A Tale of Two Cities — Page 7

Vocabulary

แก

gae — You or he/she (informal pronoun for familiar address)

มี

mee — To have or there is/are

แม่

mae — Mother; female parent

ที่

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

เชื่อฟัง

chûea fang — To obey; follow instructions or commands dutifully

นะ

na — Softening particle seeking agreement or emphasis

จริงๆ

jing jing — Really; truly; emphasizes something is genuine

ลูกชาย

lûuk chaai — Son; male child of a parent

ของ

khɔ̌ɔng — Of; belonging to; possessive marker

เคร่งศาสนา

khrêng sàat-sà-naa — Devoutly religious; strictly observant of religion

ลูก

lûuk — Child; offspring; also used as ball or bullet

ไป

pai — To go; move away from current location

กราบ

grâap — To prostrate respectfully; bow deeply to the floor

หมอบ

mɔ̂ɔp — To crouch or lie prone on the ground

ลง

long — To go down; descend; downward directional verb

กับ

gàp — With; and; together with (conjunction/preposition)

พื้น

phúun — Floor; ground; surface of a room

และ

lae — And; connecting two clauses or items

สวดมนต์

sùat mon — To chant prayers; recite religious incantations

ขอให้

khɔ̌ɔ hâi — To wish or request that something happens

ขนมปัง

khanǒm pang — Bread; baked loaf of leavened dough

เนย

noei — Butter; dairy fat spread

ถูก

thùuk — Correct; cheap; or passive action marker

แย่งชิง

yâeng ching — To snatch; grab something forcibly from someone

จาก

jàak — From; away from; departing a place or person

ปาก

pàak — Mouth; opening of the face for eating/speaking

คนเดียว

khon diao — Alone; only one person; by oneself

ตัวเอง

tua eeng — Oneself; yourself; reflexive pronoun

หนุ่มน้อย

nùm nɔ́ɔi — Young boy; a young male person

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which; that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

สวม

sûam — To wear; put on clothing or accessories

แต่

tàe — But; however; only; contrast conjunction

เสื้อ

sûea — Shirt; top garment worn on the upper body

ตัวเดียว

tua diao — Only one item; a single piece of clothing

รับ

ráp — To receive; accept something given or offered

ไม่ได้

mâi dâai — Cannot; was not able to; negation of ability

เรื่องนี้

rûeang níi — This matter; this issue or story

เป็น

pen — To be; exists as; can; is able to

อย่างยิ่ง

yàang yîng — Extremely; very much; to a great degree

หัน

hǎn — To turn; rotate the face or body direction

ไปหา

pai hǎa — To go to see; approach someone

ตน

ton — Oneself; a formal reflexive pronoun

แสดง

sà-daeng — To show; display; perform or express something

ความ

khwaam — Abstract noun prefix indicating state or feeling

ไม่พอใจ

mâi phɔɔ jai — Dissatisfied; displeased; not content with something

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner; kind; type; adverbial marker

หนักแน่น

nàk nâen — Firmly; strongly; with conviction and determination

ต่อ

tɔ̀ɔ — Toward; against; per; continue; connector

การ

gaan — Nominalizer prefix; the act of doing something

อาจ

àat — Might; may; possibly; expresses possibility

พราก

phrâak — To separate; take away; remove forcibly from

อาหาร

aa-hǎan — Food; meal; nourishment for eating

เจ้า

jâo — You (archaic/formal); lord; owner; master

คิดว่า

khít wâa — To think that; believe or suppose something

อะไร

à-rai — What; anything; interrogative pronoun

เจ้าหญิง

jâo yǐng — Princess; a royal female of high status

ทะนง

thà-nong — Proud; arrogant; having excessive self-pride

นาย

naai — Mister; master; employer; title for adult male

กล่าว

glàao — To say; state; speak formally or in narration

ด้วย

dûay — Also; too; with; by means of

ย้อนแย้ง

yɔ́ɔn yâeng — To contradict; argue back; dispute a statement

ไม่รู้ตัว

mâi rúu tua — Unknowingly; without being aware of oneself

ว่า

wâa — That; say; complementizer introducing reported speech

นั้น

nán — That; those; demonstrative pronoun for distant things

ค่า

khâa — Value; fee; worth; cost of something

เท่าไหร่

thâo rài — How much; how many; asking about quantity or price

บอก

bɔ̀ɔk — To tell; inform; say to someone directly

ราคา

raa-khaa — Price; cost; monetary value of an item

ตีค่า

tii khâa — To evaluate; assess the value or worth

มา

maa — To come; move toward the speaker

ซิ

si — Emphasis particle urging action or mild insistence

มัน

man — It; he/she (informal/impolite); third-person pronoun

ใจ

jai — Heart; mind; feelings; emotional center

เท่านั้นเอง

thâo nán eeng — That's all; nothing more; just that

ไม่เกิน

mâi gəən — Not exceeding; no more than a limit

พูดซ้ำ

phûut sám — To repeat; say something again redundantly

งั้น

ngán — Then; in that case; informal conditional connector

ก็

gɔ̂ɔ — Then; also; well; connective discourse particle

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is none; to not have something

มาก

mâak — Many; much; a lot; high degree

หรอก

rɔ̀ɔk — Softening particle denying or dismissing mildly

ไม่ว่า

mâi wâa — Regardless of; no matter; whether or not

จะ

jà — Will; going to; future tense marker

อย่างไร

yàang rai — How; in what way; in any manner

ฉัน

chǎn — I; me (polite pronoun used by females/informally)

ไม่ยอม

mâi yɔɔm — To refuse; not willing to accept or allow

ให้

hâi — To give; for; allow; causative marker

ใคร

khrai — Who; anyone; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

สาปแช่ง

sâap châeng — To curse; place a malicious hex on someone

รู้ไว้

rúu wái — Know this; be aware; remember for future reference

ไม่ไหว

mâi wǎi — Cannot endure; unable to handle or bear it

แอบ

àep — To secretly do something; hide and do stealthily

ทำให้

tham hâi — To cause; make something happen to someone

โชคร้าย

chôok ráai — Bad luck; unfortunate; unlucky circumstances

ถ้า

thâa — If; conditional conjunction introducing a condition

ต้อง

tɔ̂ng — Must; have to; required to do something

จง

jong — Shall; let; imperative marker for commands/wishes

เพื่อ

phûea — For; in order to; for the purpose of

คุณ

khun — You (polite pronoun); also a title of respect

แก่

gàe — Old; aged; or to (indirect object in formal use)

สามี

sǎa-mii — Husband; male spouse in a marriage

ไม่ใช่

mâi châi — Is not; no it is not; negation of identity

ต่อต้าน

tɔ̀ɔ tâan — To oppose; resist; fight against something

พวก

phûak — Group; those people; plural marker for pronouns

เขา

khǎo — He; she; they; third-person pronoun

ภรรยา

phan-ra-yaa — Wife; female spouse in a marriage (formal)

ไม่

mâi — No; not; general negation particle

ผิดธรรมชาติ

phìt tham-ma-châat — Unnatural; against nature; abnormal behavior

เด็ก

dèk — Child; kid; young person

น่าสงสาร

nâa sǒng sǎan — Pitiful; deserving sympathy; poor thing

คนนี้

khon níi — This person; referring to a specific individual nearby

หาเงิน

hǎa ngən — To earn money; seek income or financial resources

ได้

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

บ้าง

bâang — Some; somewhat; at least a little; any

เมื่อ

mûea — When; at the time that; past time reference

อาทิตย์

aa-thít — Week; also means sun or Sunday

ที่แล้ว

thîi láeo — Last; the previous one; ago (time reference)

แทนที่จะ

thaen thîi jà — Instead of; rather than doing something else

สวดสาป

sùat sâap — To pray a curse; chant imprecations against someone

บ่อนทำลาย

bɔ̀n tham laai — To undermine; sabotage; gradually destroy from within

ศาสนา

sàat-sà-naa — Religion; a system of faith and worship

ขัดขวาง

khàt khwǎang — To obstruct; block; hinder someone's actions

จน

jon — Until; poor; to the point that

ที่สุด

thîi sùt — The most; utmost; superlative degree marker