A Tale of Two Cities — Page 9

Vocabulary

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

เช้า

cháo — Morning, the early part of the day

วัน

wan — Day, a 24-hour period

แต่งงาน

tàeng-ngaan — To marry, to get married to someone

หมอ

mǎo — Doctor, a medical professional who treats patients

มา

maa — To come, to move toward the speaker

ได้

dâi — Can, to be able to; also marks past tense

ขอร้อง

khǎo-róng — To beg, to plead or earnestly request someone

อย่าง

yàang — Kind, type, manner, or way of doing something

เร่งด่วน

rêng-dùan — Urgent, requiring immediate attention or action

และ

láe — And, a conjunction connecting words or clauses

ชัดแจ้ง

chát-jâeng — Clear, explicit, unmistakably obvious or evident

เป็น

pen — To be, to exist as something; a linking verb

การ

gaan — Nominalizer prefix indicating an action or process

เฉพาะ

chà-phɔ́ — Specific, particular, exclusive to something only

ว่า

wâa — That; introduces reported speech or a clause

ความลับ

khwaam-láp — Secret, information kept hidden from others

ของ

khɔ̌ng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ชื่อ

chûue — Name, the word used to identify a person

นี้

níi — This, referring to something near the speaker

จะ

jà — Will, a future tense marker in Thai sentences

ต้อง

tông — Must, to have to do something; obligation

เว้นแต่

wén-tàe — Unless, except that a condition is not met

เขา

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

คือ

khue — Is, means; used to define or equate things

ยกเว้น

yók-wén — Except, to exclude something from a general statement

พันธะ

phan-thá — Bond, obligation, or binding commitment between parties

นั้น

nán — That, referring to something farther from speaker

ถูก

thùuk — To be subjected to; cheap; passive voice marker

เก็บรักษา

kèp-rák-sǎa — To preserve, keep, or maintain something carefully

ไว้

wái — To keep, retain, or store something for later

ไม่

mâi — Not, a negation particle used before verbs

ละเมิด

lá-mòeit — To violate, break, or infringe upon a rule

ระหว่าง

rá-wàang — Between, among, or during a period of time

พวกเขา

phûak-khǎo — They, them; plural third-person pronoun in Thai

ไม่มี

mâi-mii — There is none, does not have or exist

ใคร

khrai — Who, anyone; used in questions and negatives

อื่น

ùuen — Other, another, different from the current one

รู้

rúu — To know, to be aware of a fact

นั่น

nân — That, that thing over there; demonstrative pronoun

ภรรยา

phan-rá-yaa — Wife, a female spouse in a marriage

เอง

eeng — Oneself, yourself; emphasizes personal involvement

ก็

gɔ̂ — Also, then, well; a discourse and linking particle

ความสงสัย

khwaam-sǒng-sǎi — Doubt, suspicion, or a feeling of uncertainty

เรื่อง

rûuang — Story, matter, topic, or subject of discussion

เช่นกัน

chên-gan — Also, likewise, similarly; expressing the same applies

กล่าว

glàao — To say, to state formally or in narration

ตอบ

tòp — To answer, to reply to a question or statement

ธนาคาร

thá-naa-khaan — Bank, a financial institution for money transactions

ข้าพเจ้า

khâa-phá-jâo — I, me; a formal first-person pronoun in Thai

คิด

khít — To think, to consider or have a thought

สอบถาม

sòp-thǎam — To inquire, to ask for information formally

ทุกคน

thúk-khon — Everyone, all people without exception

ที่

thîi — At, place, which; a versatile preposition and particle

อยู่

yùu — To be located, to stay, to reside somewhere

ที่นี่

thîi-nîi — Here, at this place or location

แล้ว

láeo — Already, then; indicates completion of an action

บอก

bɔ̀k — To tell, to inform someone of something

พบ

phóp — To meet, to find or encounter someone or something

สุภาพบุรุษ

sù-phâap-bù-rùt — Gentleman, a polite and well-mannered man

ท่านนี้

thân-níi — This gentleman or this respected person here

ที่ไหน

thîi-nǎi — Where, at what place; used in questions

เมื่อ

mûua — When, at the time that something happened

เข็ม

khěm — Needle; also the hand or pointer of a clock

นาฬิกา

naa-lí-gaa — Clock, watch; instrument for measuring time

ใกล้

glâi — Near, close in distance or proximity to something

ถึง

thǔeng — To reach, arrive at, or up to a point

เวลา

wee-laa — Time, a period or specific moment in time

ปิด

pìt — To close, to shut something like a door

กระแส

grà-sǎe — Current, flow, or stream of something moving

ผู้คน

phûu-khon — People, persons, a group of human beings

พูดคุย

phûut-khui — To chat, to talk casually with someone

กัน

gan — Together, each other; a reciprocal or collective particle

พากัน

phaa-gan — To go together, to do something collectively

ผ่าน

phàan — To pass through, to go past something

โต๊ะ

tó — Table, a piece of furniture with a flat surface

ไป

pai — To go, to move away from the speaker

ทั่ว

thûa — Throughout, all over, everywhere in a place

ยื่น

yûuen — To hand over, to extend or submit something

จดหมาย

jòt-mǎai — Letter, a written message sent to someone

ออก

ɔ̀k — To exit, to go out or emerge from somewhere

ด้วย

dûai — Also, too, with; a particle indicating inclusion

มอง

mɔɔng — To look at, to gaze upon something or someone

ดู

duu — To look, to watch or observe something

มัน

man — It; informal third-person pronoun for things or animals

ร่าง

râang — Body, figure, or a draft of a document

ผู้ลี้ภัย

phûu-líi-phai — Refugee, a person fleeing danger or persecution

วางแผน

waang-phǎen — To plan, to make arrangements or schemes ahead

เดือดดาล

dùuat-daan — Furious, extremely angry or boiling with rage

คนนี้

khon-níi — This person, referring to someone nearby

คนนั้น

khon-nán — That person, referring to someone farther away

คนโน้น

khon-nóon — That person over there, referring to a distant person

ต่าง

tàang — Different, various, each separately from the other

มี

mii — To have, to possess; there is or there are

คำพูด

kham-phûut — Words, speech, what someone says or utters

ดูถูก

duu-thùuk — To look down on, to disrespect or belittle someone

เหยียดหยาม

yìat-yǎam — To scorn, to treat with contempt or disdain

ไม่ว่า

mâi-wâa — Regardless of, no matter what the condition is

ภาษา

phaa-sǎa — Language, a system of communication used by people

ฝรั่งเศส

fà-ràng-sèt — France; the French language or nationality

หรือ

rǔue — Or, a conjunction presenting an alternative choice

อังกฤษ

ang-grìt — England; the English language or nationality

เกี่ยวกับ

gìao-gàp — About, concerning, related to a topic

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — To be able to, capable of doing something

หลานชาย

lǎan-chaai — Nephew or grandson, a younger male relative

เชื่อ

chûua — To believe, to trust or have faith in something

แต่

tàe — But, however; a contrastive conjunction in Thai

กรณี

gɔɔ-rá-nii — Case, situation, or circumstance being considered

ใด

dai — Any, which; used in questions or indefinite reference

ผู้สืบทอด

phûu-sùuep-thɔ̂ot — Heir, successor who inherits a position or title

เสื่อมทราม

sùuam-saam — Depraved, morally corrupt or degraded in character

ผู้

phûu — Person, one who; a prefix indicating a person

สง่างาม

sà-ngâa-ngaam — Graceful, dignified, elegant in appearance or manner

สังหาร

sǎng-hǎan — To kill, to slay or murder someone deliberately

คนหนึ่ง

khon-nùeng — One person, a certain individual or someone

โชคดี

chôok-dii — Lucky, good fortune; also used as good luck

ไม่เคย

mâi-khooei — Never, has never done something before

รู้จัก

rúu-jàk — To know someone, to be acquainted with a person

คน

khon — Person, people; a classifier for human beings

ขลาด

khlàat — Cowardly, lacking courage or bravery in difficulty

ละทิ้ง

lá-thíng — To abandon, to desert or give up on something

หน้าที่

nâa-thîi — Duty, responsibility, or one's assigned obligation

ตน

ton — Oneself, a reflexive or formal self-reference pronoun

อีก

ìik — Again, more, another; indicates repetition or addition

นำ

nam — To lead, to bring, or to take something somewhere

จาก

jàak — From, away from; indicates origin or departure point

โดย

dooi — By, through, by means of doing something

หงาย

ngǎai — To lie face up, to turn over facing upward

ขา

khǎa — Leg, the limb used for walking or standing

ขึ้น

khûen — Up, to rise or increase; directional verb particle

หายใจ

hǎai-jai — To breathe, the act of inhaling and exhaling air

แทบ

thâep — Almost, barely, nearly; used with negatives often

ไม่ออก

mâi-ɔ̀k — Cannot come out; unable to produce or breathe out

ซ่อน

sôn — To hide, to conceal something from being seen

กอง

gɔɔng — Pile, heap, a mass of things stacked together

หญ้า

yâa — Grass, the green plant covering lawns and fields

หลาย

lǎai — Many, several, a large number of things

ปี

pii — Year, a period of twelve months

ก่อน

gɔ̀ɔn — Before, prior to a time or event