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| "เรียนให้เก่ง ๆ นะ เรียนเก่ง ๆ แล้วจะได้ทำงานดี ๆ พอได้งานดี ๆ ก็จะรวย ๆ" พ่อพูดกับผมขณะเลื่อนมือหยาบกร้านมาจับหน้า riianM haiF gengL naH riianM gengL laaeoH jaL daiF thamM ngaanM deeM phaawM daiF ngaanM deeM gaawF jaL ruayM phaawF phuutF gapL phohmR khaL naL leuuanF meuuM yaapL graanF maaM japL naaF |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เรียน-ไฮ่-เก่ง-นะ-เรียน-เก่ง-แล้ว-จะ-ได้-ทำ-งาน-ดี-พอ-ได้-งาน-ดี-ก้อ-จะ-รวย-พ่อ-พูด-กับ-ผม-ขะ-หฺนะ-เลื่อน-มือ-หฺยาบ-กฺร้าน-มา-จับ-น่า |
| IPA | riːan hâj kèŋ náʔ riːan kèŋ lɛ́ːw tɕàʔ dâj tʰam ŋaːn diː pʰɔː dâj ŋaːn diː kɔ̂ː tɕàʔ ruaj pʰɔ̂ː pʰûːt kàp pʰǒm kʰà nàʔ lɯ̂ːan mɯː jàːp krâːn maː tɕàp nâː |
| Royal Thai General System | rian hai keng na rian keng laeo cha dai tham ngan di pho dai ngan di ko cha ruai pho phut kap phom khana luean mue yap kran ma chap na |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "“Study hard and get good grades and you will get a good job. Once you have a good job you will get rich,” my father told me as his rough hands grasped my face." | ||
| categories | |||
| components |  เรียน  | riianM | to study at the elementary school level; study at any academic level |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| เก่ง | gengL | [is] skilled; talented; superbly performed; skillful; clever | |
| นะ | naH | [word added to the end of a sentence to soften it, make it polite, indicate pleading, disagreement, ordering, surprise or emphasis] | |
| เรียน | riianM | to study at the elementary school level; study at any academic level | |
| เก่ง | gengL | [is] skilled; talented; superbly performed; skillful; clever | |
| แล้ว | laaeoH | [positioned at the beginning of a clause indicating the ordering of events or agreement with main clause] next; then; afterwards; so; finally; and | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| ได้ | daiF | can; to be able; is able; am able; may; might [auxiliary of potential, denoting possbility, ability, or permission] | |
ทำงาน | thamM ngaanM | to work | |
| ดี | deeM | [is] good; well; fine; nice; excellent; high | |
| พอ | phaawM | upon; just when; as soon as; at the moment when | |
| ได้ | daiF | to receive; to obtain; acquire; get; have got | |
| งาน | ngaanM | work; job; duty; business; function; activity | |
| ดี | deeM | [is] good; well; fine; nice; excellent; high | |
| ก็ | gaawF | [a particle or conjunction that emphasizes that which follows] | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| รวย | ruayM | (of a person) [is] rich; wealthy | |
| พ่อ | phaawF | father | |
| พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
| กับ | gapL | with; to; for | |
| ผม | phohmR | [used by male speakers] I; me; my | |
| ขณะ | khaL naL | while; when; as | |
| เลื่อน | leuuanF | to slide; to slip; to glide; to skid | |
มือ  | meuuM | hand; hands | |
| หยาบกร้าน | yaapL graanF | [is] rough; coarse; not smooth; abrasive | |
| มา | maaM | to come; <subject> comes | |
| จับ | japL | to arrest; catch; get a hold of; touch; capture; seize; grope | |
| หน้า | naaF | face; front; facade; visage; (to nod) head | |
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