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| สมัยก่อนข้าราชการจะไม่ค่อยพูด นักข่าวจึงต้องตามตื๊อเพื่อทำข่าว saL maiR gaawnL khaaF raatF chaH gaanM jaL maiF khaawyF phuutF nakH khaaoL jeungM dtawngF dtaamM dteuuH pheuuaF thamM khaaoL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | สะ-หฺมัย-ก่อน-ค่า-ราด-ชะ-กาน-จะ-ไม่-ค่อย-พูด-นัก-ข่าว-จึง-ต็้อง-ตาม-ตื๊อ-เพื่อ-ทำ-ข่าว |
| IPA | sà mǎj kɔ̀ːn kʰâː râːt tɕʰá kaːn tɕàʔ mâj kʰɔ̂ːj pʰûːt nák kʰàːw tɕɯŋ tɔ̂ŋ taːm tɯ́ː pʰɯ̂ːa tʰam kʰàːw |
| Royal Thai General System | samai kon kha ratchakan cha mai khoi phut nak khao chueng tong tam tue phuea tham khao |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "In the past government officials hardly ever talked so reporters had to chase after them to obtain the news." | ||
| components | สมัยก่อน  | saL maiR gaawnL | in former times; formerly; in olden days; in the old days |
 ข้าราชการ | khaaF raatF chaH gaanM | government official; civil servant | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| ไม่ค่อย | maiF khaawyF | rarely; barely; scarcely; hardly ever; not very much; not quite | |
| พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
| นักข่าว | nakH khaaoL | reporter; journalist (newspaper, magazine) | |
| จึง | jeungM | thus; therefore; so | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| ตามตื๊อ | dtaamM dteuuH | to pester, bother | |
| เพื่อ | pheuuaF | for; on behalf of; for the purpose of... | |
| ทำ | thamM | to do or perform an action; cause or effect a result; work | |
| ข่าว | khaaoL | news; tidings; information received; message | |
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