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| คุณผู้ชายกำลังทานอาหารเช้าอยู่ค่ะ khoonM phuuF chaaiM gamM langM thaanM aaM haanR chaaoH yuuL khaF |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | คุน-พู่-ชาย-กำ-ลัง-ทาน-อา-หาน-ช้าว-หฺยู่-ค่ะ |
| IPA | kʰun pʰûː tɕʰaːj kam laŋ tʰaːn ʔaː hǎːn tɕʰáːw jùː kʰâʔ |
| Royal Thai General System | khun phu chai kamlang than ahan chao yu kha |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | [spoken very politely and formally by a female servant] "The master is having his breakfast." | ||
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| components | คุณผู้ชาย  | khoonM phuuF chaaiM | [3rd person pronoun used by a servant to call his or her master] master |
 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"] | |
| ทานอาหาร | thaanM aaM haanR | [quite formal] to eat | |
| เช้า | chaaoH | morning, specifically, hours between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. or typically 9:00 a.m. | |
| อยู่ | yuuL | [marker indicating the progressive or perfect aspect] | |
| ค่ะ | khaF | [word added by a female speaker to the end of every statement to convey politeness] | |
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