-ด้าว-เลย-นี่-เมือง-แทบ-จะ-เป็น-อัม-มะ-พาด |
| IPA | tʰâː naj kruŋ tʰêːp mâj miː kʰon tàːŋ tɕaŋ wàt lɛ́ʔ rɛːŋ ŋaːn tàːŋ dâːw lɤːj nîː mɯːaŋ tʰɛ̂ːp tɕàʔ pen ʔam má pʰâːt |
| Royal Thai General System | tha nai krungthep mai mi khon tang changwat lae raeng ngan tang dao loei ni mueang thaep cha pen ammaphat |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "If Bangkok were devoid of people from the outer provinces or alien workers, the city would be nearly paralyzed." | ||
| components | ถ้า ![]() | thaaF | [indicating a condition] if |
ใน ![]() | naiM | in; inside; within; amidst; into; on; at a particular time | |
| กรุงเทพฯ | groongM thaehpF | [abbreviation for the name of] Bangkok, the capital city of ประเทศไทย (Thailand) | |
| ไม่มี | maiF meeM | don't have; doesn't have; that doesn't; there are no...; there is no . | |
คน ![]() | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
ต่างจังหวัด![]() ![]() | dtaangL jangM watL | [is] provincial, country, rural, in the provinces, up country, in another province | |
และ ![]() | laeH | and | |
แรงงานต่างด้าว![]() | raaengM ngaanM dtaangL daaoF | alien labor; workers from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos | |
เลย ![]() | leeuyM | [used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!; completely, directly; simply, without doing anything else first; right away | |
นี่ ![]() | neeF | this | |
เมือง ![]() | meuuangM | city; nation; country; land; town | |
| แทบจะ | thaaepF jaL | [auxiliary verb combination] will nearly...; nearly... | |
เป็นอัมพาต![]() ![]() | bpenM amM maH phaatF | [is] paralyzed | |

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