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pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | กาน-เลือก-ตั้ง-ไม่-ไช่-สา-เหด-เป็น-อา-กาน-หาก-เค่า-ไจ-แค่-นี้-ไม่-ได้-ก้อ-คือ-ไร้-เดียง-สา-นั่น-เอง |
IPA | kaːn lɯ̂ːak tâŋ mâj tɕʰâj sǎː hèːt pen ʔaː kaːn hàːk kʰâw tɕaj kʰɛ̂ː níː mâj dâj kɔ̂ː kʰɯː ráj diːaŋ sǎː nân ʔeːŋ |
Royal Thai General System | kan lueak tang mai chai sahet pen akan hak khao chai khae ni mai dai ko khue rai diangsa nan eng |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "Elections are not the cause [of disagreements], they are only the symptoms. Those who do not understand this, are simply naïve." | ||
components | การเลือกตั้ง | gaanM leuuakF dtangF | election, a vote |
ไม่ใช่ | maiF chaiF | is not; are not | |
สาเหตุ | saaR haehtL | cause; basis; reason | |
เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
อาการ | aaM gaanM | symptom; indication; condition | |
หาก | haakL | allowing that; if; despite; rather | |
เข้าใจ | khaoF jaiM | to understand; comprehend; appreciate | |
แค่นี้ | khaaeF neeH | only that; just this | |
ไม่ได้ | maiF daiF | cannot; can't; could not; is not able | |
ก็คือ | gaawF kheuuM | that is; is that; are those | |
ไร้เดียงสา | raiH diiangM saaR | [is] innocent (inexperienced); naïve; silly | |
นั่นเอง | nanF aehngM | [word used to emphasize an element in a sentence] there; sure enough | |