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| คนแก่ก็เป็นภาระหนัก เพราะไม่มีผลิตภาพเอาเลย คอยแต่จะได้กินลูกเดียว khohnM gaaeL gaawF bpenM phaaM raH nakL phrawH maiF meeM phlitL dtaL phaapF aoM leeuyM khaawyM dtaaeL jaL daiF ginM luukF diaaoM |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | คน-แก่-ก้อ-เป็น-พา-ระ-หฺนัก-เพฺราะ-ไม่-มี-ผฺลิด-ตะ-พาบ-เอา-เลย-คอย-แต่-จะ-ได้-กิน-ลูก-เดียว |
| IPA | kʰon kɛ̀ː kɔ̂ː pen pʰaː ráʔ nàk pʰrɔ́ʔ mâj miː pʰlìt tà pʰâːp ʔaw lɤːj kʰɔːj tɛ̀ː tɕàʔ dâj kin lûːk diːaw |
| Royal Thai General System | khon kae ko pen phara nak phro mai mi phlittaphap ao loei khoi tae cha dai kin luk diao |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "The elderly are a burden because they have no productivity at all; they just sit around and consume [resources]." | ||
| components | คนแก่  | khohnM gaaeL | elderly person; old person [polite]; codger |
 ก็ | gaawF | also; too; as well; well...; [suggestion] should... | |
| เป็น | bpenM | to be; <subject> is | |
| ภาระ | phaaM raH | burden; responsibility; duty; obligation | |
| หนัก | nakL | [is] heavy; laden; fully loaded; weighing | |
| เพราะ | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to | |
| ไม่มี | maiF meeM | don't have; doesn't have; that doesn't; there are no...; there is no . | |
| ผลิตภาพ | phlitL dtaL phaapF | productivity | |
| เอา | aoM | to take; get; bring | |
| เลย | leeuyM | [used for emphasis at the end of a statement] "...at all." — "...so much!" — "...extremely!; completely, directly; simply, without doing anything else first; right away | |
| คอย | khaawyM | to wait or wait for | |
| แต่ | dtaaeL | every; each; only; only one | |
| จะ | jaL | [imminent aspect marker] | |
| ได้ | daiF | can; to be able; is able; am able; may; might [auxiliary of potential, denoting possbility, ability, or permission] | |
| กิน | ginM | to eat or drink; consume; exploit | |
| ลูกเดียว | luukF diaaoM | only; just; nothing but; merely | |
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