A Tale of Two Cities — Page 2

Vocabulary

ใช่

chai — Yes; used to affirm a statement

และ

lae — And; conjunction joining words or clauses

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — No; negation meaning 'that is not correct'

เพราะ

phro — Because; conjunction indicating reason or cause

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver; currency used for transactions

ตอน

ton — Period; moment; episode of time

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating nearby object

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun or title

จะ

cha — Will; future tense marker in Thai sentences

พูด

phut — To speak; to talk or express verbally

ว่า

wa — That; quotative particle introducing reported speech

อย่างไร

yang rai — How; in what manner or way

ฉัน

chan — I; first-person pronoun used by females informally

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle placed before verbs

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel; to have an emotion or sensation

อยาก

yak — To want; to desire something strongly

อะไร

arai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things

มาก

mak — Very; much; a lot; indicating high degree

เธอ

thoe — She; her; informal second or third person pronoun

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; linking verb

ใคร

khrai — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person

เดา

dao — To guess; to speculate without certainty

สิ

si — Particle urging action; go ahead; come on

รู้จัก

ru chak — To know someone; to be acquainted with

ไหม

mai — Question particle placed at end of sentence

หรอก

rok — Particle softening denial or contradiction politely

ตี

ti — To hit; to strike; also used for AM hours

ห้า

ha — Five; the number 5

แบบ

baep — Style; type; pattern; manner of something

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

ขณะ

khana — While; moment; a point in time

ที่

thi — At; place; relative pronoun; location marker

สมอง

samong — Brain; the organ responsible for thinking

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; progressive aspect marker

อยู่

yu — To stay; to live; continuous aspect marker

หัว

hua — Head; top part of the body

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction used in hypotheticals

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative verb marker

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; obligatory action

ชวน

chuan — To invite; to persuade someone to join

ไป

pai — To go; to move away from current location

ทาน

than — To eat; polite word for consuming food

อาหาร

ahan — Food; meal; anything eaten for nourishment

เย็น

yen — Evening; cool; also refers to dinner time

ก่อน

kon — Before; first; prior to something else

งั้น

ngan — Then; in that case; informal connective word

ก็

ko — Then; also; particle linking clauses logically

บอก

bok — To tell; to inform someone of something

เอง

eng — Self; oneself; by oneself; emphasis particle

กล่าว

klao — To say; to state formally or in writing

ค่อยๆ

khoi khoi — Slowly; gradually; doing something little by little

นั่ง

nang — To sit; to take a seated position

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

ตรง

trong — Straight; direct; exactly at a point

ขึ้น

khuen — To rise; to go up; upward direction

ค่อนข้าง

khon khang — Rather; quite; fairly; moderately so

สิ้นหวัง

sin wang — Hopeless; despairing; having lost all hope

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make something happen

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; by oneself; reflexive pronoun

เข้าใจ

khao chai — To understand; to comprehend something clearly

สำหรับ

samrap — For; intended for a specific person or purpose

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant objects

คน

khon — Person; people; human being

ไร้

rai — Without; lacking; devoid of something

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — Feeling; emotion; inner sense or sensation

เสีย

sia — To lose; broken; ruined; wasted

เหลือเกิน

lue koen — Extremely; excessively; beyond measure

เล่า

lao — To narrate; to tell a story or account

ตอบ

top — To answer; to respond to a question

ยุ่ง

yung — Busy; tangled; complicated; occupied with tasks

กับ

kap — With; together with; and (for nouns)

การ

kan — Nominalizer prefix; the act of doing something

ผสม

phasom — To mix; to blend ingredients or substances together

เครื่องดื่ม

khrueang duem — Drink; beverage; any liquid for consumption

ช่าง

chang — How very; skilled worker; expressing strong degree

จิตวิญญาณ

chit winyān — Spirit; soul; inner spiritual essence of a person

อ่อนไหว

on wai — Sensitive; easily moved emotionally; impressionable

มี

mi — To have; there is; to possess something

กวีนิพนธ์

kawi nipphon — Poetry; literary verse expressing artistic emotion

ได้เลย

dai loei — Go right ahead; absolutely can; permissive expression

โต้กลับ

to klap — To fight back; to counter; to retaliate verbally

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared; willing to proceed

หัวเราะ

hua ro — To laugh; to express amusement audibly

อย่าง

yang — Like; in the manner of; type; kind

คุยโม้

khui mo — To boast; to brag; to speak arrogantly

แม้ว่า

mae wa — Even though; although; despite the fact that

ขอ

kho — To request; to ask for something politely

แอบอ้าง

aep ang — To falsely claim; to pretend to be something

แห่ง

haeng — Of; classifier for places or locations

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer for abstract nouns; state or quality

โรแมนติก

ro-maen-tik — Romantic; relating to love and romance

หวัง

wang — To hope; to wish for a desired outcome

รู้

ru — To know; to have knowledge of something

ดี

di — Good; well; of high quality or character

กว่า

kwa — More than; comparative particle in Thai

แต่

tae — But; however; conjunction showing contrast

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing state or action

อ่อนโยน

on yon — Gentle; tender; soft in manner or touch

โชคดี

chok di — Good luck; fortunate; wishing someone well

นั่น

nan — That; pointing to something distant or already mentioned

คือ

khue — Is; means; defining or identifying something

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; an item or matter

หมายถึง

mai thueng — To mean; to refer to something specific

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot; did not; negating ability or past action

หมายความ

mai khwam — To mean; to imply a particular meaning

อย่างนั้น

yang nan — Like that; in that manner or way

ความสุภาพอ่อนโยน

khwam suphap on yon — Politeness and gentleness; gracious refined manner

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; emphatic particle

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurred

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; completion marker for actions

แนะนำ

naenam — To recommend; to introduce; to suggest something

ผู้ชาย

phu chai — Man; male person

พองตัว

phong tua — To puff up; to swell with pride or air

ต่อหน้า

to na — In front of; in the presence of someone

เพื่อน

phuen — Friend; companion; close acquaintance

ใส่ใจ

sai chai — To care; to pay attention to something

พอใจ

pho chai — Satisfied; content; pleased with a result

พยายาม

phayayam — To try; to make an effort to do

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of something

วิธี

withi — Method; way; manner of doing something

สังคม

sangkhom — Society; social group; community of people

ผู้หญิง

phu ying — Woman; female person

ได้

dai — Can; to be able to; to obtain something

ต่อไป

to pai — Continue; from now on; going forward