A Tale of Two Cities — Page 3

Vocabulary

แล้ว

laeo — Already; indicates completed action or 'then'

ก็

ko — Then; also; particle indicating consequence or addition

ไม่ว่า

mai wa — No matter; regardless of what or who

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker or intention

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something

พวก

phuak — Group; bunch; those people

ช่าง

chang — Craftsman; technician; skilled worker

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action

ศพ

sop — Corpse; dead body

เสมียน

samiian — Clerk; office worker; scribe

โบสถ์

bot — Church; religious building for worship

ผู้

phu — Person who; one who; prefix for agent nouns

ดูแล

du lae — To take care of; to look after someone

สุสาน

su san — Cemetery; graveyard; burial ground

ยาม

yam — Guard; watchman; period of time

เฝ้า

fao — To watch over; to guard; to keep watch

ส่วน

suan — Part; portion; section of something

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and letters

ล้วน

luan — All; entirely; without exception

โลภ

lop — Greedy; covetous; having excessive desire

ทั้งนั้น

thang nan — All of them; every single one; entirely

และ

lae — And; connecting words or clauses together

มี

mi — To have; to possess; there is/are

ร่วม

ruam — Together; jointly; to participate or share

กัน

kan — Each other; together; mutually among people

ผู้ชาย

phu chai — Man; male person

คน

khon — Person; human being; people

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one

คง

khong — Probably; likely; to remain stable

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle in Thai

ได้

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

อะไร

arai — What; anything; something unspecified

มาก

mak — Much; many; a lot; very

จาก

jak — From; away from; departing a place

มัน

man — It; he/she (informal); that thing

หรอก

rok — Particle softening negation or dismissal

แม้ว่า

mae wa — Even though; although; despite the fact

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; topic; issue about something

จริง

jing — True; real; genuine; indeed

ก็ตาม

ko tam — Regardless; even so; no matter what

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; something in general

เล็กน้อย

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

ที่

thi — At; place; which; relative pronoun or preposition

มา

ma — To come; to arrive; toward the speaker

นั้น

nan — That; those; referring to something mentioned

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — Never; have never done something before

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make something happen

เขา

khao — He; she; they; third person pronoun

เจริญ

jaroen — To prosper; to grow; to thrive and flourish

รุ่งเรือง

rung rueang — Prosperous; flourishing; thriving successfully

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; emphatic particle

คุณ

khun — You; polite second person pronoun

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is none; to not have anything

วัน

wan — Day; daytime; a single calendar day

ได้รับ

dai rap — To receive; to obtain; to get something

ประโยชน์

prayot — Benefit; use; advantage gained from something

ต้องการ

tong kan — To want; to need; to require something

ตลอด

talot — Throughout; all along; the entire duration

เวลา

wela — Time; period; a specific point in time

ออก

ok — To go out; to exit; outward direction

ห่าง

hang — Far; distant; away from something

วงการ

wong kan — Circle; field; professional community or world

หาก

hak — If; in case; supposing that something occurs

มอง

mong — To look; to gaze; to view something

เห็น

hen — To see; to notice; to perceive visually

ทาง

thang — Way; path; direction; means of doing

เมื่อ

mueа — When; at the time that something happened

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; instance; classifier for occurrences

เข้า

khao — To enter; to go in; inward direction

ไป

pai — To go; to leave; away from speaker

อุ๊ย

ui — Oops; oh my; exclamation of surprise

อุทาน

uthan — Exclamation; interjection expressing sudden emotion

แม้

mae — Even; although; even if something is true

ผ่อนคลาย

phon khlai — To relax; to unwind; to relieve tension

ลง

long — To go down; to descend; downward direction

บ้าง

bang — Some; somewhat; a bit; occasionally

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first person pronoun informal female

ตกใจ

tok jai — To be startled; to be shocked or frightened

หน้า

na — Face; front; next; page

เธอ

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

บัดนี้

bat ni — Now; at this very moment; presently

ข้าพเจ้า

kha phajao — I; me; formal first person pronoun

ขอ

kho — To request; to ask for; may I please

เสนอ

sanoe — To propose; to suggest; to offer something

อย่าง

yang — Way; manner; kind; like; type of something

ถ่อมตน

thom ton — Humble; modest; showing humility about oneself

ต่อ

to — To; toward; next; continuing; per unit

ท่าน

than — You; he/she; respectful formal pronoun

ครับ

khrap — Polite particle used by male speakers

กล่าว

klao — To say; to speak; to state formally

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun linking clauses

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot; did not; unable to do something

บอก

bok — To tell; to inform; to say to someone

ว่า

wa — That; to say; introduces quoted or reported speech

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — Like that; in that way; such as that

อย่า

ya — Don't; imperative negation; prohibition particle

พูด

phut — To speak; to talk; to say words

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back; reverse direction

กลอก

klok — To roll eyes; to turn eyes; to spin

ตอบ

top — To answer; to respond; to reply to someone

ราวกับ

rao kap — As if; as though; just like something else

สิ่งใด

sing dai — Anything; whatever thing; any particular thing

อยู่

yu — To be at; to stay; to live somewhere

ห่างไกล

hang klai — Far away; remote; distant from something

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought; idea; opinion; way of thinking

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle at sentence end

การ

kan — Action; activity; nominalizing prefix for verbs

กระทำ

kratham — To act; to commit; to perform an action

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

มากกว่า

mak kwa — More than; greater than in comparison

นี้

ni — This; these; referring to nearby thing

อีก

ik — Again; more; another; additionally

คือ

khue — Is; means; namely; to be equal to

สิ่งนี้

sing ni — This thing; this matter; this particular thing

บน

bon — On; above; on top of something

เก้าอี้

kao i — Chair; seat for one person to sit

บาร์

ba — Bar; drinking establishment; counter area

นั่ง

nang — To sit; to be seated somewhere

ลูกชาย

luk chai — Son; male child of someone

เลี้ยงดู

liang du — To raise; to nurture; to bring up children

เติบโต

toep to — To grow up; to develop; to mature physically

ขึ้นมา

khuen ma — To come up; to rise; upward toward speaker

วิ่ง

wing — To run; to move fast on foot

ธุระ

thura — Business; errand; personal matter to attend

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative marker

ส่ง

song — To send; to deliver; to transmit something

ข่าว

khao — News; information; report of recent events

รับ

rap — To receive; to accept; to take something

งาน

ngan — Work; job; task; event or function

เบ็ดเตล็ด

bet talet — Miscellaneous; various odds and ends

ทั่วไป

thua pai — General; common; in general; widespread

จน

jon — Until; poor; up to a certain point

กว่า

kwa — Than; more; comparative particle in Thai

ส้นเท้า

son thao — Heel; back part of the foot

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or thing

หัว

hua — Head; top; chief; front of something

นั่น

nan — That; that one; referring to something there

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix for abstract nouns and states

ประสงค์

prasong — Wish; desire; intention; aim for something