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| เมื่อมีคนถามพี่ว่าอะไรสำคัญกว่ากัน ของกินหรือความรัก พี่ตอบไม่ได้ เพราะพี่กำลังเคี้ยวอยู่ meuuaF meeM khohnM thaamR pheeF waaF aL raiM samR khanM gwaaL ganM khaawngR ginM reuuR khwaamM rakH pheeF dtaawpL maiF daiF phrawH pheeF gamM langM khiaaoH yuuL |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เมื่อ-มี-คน-ถาม-พี่-ว่า-อะ-ไร-สำ-คัน-กฺว่า-กัน-ของ-กิน-หฺรือ-คฺวาม-รัก-พี่-ตอบ-ไม่-ได้-เพฺราะ-พี่-กำ-ลัง-เคี้ยว-หฺยู่ |
| IPA | mɯ̂ːa miː kʰon tʰǎːm pʰîː wâː ʔàʔ raj sǎm kʰan kwàː kan kʰɔ̌ːŋ kin rɯ̌ː kʰwaːm rák pʰîː tɔ̀ːp mâj dâj pʰrɔ́ʔ pʰîː kam laŋ kʰíːaw jùː |
| Royal Thai General System | muea mi khon tham phi wa arai samkhan kwa kan khong kin rue khwam rak phi top mai dai phro phi kamlang khiao yu |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "When someone asks me which is more important food or love, I can’t answer because I’m too busy chewing." | ||
| categories | |||
| components |  เมื่อ  | meuuaF | [indicating a point in time] when; on (a date) |
| มี | meeM | [existential construction] there is; there are | |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| ถาม | thaamR | to ask (a question); to inquire; to quiz; to interrogate | |
| พี่ | pheeF | [a polite pronoun for addressing an older sibling (including as oneself)] him; her; you; me | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| อะไร | aL raiM | [indicating a question] what | |
| สำคัญ | samR khanM | [is] important; vital; essential, the main; necessary; required | |
| กว่า | gwaaL | [suffix used for comparisons] than; more; -er | |
| กัน | ganM | each other; one another; collectively; commonly; together | |
ของกิน | khaawngR ginM | foodstuffs | |
| หรือ | reuuR | or | |
| ความรัก | khwaamM rakH | love; a love affair | |
| พี่ | pheeF | [a polite pronoun for addressing an older sibling (including as oneself)] him; her; you; me | |
| ตอบ | dtaawpL | to answer; reply; respond; in return | |
| ไม่ได้ | maiF daiF | cannot; can't; could not; is not able | |
| เพราะ | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to | |
| พี่ | pheeF | [a polite pronoun for addressing an older sibling (including as oneself)] him; her; you; me | |
| 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"] | |
| เคี้ยว | khiaaoH | to chew | |
| อยู่ | yuuL | [marker indicating the progressive or perfect aspect] | |
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