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| ตลอดชีวิตของเราคนไทยเราถูกสอนมาตลอดว่า หน้าที่ของพลเมืองที่ดีคือเสียสละเพื่อชาติ dtaL laawtL cheeM witH khaawngR raoM khohnM thaiM raoM thuukL saawnR maaM dtaL laawtL waaF naaF theeF khaawngR phohnM laH meuuangM theeF deeM kheuuM siiaR saL laL pheuuaF chaatF |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | ตะ-หฺลอด-ชี-วิด-ของ-เรา-คน-ไท-เรา-ถูก-สอน-มา-ตะ-หฺลอด-ว่า-น่า-ที่-ของ-พน-ละ-เมือง-ที่-ดี-คือ-เสีย-สะ-หฺละ-เพื่อ-ชาด |
| IPA | tà lɔ̀ːt tɕʰiː wít kʰɔ̌ːŋ raw kʰon tʰaj raw tʰùːk sɔ̌ːn maː tà lɔ̀ːt wâː nâː tʰîː kʰɔ̌ːŋ pʰon lá mɯːaŋ tʰîː diː kʰɯː sǐːa sà làʔ pʰɯ̂ːa tɕʰâːt |
| Royal Thai General System | talot chiwit khong rao khon thai rao thuk son ma talot wa nathi khong phonla mueang thi di khue sia sala phuea chat |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "All our lives, we Thais have been taught that the duty of a good citizen is to sacrifice for the good of the nation." | ||
| components | ตลอดชีวิต | dtaL laawtL cheeM witH | throughout all one's life |
ของเรา | khaawngR raoM | our; ours | |
| คนไทย | khohnM thaiM | Thai person; Thai people | |
 เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
| ถูก | thuukL | [a verb particle reflecting passive voice] | |
สอน  | saawnR | to teach; to instruct; to train | |
| มา | maaM | [aspect marker indicating past or present perfect tense (continuity from the past)] | |
| ตลอด | dtaL laawtL | during; all during; throughout; through; in (e.g., in over 20 years) | |
| ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
| หน้าที่ | naaF theeF | duty; function; obligation; responsibility | |
| ของ | khaawngR | of; belonging to; that or those of; [a word used with a pronoun to indicate possesion, as in "John's truck"] | |
| พลเมือง | phohnM laH meuuangM | a citizen; an inhabitant; people; population | |
| ที่ดี | theeF deeM | best; which is good; who are good | |
| คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
| เสียสละ | siiaR saL laL | to sacrifice; make sacrifices for | |
| เพื่อ | pheuuaF | for; on behalf of; for the purpose of... | |
| ชาติ | chaatF | national; of a nation; race; of a country | |
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