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Thai Text:
ภาพนี้แสดงเต่าทะเลว่ายใกล้แนวปะการังโดยมีฝูงโลมาอยู่เหนือแนวปะการัง

English Translation:
This image shows a sea turtle swimming near a coral reef with a group of dolphins above it.

Grammar Notes:
Sentence: ภาพนี้แสดงเต่าทะเลว่ายใกล้แนวปะการังโดยมีฝูงโลมาอยู่เหนือแนวปะการัง

### Word-by-Word Breakdown:

1. ภาพนี้ (*phâap níi*)
- ภาพ (*phâap*): picture, image
- นี้ (*níi*): this
- Combined meaning: "This picture"

2. แสดง (*sà-dɛɛng*)
- Verb (Infinitive: *แสดง*): to show, to display
- Meaning in sentence: "shows" or "displays"

3. เต่าทะเล (*dtào thá-lay*)
- เต่า (*dtào*): turtle
- ทะเล (*thá-lay*): sea, ocean
- Combined meaning: "sea turtle"

4. ว่าย (*wâai*)
- Verb (Infinitive: *ว่าย*): to swim
- Meaning in sentence: "swims"

5. ใกล้ (*glâi*)
- Preposition: near, close to
- Meaning in sentence: "near" or "close to"

6. แนวปะการัง (*nɛɛo bpà-gaan*)
- แนว (*nɛɛo*): line, row, ridge
- ปะการัง (*bpà-gaan*): coral
- Combined meaning: "coral reef"

7. โดยมี (*dooi mii*)
- โดย (*dooi*): by, through
- มี (*mii*): to have, to exist
- Combined meaning: "with" or "having"

8. ฝูง (*fǔung*)
- Classifier/Noun: group, herd, flock (used for animals)
- Meaning in sentence: "a group" or "a pod" (in the context of dolphins)

9. โลมา (*loo-maa*)
- Noun: dolphin
- Meaning in sentence: "dolphins"

10. อยู่ (*yùu*)
- Verb (Infinitive: *อยู่*): to be (at a location), to exist
- Meaning in sentence: "are" or "exist"

11. เหนือ (*nʉ̌a*)
- Preposition: above, over
- Meaning in sentence: "above" or "over"

12. แนวปะการัง (*nɛɛo bpà-gaan*)
- Repetition of earlier term: coral reef

### Sentence Translation:
"This picture shows a sea turtle swimming near a coral reef, with a pod of dolphins above the coral reef."

### Grammar Tip:

Word Order in Thai:
Thai sentence structure follows a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) pattern similar to English, but prepositions and modifiers often come after the noun they describe. For instance, the prepositional phrase "ใกล้แนวปะการัง" (near the coral reef) follows the verb "ว่าย" (to swim).

### Related Words:

- ใต้น้ำ (*dtâai nám*): underwater
- ทะเลสาบ (*thá-lay sàap*): lake
- ปลา (*bplaa*): fish
- หอย (*hǒi*): shell, mollusk
- ดำน้ำ (*dam nám*): to dive (literally "dive water")
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