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| เพราะคนรุ่นนั้นเกือบทั้งหมดต้องแต่งงาน เนื่องจากเมื่อก่อน การแต่งงานคือการฝากชีวิตผู้หญิงไว้ให้ผู้ชายดูแล phrawH khohnM roonF nanH geuuapL thangH mohtL dtawngF dtaengL ngaanM neuuangF jaakL meuuaF gaawnL gaanM dtaengL ngaanM kheuuM gaanM faakL cheeM witH phuuF yingR waiH haiF phuuF chaaiM duuM laaeM |  |
| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | เพฺราะ-คน-รุ่น-นั้น-เกือบ-ทั้ง-หฺมด-ต็้อง-แต่ง-งาน-เนื่อง-จาก-เมื่อ-ก่อน-กาน-แต่ง-งาน-คือ-กาน-ฝาก-ชี-วิด-พู่-หฺยิง-ไว้-ไฮ่-พู่-ชาย-ดู-แล |
| IPA | pʰrɔ́ʔ kʰon rûn nán kɯ̀ːap tʰáŋ mòt tɔ̂ŋ tɛ̀ŋ ŋaːn nɯ̂ːaŋ tɕàːk mɯ̂ːa kɔ̀ːn kaːn tɛ̀ŋ ŋaːn kʰɯː kaːn fàːk tɕʰiː wít pʰûː jǐŋ wáj hâj pʰûː tɕʰaːj duː lɛː |
| Royal Thai General System | phro khon run nan kueap thang mot tong taeng ngan nueang chak muea kon kan taeng ngan khue kan fak chiwit phu ying wai hai phu chai dulae |
| [example sentence] | |||
| definition | "[This is] because almost everyone of that generation needed to get married because in the past marriage was a way to hand over a woman’s life to a man so that he could look after her." | ||
| categories | |||
| components |  เพราะ  | phrawH | because; because of; due to; owing to |
| คน | khohnM | person; guy; people; man; human being | |
| รุ่น | roonF | generation; era | |
| นั้น | nanH | that one; object at a medium distance; those | |
| เกือบ | geuuapL | almost; nearly; close to | |
ทั้งหมด | thangH mohtL | all; it all; all of it; altogether; completely; every; whole | |
| ต้อง | dtawngF | [auxiliary verb] has to...; must...; is required to...; is duty-bound to... | |
| แต่งงาน | dtaengL ngaanM | to marry; to get married [referring to the use of a parcel of land as a dowry in former times] | |
| เนื่องจาก | neuuangF jaakL | due to; owing to; as a result of; owing to; because of | |
| เมื่อก่อน | meuuaF gaawnL | formerly; previously; before; earlier | |
| การแต่งงาน | gaanM dtaengL ngaanM | wedding, marriage, nuptials, wedlock; getting married | |
| คือ | kheuuM | [copula] to be; (conjunction used for equivalence definitions) | |
| การ | gaanM | [placed before a verb or noun to create a noun which indicates a general activity, process, or state] the process of..., the activity of..., an enactment of..., the state of... [see notes] | |
| ฝาก | faakL | to deposit; leave; entrust (something); consign | |
| ชีวิต | cheeM witH | life | |
ผู้หญิง  | phuuF yingR | girl; woman; women | |
| ไว้ | waiH | [aspect marker indicating a completed event which is considered beneficial] | |
| ให้ | haiF | to give; to let; to send to; to allow; to convey towards; to pay (attention); to have someone do something | |
| ผู้ชาย | phuuF chaaiM | man; men; guy; guys; boy; boys; male | |
| ดูแล | duuM laaeM | to care for; look after; to take care of; watch over; protect; guard; to attend | |
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