A Tale of Two Cities — Page 19

Vocabulary

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

ที่สุด

thi sut — The most, superlative degree of comparison

เธอ

thoe — She, her, or informal second-person pronoun

ก็

ko — Also, then; particle indicating continuation or concession

ตาย

tai — To die; to be dead

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action

หรือ

rue — Or; used to present alternatives or ask questions

ผู้

phu — Person, one who; nominalizing prefix for people

อาวุโส

a-wu-so — Senior, elder; having higher rank or seniority

กล่าว

klao — To say, speak, or mention formally

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that something happened

ข้าพเจ้า

kha-pha-chao — I, me; formal and respectful first-person pronoun

เดิน

doen — To walk, to go on foot

เข้า

khao — To enter, go into a place

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away

ขอ

kho — To request, ask for, or beg something

แสดง

sa-daeng — To show, express, display, or perform

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix expressing state or quality

ยินดี

yin-di — Glad, pleased, happy to do something

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; used to add or accompany

พี่น้อง

phi-nong — Siblings; brothers and sisters collectively

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ข้า

kha — I, me; old or humble first-person pronoun

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby

คือ

khue — Is, are, means; used for definition or identification

ถ้อยคำ

thoi-kham — Words, speech, verbal expression or statement

เขา

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

ขณะ

kha-na — While, at the moment, during a time

ที่

thi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker

หัน

han — To turn, face a different direction

กลับ

klap — To return, go back, reverse direction

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward speaker

ก่อน

kon — Before, first, prior to something else

หน้า

na — Face; front; next; page

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative adjective or pronoun nearby

เคย

khoei — To have ever done; past experience marker

เสนอ

sa-noe — To offer, propose, or suggest something

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver

ให้

hai — To give; for; causative particle

แก่

kae — To, for; preposition indicating recipient

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative clause connector

ได้

dai — To get, obtain; can; past tense marker

ผัด

phat — To stir-fry; to delay or postpone

ผ่อน

phon — To pay in installments; to relax or ease

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix for actions or processes

รับ

rap — To receive, accept, or welcome something

ไว้

wai — To keep, hold, or set aside for later

บัดนี้

bat-ni — Now, at this moment; formal present time expression

มอบ

mop — To hand over, present, or bestow something

ทองคำ

thong-kham — Gold; the precious yellow metal

ม้วน

muan — Roll, scroll; a rolled cylindrical object

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one

มัน

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

จาก

chak — From, away from a source or origin

มือ

mue — Hand; the part of the arm below the wrist

แต่

tae — But, however; indicates contrast or exception

วาง

wang — To place, put down, or set something somewhere

ลง

long — To go down, descend; downward directional particle

บน

bon — On, on top of, above a surface

โต๊ะ

to — Table; a flat-surfaced furniture piece

ไตร่ตรอง

trai-trong — To ponder, deliberate, think carefully over something

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, or subject about something

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ตัดสินใจ

tat-sin-jai — To decide, make a decision about something

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, or matter; general classifier

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

ทั้งสิ้น

thang-sin — All, entirely, in total, altogether

กรุณา

ka-ru-na — Please; kindness; polite request particle

อภัย

a-phai — To forgive, pardon; forgiveness

ภายใต้

phai-tai — Under, beneath, subject to a condition

สถานการณ์

sa-than-kan — Situation, circumstance, current state of affairs

เช่น

chen — Such as, for example, like

อาจ

at — May, might; expresses possibility or uncertainty

พวกเขา

phuak-khao — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

มอง

mong — To look at, gaze upon something

กัน

kan — Each other; together; reciprocal action particle

โน้ม

nom — To incline, lean, or bend toward something

ศีรษะ

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

เดียว

diao — Alone, only one, single; just a moment

กับ

kap — With, and, together with someone or something

เรา

rao — We, us, I; first-person singular or plural pronoun

โดย

doi — By, by means of, through an agent or method

มี

mi — To have, there is, there are

คำพูด

kham-phut — Speech, spoken words, utterance or statement

อีก

ik — Another, more, again, additionally

ทั้ง

thang — Both, all, entire; inclusive particle

สอง

song — Two; the number two

ฝ่าย

fai — Side, party, faction in a group or conflict

เหนื่อยล้า

nuea-la — Exhausted, weary, very tired from effort

ถูก

thuk — To be correct; cheap; passive voice marker

ทุกข์ยาก

thuk-yak — Suffering hardship, distress, difficult living conditions

กัด

kat — To bite; to gnaw or chew on something

กร่อน

kron — Eroded, worn away gradually over time

จน

chon — Until, to the point of; also means poor

หมดแรง

mot-raeng — Out of energy, completely exhausted, no strength left

อ่าน

an — To read text or written material

เขียน

khian — To write; to compose written text

อัน

an — Classifier for small objects; one, a certain thing

ซูบผอม

sup-phom — Thin, gaunt, emaciated from illness or starvation

เช้า

chao — Morning; early part of the day

ตรู่

tru — Very early morning, dawn, at the crack of dawn

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative referring to distant thing

ทิ้ง

thing — To throw away, abandon, leave behind something

ประตู

pra-tu — Door, gate; an entryway or exit

กล่อง

klong — Box, container; a rectangular receptacle

เล็กๆ

lek-lek — Very small, tiny, little in size

ชื่อ

chue — Name; a person's or thing's identifying title

จารึก

cha-ruek — To inscribe, engrave; an inscription or carving

อยู่

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

ด้าน

dan — Side, aspect, direction of something

นอก

nok — Outside, exterior, beyond a boundary

ตั้งแต่

tang-tae — Since, from a starting point in time

แรก

raek — First, initial, earliest in a sequence

เริ่ม

roem — To begin, start an action or process

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought

อย่าง

yang — Way, manner, kind; adverbial particle

วิตกกังวล

wi-tok-kang-won — Anxious, worried, filled with concern or worry

ว่า

wa — That; introduces reported speech or thought

ตน

ton — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to oneself

ควร

khuan — Should, ought to; indicates moral obligation

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform an action

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period

จดหมาย

chot-mai — Letter; written correspondence sent to someone

ส่วนตัว

suan-tua — Personal, private, individual matter or affair

ถึง

thueng — To, until, reaching; preposition of destination

ท่าน

than — You; respectful second or third-person pronoun

รัฐมนตรี

rat-tha-mon-tri — Minister; a government cabinet minister

แจ้ง

chaeng — To inform, notify, or report to someone

ทราบ

sap — To know, be informed; polite form of know

ลักษณะ

lak-sa-na — Characteristic, feature, nature or attribute of something

คดี

kha-di — Case, legal case, lawsuit or criminal matter

เรียก

riak — To call, summon, or name something

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects; self

สถานที่

sa-than-thi — Place, location, venue, or site

กล่าวคือ

klao-khue — That is to say, namely, meaning in other words

พฤติการณ์

phruet-ti-kan — Circumstances, conduct, behavior surrounding an event

ทั้งหมด

thang-mot — All, everything, the whole total amount

รู้ดี

ru-di — To know well, be well aware of something

อิทธิพล

it-thi-phon — Influence, power, effect over others or events

ราชสำนัก

rat-cha-sam-nak — Royal court; the institution surrounding the monarchy

เป็น

pen — To be, to exist as, to become something

ไร

rai — Without, lacking; also a unit of area measure

เอกสิทธิ์

ek-ka-sit — Privilege, exclusive right, special prerogative

บรรดา

ban-da — All those, various, the whole group of people

ขุนนาง

khun-nang — Nobleman, aristocrat; member of the Thai nobility

คาด

khat — To expect, anticipate, predict something will happen

คง

khong — Probably, likely; to remain, stay the same

รับรู้

rap-ru — To acknowledge, be aware of, perceive something

ปรารถนา

prat-tha-na — To desire, wish, long for something earnestly

ปลดเปลื้อง

plot-plueang — To free, relieve, or unburden oneself from something

จิตใจ

chit-jai — Mind, heart, spirit; one's inner mental state

ตนเอง

ton-eng — Oneself, one's own self; reflexive pronoun