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| ตั้งแต่คบกันมาจนแต่งงานหลายปี เราไม่เคยขับรถให้สามีนั่งเลย dtangF dtaaeL khohpH ganM maaM johnM dtaengL ngaanM laaiR bpeeM raoM maiF kheeuyM khapL rohtH haiF saaR meeM nangF leeuyM |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | ตั้ง-แต่-คบ-กัน-มา-จน-แต่ง-งาน-หฺลาย-ปี-เรา-ไม่-เคย-ขับ-รด-ไฮ่-สา-มี-นั่ง-เลย |
| IPA | tâŋ tɛ̀ː kʰóp kan maː tɕon tɛ̀ŋ ŋaːn lǎːj piː raw mâj kʰɤːj kʰàp rót hâj sǎː miː nâŋ lɤːj |
| Royal Thai General System | tang tae khop kan ma chon taeng ngan lai pi rao mai khoei khap rot hai sami nang loei |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "For many years, beginning when we first dated and lasting for many years after our marriage, I never drove a car with my husband as passenger." | ||
| categories | |||
| components | ตั้งแต่  | dtangF dtaaeL | since; from [indicating a span of time or distance or a range of items or varieties] from (...'a' to 'z') |
| คบ | khohpH | to associate with; trade with; traffic with; date (romanticly) | |
| กัน | ganM | each other; one another; collectively; commonly; together | |
| มา | maaM | [aspect marker indicating past or present perfect tense (continuity from the past)] | |
| จน | johnM | until; up until; as far as; up to; to; till | |
| แต่งงาน | dtaengL ngaanM | to marry; to get married [referring to the use of a parcel of land as a dowry in former times] | |
 หลาย | laaiR | several; numerous; a variety; many; sundry; diverse; [the prefix] "multi-"; many | |
| ปี | bpeeM | year; annum; annual | |
| เรา | raoM | [the singular pronoun] I, me, my [see examples] | |
| ไม่เคย | maiF kheeuyM | [auxiliary verb combination] has never...; never did... | |
| ขับรถ | khapL rohtH | to drive a car | |
| ให้ | haiF | [usage in a benefactive construction] | |
| สามี | saaR meeM | husband | |
| นั่ง | nangF | to sit or be sitting | |
| 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 | |
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