A Tale of Two Cities — Page 1

Vocabulary

ถนน

thanon — Road or street for vehicles and pedestrians

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned

ทอด

thot — To fry food in oil; also to extend or stretch

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects

อยู่

yuu — To be located; to stay or reside somewhere

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or time

คืน

khuen — Night; also to return something to someone

วัน

wan — Day; a unit of time equal to 24 hours

ศุกร์

suk — Friday, the sixth day of the week

ช่วง

chuang — Period or span of time or space

ปลาย

plaai — End, tip, or latter part of something

เดือน

duean — Month; one of twelve divisions of the year

พฤศจิกายน

phruetsajikayon — November, the eleventh month of the year

ต่อ

to — To connect; per; next; against someone

หน้า

naa — Face; front; next; page of a book

บุคคล

bukkhon — Person or individual human being

แรก

raek — First; earliest in a sequence or order

ที่

thii — At; place; relative pronoun marker in clauses

ประวัติศาสตร์

prawattisat — History; the study of past events

นี้

nii — This; referring to something close or just mentioned

มี

mii — To have; to exist or be present

ธุระ

thura — Business, errand, or personal matter to attend

ด้วย

duay — Also, too; with; by means of something

สำหรับ

samrap — For; intended or designated for someone or something

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her; third person pronoun

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; after completing an action

เลย

loei — So; therefore; at all; past a point

รถ

rot — Vehicle such as a car, bus, or cart

ออก

ok — To exit, go out, or depart from somewhere

ไป

pai — To go; to travel away from current location

ขณะ

khanat — Moment; while; at the time that something occurs

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; strength or power of something

ค่อยๆ

khoi khoi — Slowly and gradually; gently doing something step by step

ไต่

tai — To climb or crawl upward on a surface

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up; to rise; upward direction

เนิน

noen — Hill or slope; a gently raised landform

เดิน

doen — To walk on foot from place to place

บน

bon — On top of; above a surface or object

ข้าง

khaang — Side; beside; next to something or someone

เช่น

chen — Such as; for example; like something mentioned

เดียว

diao — Only one; alone; single; just one instance

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone or something

ผู้โดยสาร

phuu dooisaan — Passenger; one who rides in a vehicle

คน

khon — Person; classifier for human beings

อื่นๆ

uuen uuen — Others; other various people or things

มิใช่

mi chai — Is not; formal negation of identity or fact

เพราะ

phro — Because; due to a reason or cause

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; third person plural pronoun

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizer prefix expressing abstract concepts or states

ปรารถนา

praatthana — To desire, wish, or long for something deeply

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker in Thai sentences

กำลังกาย

kamlang kaai — Physical strength or bodily energy and power

การ

kaan — Nominalizer prefix turning verbs into abstract nouns

แต่

tae — But; however; used to contrast two ideas

อย่าง

yaang — Type, kind, manner; in the way of

ใด

dai — Any; which; used in questions or conditionals

ภายใต้

phaai tai — Under; beneath; within certain conditions or circumstances

สถานการณ์

sathaanikaan — Situation; the circumstances surrounding a particular event

หาก

haak — If; in the event that a condition holds

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; entirety of a group or set

โคลน

khloon — Mud; soft wet earth mixed with water

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses together

ล้วน

luan — All; entirely; every single one without exception

หนัก

nak — Heavy in weight; serious or severe in degree

อึ้ง

ueng — Speechless with shock; stunned and unable to respond

จน

jon — Until; to the point of; poor financially

ม้า

maa — Horse; a large domesticated hoofed mammal

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; required to do something

หยุด

yut — To stop; to cease movement or an activity

ชะงัก

cha-ngak — To suddenly halt or be abruptly interrupted

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; as far as a point

สาม

saam — Three; the number 3

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occurrence; classifier for instances or events

นอก

nok — Outside; exterior; beyond a boundary or limit

จาก

jaak — From; away from a source or origin point

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; continuing a state or action

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1; a single unit

ดึง

dueng — To pull; to drag something toward oneself

ข้าม

khaam — To cross over; to go across a barrier

ฝั่ง

fang — Bank or side of a river or boundary

เจตนา

jettanaa — Intention; deliberate purpose behind an action

กบฏ

kabot — Rebellion; treason; act of revolting against authority

พา

phaa — To take or lead someone somewhere

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back to a place

กระนั้น

kranан — Even so; nevertheless; despite that situation

แส้

sae — Whip; a flexible instrument used to drive animals

ขับ

khap — To drive a vehicle or urge an animal forward

องครักษ์

ongkharak — Bodyguard; a person who protects an important individual

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that an event occurred

รวม

ruam — To combine; total; together as a whole group

กัน

kan — Together; each other; mutually among a group

ต่าง

taang — Different; various; each individually in a group

ได้

dai — Can; able to; past tense marker; to get

อ่าน

aan — To read written text or printed material

ข้อ

kho — Clause, article, or point of a rule

บัญญัติ

banyat — Law, rule, or ordinance formally enacted

สงคราม

songkhraam — War; armed conflict between nations or groups

ห้าม

haam — To prohibit; to forbid an action or behavior

กระทำ

kratham — To perform or commit an action or deed

อัน

an — Classifier for small objects; a certain thing

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; to become something

ยืนยัน

yuenyan — To confirm; to assert or verify something firmly

ถกเถียง

thok thiang — To debate or argue about an issue thoroughly

ว่า

waa — That; to say; introducing a quoted or reported clause

สัตว์

sat — Animal; any living creature that is not a plant

บาง

baang — Some; certain; a few among a larger group

ชนิด

chanit — Type, kind, or species of something

สติปัญญา

satipanya — Intelligence; wisdom; mental faculty and reasoning ability

ฝูง

fuung — Herd, flock, or group of animals together

ก็

ko — Also; then; well; discourse particle for continuity

ยอม

yom — To yield; to agree; to give in willingly

จำนน

jamnon — To surrender; to submit to a stronger force

มา

maa — To come; to move toward the speaker

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action

หน้าที่

naa thii — Duty; responsibility; role assigned to someone

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ตน

ton — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

หัว

hua — Head; top part of a body or object

ลง

long — To go down; to descend; downward direction

หาง

haang — Tail; the rear appendage of an animal

สั่น

san — To shake or tremble with small rapid movements

พวก

phuak — Group, gang, or collective of people or things

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for animals or objects

ฝ่า

faa — To push through; to brave difficult conditions

หนา

naa — Thick in dimension; dense in consistency or mass

ยาก

yaak — Difficult; hard; not easy to accomplish

ลำบาก

lambaat — Difficult; troublesome; experiencing hardship or struggle

สะดุด

sadut — To stumble or trip on an obstacle unexpectedly

ล้ม

lom — To fall down; to collapse to the ground

ระยะๆ

raya raya — At intervals; periodically occurring over a distance

ราว

raao — About; approximately; around a number or amount

ใหญ่ๆ

yai yai — Large ones; big in size or scale

หลุด

lut — To slip out; to come loose from a grip

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each without exception in a group

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative marker in sentences

พัก

phak — To rest; to take a break from activity

นิ่ง

ning — Still; motionless; quiet without movement

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared; together at the same time

เสียง

siang — Sound; voice; audio produced by vibration

ระมัดระวัง

ramat rawang — To be careful and cautious in actions

นำ

nam — To lead; to guide; to bring forward

ซ้าย

saai — Left; the direction opposite to the right side

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object or matter of any kind

ปวง

puang — All; every single one of a whole group

รุนแรง

run raeng — Violent; severe; intense in force or degree

เน้น

nen — To emphasize; to stress a particular point

ย้ำ

yam — To repeat for emphasis; to stress again firmly

พิเศษ

phiset — Special; extraordinary; beyond the ordinary standard

ปฏิเสธ

patiset — To refuse; to deny; to reject something offered

สามารถ

saamat — To be able to; capable of doing something