A Tale of Two Cities — Page 1

Vocabulary

ทัศนียภาพ

that-sa-ni-ya-phap — Scenic view or landscape; visual scenery of an area

หนึ่ง

nueng — The number one; a single unit

คุณ

khun — You; polite pronoun or title for a person

รู้จัก

ru-jak — To know or be acquainted with someone or something

ดี

di — Good; positive quality or favorable condition

อยู่แล้ว

yu laeo — Already; indicating something is already the case

ใช่ไหม

chai mai — Right? Isn't it? Tag question seeking confirmation

เสมียน

sa-mian — Clerk; office worker who handles documents and records

ที่

thi — At; place, relative pronoun, or classifier for location

อาวุโส

a-wu-so — Senior; having higher rank or greater experience

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most; superlative marker indicating the highest degree

คน

khon — Person; classifier and noun for human beings

กล่าว

klao — To say or state; formal word for speaking or announcing

กับ

kap — With; together with; connecting two nouns or actions

ผู้ส่งสาร

phu-song-san — Messenger; person who carries or delivers messages

ครับ

khrap — Polite particle used by male speakers to show respect

ตอบ

top — To answer or reply to a question or statement

ด้วย

duai — Also; too; with; additionally accompanying something else

ท่าที

tha-thi — Attitude or manner; one's bearing or outward demeanor

ดื้อรั้น

duea-ran — Stubborn; obstinate; refusing to change one's mind

อยู่

yu — To be; to stay; to reside at a place

บ้าง

bang — Some; somewhat; at least a little bit

ผม

phom — I; me; first-person pronoun used by male speakers

ดีมาก

di mak — Very good; excellent; expressing high approval or quality

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicating completed action or sequence

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle indicating consequence or addition

ลอร์รี่

lo-ri — Lorry; large truck for transporting heavy goods

กว่า

kwa — More than; comparative particle for comparison

มาก

mak — Many; much; very; a large amount or degree

ไม่ต่างจาก

mai tang jak — Not different from; similar to; essentially the same as

พยาน

pha-yan — Witness; person who testifies or gives evidence in court

ไม่เต็มใจ

mai tem jai — Unwilling; reluctant; not wholeheartedly agreeable to something

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a space or context

สถานที่

sa-than-thi — Place; location; a specific site or venue

ดังกล่าว

dang-klao — Aforementioned; as mentioned; referring to something stated earlier

ฐานะ

tha-na — Status; position; role or standing in society

พ่อค้า

pho-kha — Merchant; trader; male person who sells goods commercially

สุจริต

sut-ja-rit — Honest; upright; acting with integrity and good faith

อยาก

yak — To want; to desire or wish for something strongly

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker indicating intention or prediction

จง

jong — Imperative particle; shall; let there be a command

หา

ha — To look for; to search or seek something or someone

ประตู

pra-tu — Door; gate; entrance or exit passage of a building

ใช้

chai — To use; to make use of something for a purpose

เข้าไป

khao pai — To go inside; to enter into a place or space

แสดง

sa-daeng — To show; to perform; to display or demonstrate something

โน้ต

not — Note; written message or musical note; from English

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; intended for; used to indicate purpose or recipient

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative or benefactive particle

ผู้รักษา

phu-rak-sa — Keeper; guardian; person who maintains or looks after something

เขา

khao — He; she; they; third-person pronoun for people

ได้

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

ห้องพิจารณาคดี

hong phi-ja-ra-na-kha-di — Courtroom; room where legal cases are heard and decided

เลย

loei — At all; ever; so; particle emphasizing extent or result

ไหม

mai — Question particle used at sentence end to ask yes/no

ดวงตา

duang ta — Eyes; the pair of eyes as expressive organs of sight

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle indicating ownership

ดู

du — To look; to watch; to observe something visually

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; resembling another thing or person

เข้าใกล้

khao klai — To approach; to move closer toward someone or something

กัน

kan — Together; each other; reciprocal or collective action particle

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; to rise; directional particle indicating upward movement

เล็กน้อย

lek noi — A little; slightly; a small amount of something

และ

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

แลกเปลี่ยน

laek plian — To exchange; to swap; to trade one thing for another

คำถาม

kham tham — Question; inquiry; something asked to obtain information

ว่า

wa — That; to say; quotative or complementizer particle

แก

kae — He/she/you; informal pronoun, sometimes slightly impolite

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to have a thought or opinion

ยังไง

yang ngai — How; in what way; informal word for 'how' or 'what way'

เรื่อง

rueang — Matter; story; topic; subject being discussed or narrated

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; indicating necessity or obligation

รอ

ro — To wait; to stay until something happens or someone arrives

ถาม

tham — To ask; to pose a question to someone

อัน

an — One; classifier for various small objects or items

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; linking verb indicating state or identity

ผล

phon — Result; fruit; outcome of an action or process

จาก

jak — From; originating from a place, person, or cause

การ

kan — Nominalizer prefix; act of; process of doing something

ปรึกษาหารือ

pruek-sa ha-rue — To consult; to discuss and seek advice from others

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something farther away

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun used by female or casual speakers

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently; progressive aspect marker; strength or power

บอก

bok — To tell; to inform; to let someone know something

ส่ง

song — To send; to deliver; to dispatch something to someone

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action or create something

ท่าทาง

tha-thang — Gesture; manner; body language or physical appearance

ใด

dai — Any; which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

ก็ได้

ko dai — Anything goes; acceptable; any option is fine

ดึงดูด

dueng-dut — To attract; to draw interest or attention toward something

ความสนใจ

khwam-son-jai — Interest; attention; feeling of being drawn to something

เห็น

hen — To see; to perceive visually; to notice something

ยืน

yuen — To stand; to be in an upright standing position

ที่ไหน

thi nai — Where; at what place; question word for location

จากนั้น

jak nan — After that; then; indicating the next step in sequence

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; an item or matter of any kind

คือ

khue — Is; means; defines or equates one thing with another

คอย

khoi — To wait; to await; expecting someone or something patiently

ที่นั่น

thi nan — There; at that place; referring to a location mentioned

จนกว่า

jon kwa — Until; up to the point when a condition is met

ต้องการ

tong-kan — To need; to want; to require something for a purpose

แค่นั้น

khae nan — Just that; only that; nothing more than what's mentioned

เอง

eng — Oneself; by itself; emphasizes the subject doing something alone

มี

mi — To have; there is/are; indicating existence or possession

ใกล้มือ

klai mue — Within reach; close at hand; easily accessible nearby

นี่

ni — This; here; demonstrative referring to something very close

ขณะ

kha-na — While; moment; during a particular period of time

ผู้เฒ่า

phu thao — Elderly person; old man; a person of advanced age

ค่อยๆ

khoi khoi — Gradually; slowly; doing something carefully step by step

พับ

phap — To fold; to crease or bend something flat onto itself

จ่าหน้า

ja na — To address; to write the recipient's name on an envelope

อย่าง

yang — Like; in a manner of; way or kind of doing something

ตั้งใจ

tang jai — To intend; to be determined; to focus one's mind on something