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| ข้อความหลายตอนอาจจะไม่ถูกต้องตามหลักราชาศัพท์ ต้องกราบขอประทานอภัยมา ณ ที่นี้ด้วย khaawF khwaamM laaiR dtaawnM aatL jaL maiF thuukL dtawngF dtaamM lakL raaM chaaM sapL dtawngF graapL khaawR bpraL thaanM aL phaiM maaM naH theeF neeH duayF |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | ค่อ-คฺวาม-หฺลาย-ตอน-อาด-จะ-ไม่-ถูก-ต็้อง-ตาม-หฺลัก-รา-ชา-สับ-ต็้อง-กฺราบ-ขอ-ปฺระ-ทาน-อะ-พัย-มา-นะ-ที่-นี้-ด้วย |
| IPA | kʰɔ̂ː kʰwaːm lǎːj tɔːn ʔàːt tɕàʔ mâj tʰùːk tɔ̂ŋ taːm làk raː tɕʰaː sàp tɔ̂ŋ kràːp kʰɔ̌ː pràʔ tʰaːn ʔà pʰaj maː ná tʰîː níː dûaj |
| Royal Thai General System | kho khwam lai ton at cha mai thuk tong tam lak racha sap tong krap kho prathan aphai ma na thi ni duai |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Several portions of this essay may not be correctly in accord with royal language usage principles; I beg your forgiveness." | ||
| categories | |||
| components | ข้อความ  | khaawF khwaamM | message; information |
 หลาย | laaiR | several; numerous; a variety; many; sundry; diverse; [the prefix] "multi-"; many | |
| ตอน | dtaawnM | section; portion; part; stage | |
| อาจจะ | aatL jaL | [auxiliary verb combination] may (possibility); might; maybe; perhaps will; probably; possibly | |
| ไม่ถูกต้อง | maiF thuukL dtawngF | [is] incorrect; wrong | |
| ตาม | dtaamM | according to; in accordance with | |
| หลัก | lakL | basis; foundation; principle; maxim; doctrine; tenet | |
| ราชาศัพท์ | raaM chaaM sapL | royal vocabulary; court language; royal language | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| กราบ | graapL | to prostrate oneself; to go down on the knees with palms pressed together; to pray; to pay obeisance | |
| ขอ | khaawR | to ask for; to request; "I'd like..." — "May/Can I have...?" | |
| ประทาน | bpraL thaanM | [as a king or god] to give; grant; bestow | |
| อภัย | aL phaiM | a pardon; forgiveness | |
| มา | maaM | [aspect marker indicating past or present perfect tense (continuity from the past)] | |
| ณ | naH | in; at; on; by; from | |
| ที่ | theeF | [the relative pronouns] that; which; which is... | |
| นี้ | neeH | this; these | |
| ด้วย | duayF | together; along with; also; too; as well; likewise; in addition to doing some other thing (as another action performed by the same subject) | |
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