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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | ท่า-เกิด-มี-ค่อ-มูน-เชิง-ลึก-ก้อ-ยิ่ง-ดี-นะ-คฺรับ-หฺย่าง-เช่น-ว่า-เขา-ชอบ-อะ-ไร-งาน-อะ-ดิ-เหฺรก-ทำ-อะ-ไร-บุก-คะ-ลิก-เป็น-ยัง-ไง-ชอบ-อะ-ไร-แบบ-ไหฺน |
IPA | tʰâː kɤ̀ːt miː kʰɔ̂ː muːn tɕʰɤːŋ lɯ́k kɔ̂ː jîŋ diː náʔ kʰráp jàːŋ tɕʰên wâː kʰǎw tɕʰɔ̂ːp ʔàʔ raj ŋaːn ʔàʔ dìʔ rèːk tʰam ʔàʔ raj bùk kʰá lík pen jaŋ ŋaj tɕʰɔ̂ːp ʔàʔ raj bɛ̀ːp nǎj |
Royal Thai General System | tha koet mi kho mun choeng luek ko ying di na khrap yang chen wa khao chop arai ngan a di rek tham arai bukkhalik pen yang ngai chop arai baep nai |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "The more the facts we have, the better it is. For example, what does he or she like? What are his or her hobbies? What is his personality like? What are his or her preferences?" | ||
categories | |||
components | ถ้า | thaaF | [indicating a condition] if |
เกิด | geertL | to be born; to birth; to happen | |
มี | meeM | [existential construction] there is; there are | |
ข้อมูล | khaawF muunM | data; information | |
เชิง | cheerngM | [Thai prefix corresponding to the '-al' or '-ive' English suffix] | |
ลึก | leukH | [is] deep | |
ก็ยิ่งดี | gaawF yingF deeM | [it would be] even better | |
นะ | naH | [word added to the end of a sentence to soften it, make it polite, indicate pleading, disagreement, ordering, surprise or emphasis] | |
ครับ | khrapH | [word added by a male speaker to the end of every sentence to convey politeness or] "yes"; "that's right"; "I see." | |
อย่างเช่น | yaangL chenF | for example; like for example | |
ว่า | waaF | [proposition complementizer] that...; as... [see examples] | |
เขา | khaoR | [3rd person singular or plural pronoun] he; she; him; her; they; them | |
ชอบ | chaawpF | to like; to prefer; to be pleased with; to be fond of; to admire; to be satisfied with; to be right for | |
อะไร | aL raiM | [indicating a question] what | |
งานอดิเรก | ngaanM aL diL raehkL | hobby | |
ทำอะไร | thamM aL raiM | to do anything; do something | |
บุคลิก | bookL khaH likH | personality; characteristics of a person | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
ยังไง | yangM ngaiM | [a colloquial way of saying] "how?" or "in what way?"; in any event; no matter what | |
ชอบ | chaawpF | to like; to prefer; to be pleased with; to be fond of; to admire; to be satisfied with; to be right for | |
อะไร | aL raiM | [indicating a question] what | |
แบบไหน | baaepL naiR | which type; what kind | |