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| เวลาเจอเพื่อนใหม่เนี่ย คุณมักจะเงียบ ๆ ไม่ค่อยพูดค่อยจาอย่างนี้หรือครับ? waehM laaM juuhrM pheuuanF maiL niiaF khoonM makH jaL ngiiapF ngiiapF maiF khaawyF phuutF khaawyF jaaM yaangL neeH reuuR khrapH |  |
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| Phonemic Thai | เว-ลา-เจอ-เพื่อน-ไหฺม่-เนี่ย-คุน-มัก-จะ-เงียบ-เงียบ-ไม่-ค่อย-พูด-ค่อย-จา-หฺย่าง-นี้-หฺรือ-คฺรับ |
| IPA | weː laː tɕɤː pʰɯ̂ːan màj nîːa kʰun mák tɕàʔ ŋîːap ŋîːap mâj kʰɔ̂ːj pʰûːt kʰɔ̂ːj tɕaː jàːŋ níː rɯ̌ː kʰráp |
| Royal Thai General System | wela choe phuean mai nia khun mak cha ngiap ngiap mai khoi phut khoi cha yang ni rue khrap |
| [example sentence, colloquial] | |||
| definition | "Do you always clam up when meeting new friends/people?" | ||
| components | เวลา  | waehM laaM | when |
| เจอ | juuhrM | to encounter; to meet or see (someone) | |
 เพื่อน | pheuuanF | friend; pal; chum; buddy; older colleague | |
| ใหม่ | [is] new; modern; fresh | ||
| เนี่ย | niiaF | [a particle placed immediately after a noun to emphasize that noun] | |
| คุณ | khoonM | [singular and plural] you; your | |
| มักจะ | makH jaL | [auxiliary verb combination] will usually; often | |
| เงียบ ๆ | ngiiapF ngiiapF | quietly | |
| ไม่ค่อย | maiF khaawyF | rarely; barely; scarcely; hardly ever; not very much; not quite | |
| พูด | phuutF | to speak; to talk; to say | |
| ไม่ค่อย | maiF khaawyF | rarely; barely; scarcely; hardly ever; not very much; not quite | |
| จา | jaaM | to talk; to say; to speak; to utter; to tell; to address | |
| อย่าง | yaangL | like; as | |
| นี้ | neeH | this; these | |
| หรือ | reuuR | [a word used at the end of a statement to indicate a question, usually when the response is presumed] | |
| ครับ | khrapH | [word added by a male speaker to the end of every sentence to convey politeness or] "yes"; "that's right"; "I see." | |
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