A Tale of Two Cities — Page 18

Vocabulary

จน

jon — Until; up to a certain point in time

กระทั่ง

kra-thang — Until; even; up to the point of

ถึง

theung — To reach; until; arriving at a place

เวลา

we-la — Time; a period or moment in time

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned

แม้

mae — Even though; despite; although

ว่า

wa — That; to say; introduces a subordinate clause

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker in Thai

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is none; to not have something

ผู้ใด

phu dai — Anyone; whoever; any person at all

ปรากฏ

pra-kot — To appear; to become visible or evident

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and objects

ต่อ

to — To; toward; per; continuing from something

สายตา

sai ta — Eyesight; one's line of vision or sight

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

เธอ

thoe — She; her; you (informal, often feminine)

นอก

nok — Outside; beyond; except for something

จาก

jak — From; away from; departing a place

ผู้หญิง

phu ying — Woman; female person

คน

khon — Person; people; classifier for humans

และ

lae — And; connecting words or clauses together

ฉัน

chan — I; me (informal, often feminine speaker)

เอง

eng — Self; oneself; by oneself; personally

แต่

tae — But; however; yet; only

หนึ่ง

neung — One; the number one

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

สอง

song — Two; the number two

ก็

ko — Also; then; discourse particle showing consequence

มัก

mak — Often; tend to; usually does something

นั่ง

nang — To sit; to be seated

ซุ่ม

sum — To lurk; to hide and wait in ambush

อยู่

yu — To be; to stay; to reside somewhere

หลัง

lang — Behind; back; after; rear side

ม่าน

man — Curtain; drape hanging over a window or door

ที่

thi — At; place; relative pronoun; classifier

หัว

hua — Head; top; front end of something

เตียง

tiang — Bed; a piece of sleeping furniture

ด้วย

duai — Also; with; too; by means of

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix indicating an abstract state

หึง

heung — Jealous; feeling romantic jealousy toward someone

หวง

huang — Possessive; guarding something jealously; protective

เสมอ

sa-moe — Always; constantly; at all times

ยาม

yam — At the time of; during; a period

นั่น

nan — That (emphatic); that thing over there

เมื่อ

mueа — When; at the time that something occurred

มา

ma — To come; toward the speaker; arrival

จุด

jut — Point; dot; spot; to light or ignite

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; bunch of people or things

เขา

khao — He; she; they; third-person pronoun

ดู

du — To look; to watch; to observe something

เหมือน

muean — Similar to; like; resembling something else

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle in Thai

แยแส

yae sae — To care about; to pay attention to someone

สื่อสาร

suea san — To communicate; to exchange information with others

อะไร

a-rai — What; anything; something unspecified

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone

ราว

rao — About; approximately; around a number

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to calculate

นี้

ni — This; referring to something nearby or present

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through; to go past something

เข้า

khao — To enter; to go into; inward direction

ใจ

jai — Heart; mind; inner feelings or emotions

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently; in the process of; strength or power

สิ้น

sin — To end; to finish; to run out completely

เช่น

chen — Such as; for example; like

กัน

kan — Together; each other; mutual action particle

สังเกต

sang-koet — To observe; to notice details carefully

เห็น

hen — To see; to notice; to visually perceive

ภาค

phak — Region; section; part of a country

ภูมิ

phum — Pride; ground; background knowledge or terrain

รู้สึก

ru-seuk — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation

ขม

khom — Bitter (taste); harsh and unpleasant feeling

ขื่น

khuen — Bitter; constrained; feeling of suppressed anguish

อย่าง

yang — Way; manner; kind; like; as

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree

น้อง

nong — Younger sibling; younger person (term of address)

ชาย

chai — Man; male; male side or bank

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun linking clauses

ขอ

kho — To request; to ask for something politely

เรียก

riak — To call; to name; to summon someone

ได้

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

ประลอง

pra-long — To compete; to test skills against another

ดาบ

dap — Sword; a bladed weapon used in combat

ชาวนา

chao na — Farmer; rice farmer; peasant cultivating rice

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; continuing state or action

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; to become

แค่

khae — Only; just; merely; nothing more than

เด็ก

dek — Child; kid; young person

อีก

ik — More; again; another; additionally

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; matter; something abstract or concrete

เดียว

diao — Single; alone; only one; just a moment

รบกวน

rop-kuan — To disturb; to bother; to interrupt someone

จิตใจ

jit jai — Mind; heart; one's mental and emotional state

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; entire; whole amount

คือ

khue — Is; meaning; that is to say

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; issue; topic or subject

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make something happen

ตระกูล

tra-kun — Family clan; lineage; noble family or ancestry

เสื่อม

sueam — To deteriorate; to decline in quality or status

เสีย

sia — To lose; to spoil; to damage; broken

น่า

na — Should; worthy of; likely to cause feeling

อับอาย

ap-ai — Shameful; embarrassing; feeling of great shame

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each one without exception

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; classifier for occurrences

สบ

sop — To meet; to encounter; comfortable (in compounds)

แวว

waeo — Glimmer; hint; spark visible in the eyes

ตา

ta — Eye; maternal grandfather; vision

เตือน

tuean — To warn; to remind; to caution someone

ให้

hai — To give; to let; causative verb marker

นึก

neuk — To think; to recall; to imagine something

ชอบ

chop — To like; to enjoy; to be fond of

สุด

sut — Extreme; most; end; utmost degree

ซึ้ง

sueng — Deeply moving; touching one's heart profoundly

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; due to a reason

รู้

ru — To know; to understand; to be aware

มี

mi — To have; there is; to exist

ท่าที

tha thi — Attitude; manner; demeanor; bearing of a person

นุ่มนวล

num nuan — Gentle; soft; smooth in manner or touch

สุภาพ

su-phap — Polite; courteous; well-mannered; gentle in speech

มาก

mak — Many; much; a lot; very

กว่า

kwa — More than; compared to; rather than

พี่

phi — Older sibling; older person (term of address)

มอง

mong — To look at; to gaze; to stare at

ภาระ

pha-ra — Burden; responsibility; load one must carry

ไข้

khai — Fever; illness with high body temperature

ชีวิต

chi-wit — Life; one's existence; living being

ชั่วโมง

chua mong — Hour; a unit of sixty minutes

ก่อน

kon — Before; prior to; earlier in time

เที่ยง

thiang — Noon; midday; twelve o'clock daytime

คืน

khuen — Night; nighttime; to return something

นาฬิกา

na-li-ka — Clock; watch; o'clock time indicator

บอก

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

ตรง

trong — Straight; direct; exactly at a point

ช่วง

chuang — Period; interval; span of time or space

พบ

phop — To meet; to encounter; to find someone

แรก

raek — First; initial; the very beginning

แทบ

thaep — Almost; nearly; barely; scarcely

นาที

na-thi — Minute; a unit of sixty seconds

เลย

loei — At all; ever; past; intensifying particle

ที

thi — Time; occasion; once; a single instance

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; along with

ลำพัง

lam-phang — Alone; by oneself; without others' help

ศีรษะ

si-sa — Head; the uppermost part of the body

อ่อน

on — Soft; tender; weak; young and delicate

เยาว์

yao — Young; youthful; of tender age

อัน

an — Classifier for general objects; that which

โดดเดี่ยว

dod-diao — Lonely; isolated; solitary; feeling alone

ค่อยๆ

khoi khoi — Gradually; slowly; gently step by step

ก้ม

kom — To bow; to bend the head downward

ลง

long — Down; to descend; downward direction

ไป

pai — To go; away from speaker; onward

ข้าง

khang — Side; beside; next to; lateral direction

ทุกข์

thuk — Suffering; distress; sorrow; pain of existence

ระทม

ra-thom — To grieve deeply; to be heartbroken and sorrowful

เจ็บ

jep — To hurt; to feel physical pain

ปวด

puat — To ache; to throb with pain

มวล

muan — Mass; totality; all of something together

โลก

lok — World; earth; the universe around us

สิ้นสุด

sin sut — To end; to come to a final conclusion

พี่น้อง

phi nong — Siblings; brothers and sisters collectively

รอ

ro — To wait; to await someone or something

ห้อง

hong — Room; an enclosed space within a building

ชั้น

chan — Floor; level; layer; story of a building

ล่าง

lang — Lower; below; underneath; bottom level

อยาก

yak — To want; to desire; to crave something

รีบ

rip — To hurry; to rush; to act quickly

ขี่

khi — To ride; to sit astride an animal

ม้า

ma — Horse; a large domesticated riding animal

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; to perceive sound with ears

เสียง

siang — Sound; voice; noise; audio

ขณะ

kha-na — Moment; while; at the time of

ตี

ti — To hit; to strike; o'clock (nighttime hours)

รองเท้า

rong thao — Shoes; footwear worn on the feet

แส้

sae — Whip; a flexible striking instrument

เดิน

doen — To walk; to move on foot

วน

won — To circle; to go around in loops

เวียน

wian — To revolve; to spin; to go in circles

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; to rise; upward direction; to increase