A Tale of Two Cities — Page 1

Vocabulary

เงา

ngao — Shadow or reflection of an object or person

แห่ง

haeng — Of, from; classifier for places or locations

ราตรี

raa-tree — Night; formal or poetic word for nighttime

ข้อเท็จจริง

khâo tét jing — Fact; a piece of true, verified information

อัน

an — General classifier for various objects and things

น่าอัศจรรย์

nâa àt-jan — Wonderful, amazing, or marvelous in nature

ที่

thîi — At, which, that; place or relative pronoun marker

ควร

khuan — Should, ought to; indicating recommendation or duty

ใคร่ครวญ

khrâi-kruan — To contemplate, ponder, or reflect carefully

คือ

khue — Is, means; equating or defining two things

มนุษย์

ma-nút — Human being; a person of the human species

ทุก

thúk — Every, all; referring to each member of a group

ผู้

phûu — Person, one who; prefix indicating a person or agent

นาม

naam — Name; noun in grammatical terms

ล้วน

lúan — All, entirely; every single one without exception

ถูก

thùuk — To be correct; passive marker; to be acted upon

สร้าง

sâang — To build, create, or construct something

มา

maa — To come; directional particle toward the speaker

ให้

hâi — To give; causative marker meaning to cause or allow

เป็น

pen — To be; indicating state, identity, or condition

ความลับ

khwaam láp — Secret; information hidden from others

ลึกซึ้ง

lúek súeng — Deep, profound; having great emotional or intellectual depth

และ

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

ปริศนา

prit-sà-naa — Mystery, riddle, or puzzle to be solved

ต่อ

tòo — Toward, against, per; continuing or connecting preposition

กัน

gan — Each other, together; reciprocal or mutual action marker

ความคิด

khwaam khít — Thought, idea, or opinion in someone's mind

หนักแน่น

nàk nâen — Firm, steadfast, deeply settled; weighty and solid

ผุดขึ้นมา

phùt khûen maa — To suddenly arise, pop up, or emerge

เมื่อ

mûea — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction

ข้าพเจ้า

khâa phá jâo — I, me; formal or literary first-person pronoun

เดิน

doen — To walk; moving on foot from place to place

เข้าสู่

khâo sùu — To enter into; moving inside or toward something

นคร

na-khon — City, large town; formal word for an urban center

ยิ่งใหญ่

yîng yài — Great, grand, magnificent; impressive in scale or importance

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; spatial preposition

ยาม

yaam — Period of time, guard; a watch or moment

ค่ำคืน

khâm khuen — Night, nighttime; the hours of darkness

ว่า

wâa — That; quotative or complementizer particle in sentences

บ้านเรือน

bâan ruean — Houses, homes; residential buildings in general

รวม

ruam — To combine, gather, total; bringing together as one

อยู่

yùu — To live, stay, be located; indicating ongoing state

อย่าง

yàang — Like, in a manner of; indicating type or way

มืดมัว

mûet mua — Dark and dim, murky; lacking clarity or light

หลัง

lǎng — Behind, after, back; rear side of something

ปิดซ่อน

pìt sôn — To hide, conceal, or cover something from view

ของ

khǒong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ตนเอง

ton eeng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

ไว้

wái — To keep, retain; particle indicating stored action

ห้อง

hông — Room; an enclosed space within a building

บ้าน

bâan — Home, house; a place where one lives

หัวใจ

hǔa jai — Heart; center of emotion and vital life force

ดวง

duang — Classifier for heart, soul, stars; a luminary object

เต้น

tên — To beat, throb; rhythmic movement of the heart

อก

òk — Chest, breast; the front of the torso

นับแสน

náp sǎen — Hundreds of thousands; an extremely large number

นับล้าน

náp láan — Millions; countless in the millions range

ที่นั่น

thîi nân — There, at that place; referring to a distant location

บาง

baang — Some, certain; thin; a portion but not all

ส่วน

sùan — Part, portion, section; a share of a whole

จินตนาการ

jin-tà-naa-gaan — Imagination; the ability to form creative mental images

ใกล้ชิด

glâi chít — Close, intimate; having a near personal relationship

ที่สุด

thîi sùt — Most, superlative marker; the extreme degree of something

ความ

khwaam — Abstract noun prefix indicating a state or quality

น่าสะพรึงกลัว

nâa sà-phrueng glua — Terrifying, dreadful; causing intense fear or dread

แม้แต่

máe tàe — Even, not even; emphasizing an extreme or unlikely case

ความตาย

khwaam taai — Death; the state or concept of dying

เอง

eeng — Self, oneself; emphasizing the subject acting alone

ก็

gôo — Also, then, even so; connective or concessive particle

อาจ

àat — May, might; expressing possibility or uncertainty

อ้างอิง

âang ing — To reference, cite; using a source as evidence

ถึง

thǔeng — To reach, arrive at; preposition meaning until or to

สิ่งนี้

sìng níi — This thing; referring to a specific nearby matter

ได้

dâai — Can, could, to obtain; ability or past tense marker

ไม่อาจ

mâi àat — Cannot, unable to; expressing impossibility or inability

พลิก

phlík — To flip, turn over; reversing the position of something

หน้า

nâa — Page, face, front; surface or next in sequence

หนังสือ

nǎng-sǔe — Book; a bound written or printed publication

เป็นที่รัก

pen thîi rák — Beloved, cherished; being loved and held dear

เล่มนั้น

lêm nán — That volume; referring to a specific book

หลงใหล

lǒng lǎi — To be fascinated, enchanted, or passionately absorbed

อีกต่อไป

ìik tòo pai — Any longer, anymore; continuing into the future

หวัง

wǎng — To hope, wish, or expect something to happen

เปล่าดาย

plào daai — In vain, futilely; without result or purpose

จะ

jà — Will, going to; future tense or intention marker

อ่าน

àan — To read; processing written text with comprehension

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for things or animals

จนจบ

jon jòp — Until the end; finishing completely to the conclusion

สักวัน

sàk wan — Someday, one day; an indefinite future occasion

มอง

moong — To look, gaze; directing one's eyes at something

ลงไป

long pai — Down into; moving downward or deeper in direction

ห้วงลึก

hûang lúek — Deep abyss or chasm; a profound unfathomable depth

น้ำ

náam — Water; the clear liquid essential for life

หยั่งไม่ถึง

yàng mâi thǔeng — Unfathomable, impossible to measure the depth

นั้น

nán — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating something previously mentioned

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

ขณะที่

khà-nà thîi — While, during the time that; temporal conjunction

แสง

sǎeng — Light; radiance emitted from a source

ชั่วครู่

chûa khrûu — For a moment, briefly; a very short time

ส่อง

sòng — To shine, illuminate; light directed onto something

กระทบ

grà-thòp — To hit, strike, impact; contact between two things

เคย

khoei — Used to, ever; indicating past experience or habit

เห็น

hěn — To see, perceive visually; noticing with the eyes

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just; limiting to a small amount

เลือนราง

luean raang — Faint, dim, vague; barely visible or perceptible

ขุมทรัพย์

khum sáp — Treasure trove; a hidden store of valuable things

ฝัง

fǎng — To bury, embed; placing something deep in ground

สิ่งอื่นๆ

sìng ùen ùen — Other things, various other matters or objects

จม

jom — To sink, submerge; going down below the surface

ใต้น้ำ

tâai náam — Underwater, beneath the surface of water

กำหนด

gam-nòt — To set, determine, schedule; fixing a rule or date

แล้ว

láew — Already, then; indicating completion or sequence

ต้อง

tông — Must, have to; expressing necessity or obligation

ปิด

pìt — To close, shut; sealing or blocking an opening

ลง

long — Down, to decrease; directional particle downward

กะทันหัน

gà-than-hǎn — Suddenly, abruptly; happening without prior warning

ตลอดกาล

tà-lòot gaan — Forever, eternally; lasting throughout all time

ชั่ว

chûa — Evil, wicked; morally bad or for a duration

นิรันดร์

ni-ran — Eternal, everlasting; existing without end permanently

เวลา

wee-laa — Time; a measured period or specific moment

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle away from speaker

เดียว

diao — Single, alone, only one; solitary without others

ขัง

khǎng — To confine, trap, lock up; keeping something enclosed

แช่แข็ง

châe khǎeng — Frozen, solidified; hardened by cold or stasis

กำลัง

gam-lang — Currently, in the process of; ongoing action marker

เล่น

lên — To play; engaging in fun or recreational activity

บน

bon — On top of, above; spatial preposition indicating surface

ผิวน้ำ

phǐu náam — Water surface; the top layer of a body of water

ยืน

yuen — To stand; being upright on one's feet

ฝั่ง

fàng — Bank, shore, side; edge of a river or boundary

ด้วย

dûay — With, also, by means of; accompanying or additive particle

ไม่รู้

mâi rúu — To not know; lacking knowledge or awareness

เพื่อน

phûean — Friend; a person one has a close bond with

ตาย

taai — To die; the cessation of life

เพื่อนบ้าน

phûean bâan — Neighbor; a person living nearby or next door

คนรัก

khon rák — Loved one, sweetheart; a romantically beloved person

ที่รัก

thîi rák — Beloved, dear; term of endearment for someone loved

ดวงวิญญาณ

duang win-yaan — Soul, spirit; the spiritual essence of a person

นั่น

nân — That; demonstrative pointing to something previously mentioned

การ

gaan — Action, process; nominalizing prefix for activities

รวบรวม

rûap ruam — To collect, compile, gather together systematically

สืบทอด

sùep thôot — To inherit, pass on, carry forward through generations

หลีกเลี่ยง

lìik lîang — To avoid, evade, dodge; keeping away from something

ไม่ได้

mâi dâai — Cannot, did not; negating ability or past action

มี

mii — To have, there is; indicating possession or existence

เสมอ

sà-mǒe — Always, ever, equal; consistently without exception

ความเป็น

khwaam pen — The nature of being; the essence or state of existence

ปัจเจกบุคคล

pàt-jèek búk-khon — Individual; a single unique person as distinct entity

แบกรับ

bàek ráp — To bear, carry, shoulder a burden or responsibility

ตัว

tua — Body, self; classifier for animals and some objects

จนกว่า

jon gwàa — Until, up to the point that; temporal conjunction

ชีวิต

chii-wít — Life; the state of being alive and living

สิ้นสุด

sîn sùt — To end, terminate, conclude; reaching a final point