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| ก. ทำไมคนเราถึงชอบดื่มเหล้ากันนักนะโดยเฉพาะคนไทย ดื่มจัดจริง ๆ thamM maiM khohnM raoM theungR chaawpF deuumL laoF ganM nakH naH dooyM chaL phawH khohnM thaiM deuumL jatL jingM jingM |
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| Phonemic Thai | ทำ-ไม-คน-เรา-ถึง-ชอบ-ดื่ม-เล่า-กัน-นัก-นะ-โดย-ฉะ-เพาะ-คน-ไท-ดื่ม-จัด-จิง-จิง |
| IPA | tʰam maj kʰon raw tʰɯ̌ŋ tɕʰɔ̂ːp dɯ̀ːm lâw kan nák náʔ doːj tɕʰà pʰɔ́ʔ kʰon tʰaj dɯ̀ːm tɕàt tɕiŋ tɕiŋ |
| Royal Thai General System | thammai khon rao thueng chop duem lao kan nak na doi chapho khon thai duem chat ching ching |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "Why do we like to drink booze so much? Thais, especially, really drink a lot!" | ||
| categories | |||
| components | ก | a.) — [indicating the first item in a list]; Mr. A. | |
 ทำไม  | thamM maiM | why | |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| เรา | raoM | we; us; our | |
| ถึง | theungR | until; till; up to; towards; as far as; as many/much as; as long as | |
| ชอบ | chaawpF | to like; to prefer; to be pleased with; to be fond of; to admire; to be satisfied with; to be right for | |
ดื่มเหล้า | deuumL laoF | to drink alcohol; imbibe liquor | |
| กัน | ganM | each other; one another; collectively; commonly; together | |
| นัก | nakH | extremely; intensely; very | |
| นะ | naH | [word added to the end of a sentence to soften it, make it polite, indicate pleading, disagreement, ordering, surprise or emphasis] | |
| โดยเฉพาะ | dooyM chaL phawH | especially; specifically; in particular; particularly | |
| คนไทย | khohnM thaiM | Thai person; Thai people | |
ดื่ม  | deuumL | to drink; <subject> drinks | |
| จัด | jatL | [is] strong; intense; excessive; severe [especially when speaking of the weather] | |
| จริง ๆ | jingM jingM | really; certainly true | |
