A Tale of Two Cities — Page 13

Vocabulary

เรา

rao — We, us, or I (first person pronoun)

คือ

khue — Is, are, means, to be (linking verb)

การ

gaan — Act, action, process, or nominalization prefix

คืนชีพ

khuen chiip — To resurrect, to bring back to life

และ

lae — And, also, as well as (conjunction)

ชีวิต

chiiwit — Life, existence, living being

พระเจ้า

phra jao — God, lord, divine being

ตรัสว่า

trat waa — Said (royal/religious speech verb), to speak

ผู้ที่

phuu thii — The one who, those who (relative pronoun)

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe, to trust, to have faith

ใน

nai — In, inside, within (preposition)

แม้ว่า

mae waa — Even though, even if, although (conjunction)

เขา

khao — He, she, they (third person pronoun)

จะ

ja — Will, shall, about to (future marker)

ตาย

taai — To die, to be dead

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, afterward (aspect marker)

ก็

gɔɔ — Also, then, still (discourse/linking particle)

มีชีวิต

mii chiiwit — To be alive, to have life

อีก

iik — Again, more, another, still

ผู้ใด

phuu dai — Whoever, anyone who (indefinite pronoun)

ที่

thii — At, which, that (relative particle/preposition)

อยู่

yuu — To live, to stay, to be located

ไม่

mai — Not, no (negation particle)

มี

mii — To have, to exist, there is

วัน

wan — Day, a calendar day

เลย

loei — At all, ever, so, therefore (emphatic particle)

เมือง

mueang — City, town, country, state

ถูก

thuuk — To be (passive marker); correct; to get/receive

ครอบงำ

khraawp ngam — To dominate, to overwhelm, to take over

ด้วย

duai — With, also, by means of (preposition/particle)

ขวาน

khwaan — Axe, hatchet (cutting tool with blade)

คนเดียว

khon diao — Alone, only one person, by oneself

ยาม

yaam — Guard, watchman; period of time, moment

ค่ำคืน

kham khuen — Night, nighttime, evening hours

พร้อม

phraawm — Ready, prepared, along with, together

กับ

gap — With, and, together with (preposition)

ความ

khwaam — Condition, state, abstract noun prefix

เศร้าโศก

sao sok — Grief, sorrow, deep sadness, mourning

ตาม

taam — According to, following, after, along

ธรรมชาติ

thammanaat — Nature, the natural world, natural state

พลุ่ง

phlung — To surge, to well up, to erupt suddenly

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, to rise, to increase (directional particle)

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind, spirit, inner feelings

สำหรับ

samrap — For, intended for, meant for (preposition)

คน

khon — Person, people, human being (classifier)

ประหาร

prahan — To execute, to put to death, capital punishment

นั้น

nan — That, those, referring to previously mentioned thing

เหยื่อ

yua — Victim, prey, bait

ของ

khɔɔng — Of, belonging to, possessive particle

พรุ่งนี้

phrung nii — Tomorrow, the next day

กำลัง

gamlang — Currently doing, in the process of (progressive)

รอคอย

rɔɔ khɔɔi — To wait for, to await, to anticipate

ชะตากรรม

chata gam — Fate, destiny, one's lot in life

ตน

ton — Oneself, self (reflexive pronoun)

คุก

khuk — Prison, jail, place of confinement

ยัง

yang — Still, yet, also (continuative particle)

คิดถึง

khit thueng — To think of, to miss someone, to recall fondly

เล่า

lao — To tell, to narrate; narrative question particle

ห่วงโซ่

huang so — Chain, linked rings, chain of events

แห่ง

haeng — Of, at, belonging to (formal locative particle)

เชื่อมโยง

chuem yong — To connect, to link together, to associate

นำพา

nam pha — To lead, to guide, to bring along

ถ้อยคำ

thɔɔi kham — Words, speech, expression, utterance

เหล่านั้น

lao nan — Those (plural demonstrative pronoun)

กลับมา

glap maa — To return, to come back

สู่

suu — To, toward, into (directional preposition)

จิตใจ

jit jai — Mind, heart, spirit, mental state

ดั่ง

dang — Like, as, similar to (poetic/formal)

สมอเรือ

samɔɔ ruea — Anchor, ship's anchor, maritime mooring device

เก่า

gao — Old, aged, worn, former, ancient

สนิม

sanim — Rust, corrosion on metal surfaces

จาก

jaak — From, away from, to depart (preposition)

ห้วงน้ำ

huang naam — Body of water, deep water, abyss of water

ลึก

luek — Deep, profound, far down below

คง

khong — Probably, likely, to remain, still (modal)

สามารถ

saamat — Can, able to, capable of (ability verb)

สืบหา

suep haa — To investigate, to search out, to trace

ได้

dai — Can, able to; obtained; past/potential marker

โดย

doi — By, via, through, by means of

ง่าย

ngaai — Easy, simple, not difficult

มิได้

mi dai — Did not, have not (formal/literary negation)

แสวงหา

sawaeng haa — To seek, to search for, to pursue eagerly

มัน

man — It, they (pronoun for things/animals)

หากแต่

haak tae — But rather, however, instead (formal conjunction)

ท่องซ้ำ

thɔɔng sam — To repeat, to recite again and again

เดิน

doen — To walk, to move on foot

ต่อไป

tɔɔ pai — To continue, to go on, onward, further