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นี่ไม่ใช่กาละเทศะเลยนะ neeF maiF chaiF gaaM laH thaehM saL leeuyM naH |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | นี่-ไม่-ไช่-กา-ละ-เท-สะ-เลย-นะ |
IPA | nîː mâj tɕʰâj kaː láʔ tʰeː sàʔ lɤːj náʔ |
Royal Thai General System | ni mai chai kala thesa loei na |
[example sentence] | |||
definition | "This is neither the time nor the place." | ||
components | นี่ | neeF | this |
ไม่ใช่ | maiF chaiF | not; is not | |
กาละ [an alternate spelling or pronunciation] | gaaM laH | epoch; time; era | |
เทศะ [an alternate spelling or pronunciation] | thaehM saL | foreigner; country; region; place; spot; location; part; portion; institute | |
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 | |
นะ | naH | [word added to the end of a sentence to soften it, make it polite, indicate pleading, disagreement, ordering, surprise or emphasis] | |