A Tale of Two Cities — Page 11

Vocabulary

โอ้

ô — Exclamation expressing surprise or emotion

ที่

thîi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or preposition

รัก

rák — To love; feeling of deep affection

ยิ่ง

yîng — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree

ขอ

khǒo — To request, ask for, or beg something

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative marker

ฉัน

chǎn — I, me; first-person pronoun used by women

คุก

khúk — Prison, jail; place of incarceration

เข่า

khào — Knee; the joint between thigh and lower leg

ขอบคุณ

khòop-khun — Thank you; expression of gratitude

พระเจ้า

phrá-jâo — God, Lord; supreme divine being

สำหรับ

sǎm-ràp — For; intended for a specific person or purpose

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing, object, matter; general classifier for things

นี้

níi — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating nearness

เช่น

chên — Such as, for example; used to give examples

เดียว

diaw — Single, alone, only one; solitary

กับ

kàp — With, and; preposition connecting two items

ได้

dâai — Can, able to; also marks past or successful action

อธิษฐาน

à-thít-thǎan — To pray; making a wish or supplication to divine

ต่อ

tòo — To, toward, against; continuing or facing something

พระองค์

phrá-ong — Royal pronoun referring to a king or divine being

พวก

phûak — Group, bunch; classifier for groups of people

เขา

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

ทุก

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

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

ก้ม

kôm — To bow, bend down; lowering the head or body

หัว

hǔa — Head; the uppermost part of the body

และ

láe — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

น้อม

nóom — To incline, bow respectfully; humble gesture

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind; center of emotion and thought

ด้วย

dûay — Also, with, by means of; accompaniment or addition

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix creating abstract nouns

เคารพ

khao-róp — To respect, revere; showing honor to someone

เมื่อ

mûea — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction

เธอ

thooe — You, she; second or third person informal pronoun

กลับ

klàp — To return, go back; reversal or homecoming

มา

maa — To come; movement toward the speaker

อยู่

yùu — To be, stay, live; indicating location or state

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition of location

อ้อม

ôom — To encircle, embrace; arms wrapping around someone

แขน

khǎen — Arm; the upper limb of the human body

ของ

khǒong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

อีก

ìik — Again, another, more; additional occurrence

ครั้ง

khráng — Time, instance, occasion; classifier for occurrences

กล่าว

klàao — To say, state, mention; formal speech act

ว่า

wâa — That, say; complementizer or quotation marker

ตอน

toon — Period, episode, part; segment of time or story

จง

jong — Imperative particle; expressing a command or wish

พูด

phûut — To speak, talk; verbal communication

พ่อ

phôo — Father, dad; male parent

เถิด

thòoet — Particle urging action; go ahead, please do

ไม่

mâi — Not, no; negation marker in Thai sentences

มี

mii — To have, there is; existence or possession

ชาย

chaai — Man, male; adult male person

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

ฝรั่งเศส

fa-ràng-sèet — France; the European country France

ทั้ง

tháng — All, both, entire; inclusive totality

มวล

muan — Mass, totality, all collectively; entire group

จะ

jà — Will, going to; future tense marker

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — To be able to, can; expressing capability

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform; general action verb

เพื่อ

phûea — For, in order to; expressing purpose or goal

วาง

waang — To place, put down; setting something somewhere

ศีรษะ

sǐi-sà — Head; formal or literary word for the head

ลง

long — Down, to descend; downward directional verb

บน

bon — On, above, on top of; preposition of location

อก

òk — Chest, breast; front of the upper torso

เคย

khoei — Used to, ever; indicates past habitual experience

อัน

an — Classifier for various objects; also a pronoun

อ่อน

òon — Soft, gentle, tender; lacking hardness or strength

ล้า

láa — Tired, exhausted, weary; drained of energy

ไว้

wái — To keep, retain, set aside; preserving a state

เอง

eeng — Self, oneself; by oneself or naturally

นาน

naan — Long time; describing extended duration

แล้ว

láaeo — Already, then, done; completion or sequence marker

สุข

sùk — Happiness, well-being; state of contentment

ตอบแทน

tòop-thaen — To repay, reciprocate; giving back in return

รับ

ráp — To receive, accept; taking something offered

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix for actions or processes

ชดเชย

chót-choei — To compensate, make up for; providing restitution

ทุกข์

thúk — Suffering, sorrow; pain or distress in Buddhist sense

ทรมาน

thoo-rá-maan — To torment, torture; causing severe suffering

ภาค

phâak — Region, part, sector; a division or section

ภูมิ

phuum — Pride, ground, knowledge; foundation or dignity

แข็งแกร่ง

khǎeng-krâeng — Strong, sturdy, robust; having great physical strength

ตน

ton — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun for oneself

ต้อง

tôong — Must, have to; expressing necessity or obligation

อ่อนแอ

òon-ae — Weak, feeble; lacking strength or firmness

ตักเตือน

tàk-tɯan — To warn, admonish; reminding someone to be careful

อย่า

yàa — Don't; negative imperative particle

สั่น

sân — To shake, tremble, vibrate; rapid back-and-forth motion

สะทือน

sà-thɯan — To reverberate, shake deeply; resounding vibration

นั้น

nán — That, those; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

เลย

looei — At all, so, then; intensifier or result marker

ช่วย

chûay — To help, assist, aid; providing support to someone