A Tale of Two Cities — Page 10

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chan — First person pronoun, meaning 'I' or 'me'

จะ

ja — Future tense marker indicating intention or prediction

ไม่

mai — Negation word meaning 'not' or 'no'

พูด

phut — To speak or talk

ว่า

wa — Conjunction meaning 'that'; also 'to say'

อยู่

yu — To be located; continuous aspect marker

กับ

kap — Preposition meaning 'with' or 'and'

แม้

mae — Conjunction meaning 'even though' or 'although'

เขา

khao — Third person pronoun meaning 'he', 'she', or 'they'

มี

mi — To have or to exist

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix forming abstract nouns

สัมพันธ์

samphan — Relationship or connection between people or things

ทาง

thang — Way, path, or direction; used as a prefix for fields

ธุรกิจ

thurakit — Business or commercial activity

มา

ma — To come; also marks action continuing to present

หลาย

lai — Many or several; more than two

ปี

pi — Year; unit of time

แล้ว

laeo — Already; marks completed action or 'then'

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and'

บัดนี้

bat ni — Formal word meaning 'now' or 'at this moment'

เรา

rao — First person plural pronoun meaning 'we' or 'us'

ก็

ko — Discourse particle meaning 'also', 'then', or 'so'

สนิทสนม

sanit sanom — To be close, intimate, or on familiar terms

กัน

kan — Reciprocal particle meaning 'each other' or 'together'

แต่

tae — Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'

ลูกสาว

luk sao — Daughter; female child of someone

ที่

thi — Relative pronoun 'who/which/that'; also place marker

งดงาม

ngot ngam — Beautiful, elegant, or graceful in appearance

ซึ่ง

sueng — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'who'

ผูกพัน

phuk phan — To be attached, bonded, or emotionally tied

อย่าง

yang — Manner, way, or type; used before adjectives

สุด

sut — Most, utmost, or extreme degree

หัวใจ

hua jai — Heart; center of emotions and feelings

ผู้

phu — Person or one who; nominalizing prefix for people

เช่น

chen — For example; such as

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe or trust someone or something

เถิด

thoet — Particle urging action, meaning 'please do' or 'go ahead'

คุณ

khun — Second person pronoun 'you'; also a polite title

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past tense or success

หยิบยก

yip yok — To bring up or raise a topic for discussion

เรื่อง

rueang — Matter, story, topic, or subject

นี้

ni — Demonstrative meaning 'this' (near speaker)

ขึ้น

khuen — To rise, increase, or go up; directional particle

ด้วย

duay — Also, too, with; used to add emphasis or inclusion

อยากรู้อยากเห็น

yak ru yak hen — Curious; eager to know and see things

สนใจ

son jai — To be interested in something or someone

แรงกล้า

raeng kla — Strong, intense, or fervent in feeling or desire

ดี

di — Good, nice, or well

ล่ะ

la — Particle adding emphasis or mild insistence to statement

เท่า

thao — Equal to, as much as, or only

เข้าใจ

khao jai — To understand or comprehend something

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

นัก

nak — Intensifier meaning 'very' or 'much'; also 'expert'

บอก

bok — To tell or inform someone about something

กล่าว

klao — To say or state, often formally or in writing

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, or noise

นุ่มนวล

num nuan — Soft, gentle, or smooth in tone or texture

น้ำเสียง

nam siang — Tone of voice; quality of how someone speaks

แห่ง

haeng — Of, at; classifier for places or locations

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix turning verbs into nouns

ขอโทษ

kho thot — To apologize; excuse me or I'm sorry

กลัว

klua — To be afraid or scared of something

นั้น

nan — Demonstrative meaning 'that' (away from speaker)

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, entire, or everything in total

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle at end of yes/no questions

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for things or animals

ชัดเจน

chat jen — Clear, distinct, or obvious

พอ

pho — Enough, sufficient; as soon as

คิด

khit — To think or consider something

ทำไม

thammai — Why; asking for a reason or cause

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; until; about (a topic)

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition or status

ทรงจำ

song cham — Memory; ability to remember things

น่า

na — Prefix meaning 'worthy of' or 'deserving' a feeling

สะพรึงกลัว

saphrueng klua — Terrifying, dreadful, or horrifying

ยิ่ง

ying — More, even more; intensifier in comparisons

กว่า

kwa — More than; used in comparative statements

สูญเสีย

sun sia — To lose something permanently; suffer a loss

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun meaning 'yourself/himself'

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — To occur, happen, or take place

จาก

jak — From; away from a place or origin

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happened

รู้

ru — To know a fact or information

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away

อย่างไร

yangrai — How; in what manner or way

ฟื้นตัว

fuen tua — To recover or recuperate from illness or difficulty

กลับ

klap — To return or go back; reversal marker

อาจ

at — Might, may; expressing possibility or uncertainty

วัน

wan — Day; a unit of time

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel or sense an emotion or sensation

มั่นใจ

man jai — Confident, certain, or sure about something

เลย

loei — At all, then, so; emphatic or resultative particle

อีก

ik — More, again, another; additional occurrence

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just; limiting word

แค่

khae — Only, just; informal limiting word

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expressing mild certainty

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause or make something happen

พูดถึง

phut thueng — To mention or talk about a topic

คำพูด

kham phut — Words, speech, or utterance

ลึกซึ้ง

luek sueng — Deep, profound, or moving emotionally

คาด

khat — To expect, anticipate, or predict something

ไว้

wai — To keep, set aside; aspect marker for preparation

จริง

ching — True, real, genuine, or actually

ทีเดียว

thi diao — Quite, indeed, very; emphatic intensifier particle

หวาดกลัว

wat klua — To be frightened, fearful, or in dread

นึก

nuek — To think of, recall, or imagine something

กระนั้น

kra nan — Even so, nevertheless, or despite that

สงสัย

song sai — To doubt or be suspicious; to wonder about something

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; continuing state or action

แอบ

aep — To secretly or stealthily do something

ซ่อน

son — To hide or conceal something

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind, or inner feelings

หมอ

mo — Doctor or physician; medical professional

เก็บกด

kep kot — To suppress or repress emotions internally

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, or matter

ตลอด

talot — Throughout, all along, or the entire duration

เวลา

wela — Time; a period or moment

แท้จริง

thae ching — In truth, genuinely, or in reality

สบายใจ

sabai jai — To feel at ease, comfortable, or relieved mentally

ก่อ

ko — To cause, build up, or create a situation

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker meaning 'to make/let'

บางครั้ง

bang khrang — Sometimes, occasionally, or at certain times

นั่นเอง

nan eng — That's it, exactly that; emphatic confirmation

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, or take someone somewhere

สู่

su — Toward, to, or leading to a destination

สารภาพ

saraphap — To confess, admit, or acknowledge the truth

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, occasion, or instance of an event

ช่วย

chuay — To help or assist someone

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared, or together with

ส่าย

sai — To shake or sway from side to side

หัว

hua — Head; top part of body or object

แตะ

tae — To touch lightly or tap something

สาย

sai — Line, string, or late (in time)

เข้า

khao — To enter, go in; inward directional particle

เปลี่ยน

plian — To change or alter something

แย่

yae — Bad, terrible, or in poor condition

ลง

long — To descend, decrease; downward directional particle

ทันที

than thi — Immediately, at once, or instantly

ปล่อย

ploi — To release, let go, or set free