A Tale of Two Cities — Page 6

Vocabulary

น้องสาว

nóng-sǎao — Younger sister, female younger sibling

ของ

khǎawng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

เด็กชาย

dèk-chaai — Boy, a young male child

ที่

thîi — That, which; relative pronoun or place marker

ได้รับ

dâai-ráp — To receive, to obtain something

บาดเจ็บ

bàat-jèp — To be injured, to sustain a wound

สาหัส

sǎa-hàt — Serious, severe, critically injured

จน

jon — Until, to the point that; also means poor

ล้มลง

lóm-long — To fall down, to collapse onto the ground

กับ

gàp — With, and; connecting two nouns or phrases

พื้น

phúuen — Floor, ground, surface of a flat area

นั้น

nán — That, those; demonstrative pronoun for distant reference

คือ

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

ฉัน

chǎn — I, me; first-person pronoun informal female

สามี

sǎa-mii — Husband, a married male partner

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

เด็ก

dèk — Child, kid; a young person

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or thing

ครรภ์

khan — Womb, pregnancy; the uterus of a female

ลูก

lûuk — Child, offspring; also means ball or fruit

พวกเขา

phûuak-khǎo — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

พี่ชาย

phîi-chaai — Older brother, an elder male sibling

พ่อ

phâaw — Father, dad; a male parent

ผู้

phûu — Person who, one who; agent noun prefix

ล่วงลับ

lûuang-láp — Deceased, passed away, no longer living

ไป

pai — To go, to move away from a place

แล้ว

láaeo — Already, then; indicating completed action

เหล่านั้น

lào-nán — Those, that group; plural demonstrative pronoun

และ

láe — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

หมายเรียก

mǎai-rîiak — Summons, official call to appear legally

ให้

hâi — To give, to allow, to cause something

รับผิดชอบ

ráp-phìt-châawp — To be responsible, to take accountability

ต่อ

tòo — Against, toward, per; connecting preposition

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing, object, matter; general noun classifier

ก็

gâaw — Also, then, well; discourse particle emphasizing

ตก

tòk — To fall, to drop down from above

มา

maa — To come, to move toward the speaker

ถึง

thǔeng — To reach, to arrive at a destination

ถาม

thǎam — To ask, to pose a question to someone

เขา

khǎo — He, she, they; third-person singular pronoun

ซิ

si — Particle adding emphasis or mild insistence

ว่า

wâa — That; quotative particle introducing reported speech

เป็น

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

เช่นนั้น

chên-nán — Like that, in that manner, such a way

หรือ

rǔue — Or; question particle for yes/no questions

ไม่

mâi — No, not; negation particle in Thai

ยืนยัน

yuuen-yan — To confirm, to affirm, to assert something

อีก

ìik — Again, more, another; indicating repetition

ครั้ง

khráng — Time, instance; classifier for occurrences

งั้น

ngán — Then, in that case; informal connective word

บอก

bàawk — To tell, to inform someone of something

ลม

lom — Wind, breeze; moving air outdoors

ไฟ

fai — Fire, flame; also means electricity or light

หยุด

yùt — To stop, to halt, to cease movement

ไหน

nǎi — Where, which; interrogative of place or choice

ตอบกลับ

tàawp-glàp — To reply, to respond back to someone

แต่

tàae — But, however; conjunction showing contrast

อย่า

yàa — Don't; imperative negation for commands

ผู้ฟัง

phûu-fang — Listener, audience; one who listens

ทั้งสอง

tháng-sǎawng — Both, all two; referring to two things together

ต่าง

tàang — Different, each, various; indicating diversity

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix forming abstract nouns

พึงพอใจ

phueng-phaw-jai — Satisfied, pleased, content with something

อัน

an — General classifier for small or abstract things

น่า

nâa — Worth, worthy of; prefix indicating feeling induced

สยดสยอง

sà-yòt-sà-yawng — Horrifying, terrifying, causing great dread

จาก

jàak — From, away from; indicating origin or departure

โกรธแค้น

gròot-khâaen — Furious, deeply resentful, full of anger

เปี่ยม

pîiam — Full of, brimming with, overflowing with something

ด้วย

dûuai — With, also, by means of something

ความตาย

khwaam-taai — Death, the state of dying or being dead

เธอ

thooe — She, you; informal pronoun for female

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — Can, able to, capable of doing something

รู้สึก

rúu-sùek — To feel, to sense an emotion or sensation

ได้

dâai — Can, able to; past tense or ability marker

ซีดเผือก

sîit-phùueak — Deathly pale, very white-faced from shock

เพียงใด

phiang-dai — How much, to what extent; degree question word

โดย

dooi — By, by means of; indicating method or agent

ต้อง

tâawng — Must, have to; expressing necessity or obligation

มองเห็น

maawng-hěn — To see, to be able to perceive visually

ทั้งคู่

tháng-khûu — Both of them, the pair; two together

ยกย่อง

yók-yâawng — To praise, to honor, to admire someone

ความโกรธ

khwaam-gròot — Anger, wrath; the state of being angry

อย่าง

yàang — Kind, type, manner; adverbial modifier

ยิ่ง

yîng — Even more, increasingly; intensifier for comparison

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which, that; relative clause connector

เสียง

sǐiang — Sound, voice, noise; auditory sensation

ข้างน้อย

khâang-nóoi — Minority, lesser side; the smaller portion

อ่อนแอ

àawn-áae — Weak, feeble, lacking strength or energy

แทรก

sáaek — To insert, to interject, to slip between

คำพูด

kham-phûut — Speech, words spoken; an utterance or statement

เล็กน้อย

lék-nóoi — A little, slightly, a small amount

เพื่อ

phûuea — In order to, for the purpose of something

รำลึก

ram-lúek — To remember, to reminisce, to commemorate

ภรรยา

phan-rá-yaa — Wife, a married female partner

เมตตา

mét-taa — Compassion, kindness, loving mercy toward others

กลับ

glàp — To return, to go back to a place

ตนเอง

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

เพียงแค่

phiang-khâae — Only, merely, just; limiting degree expression

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix for actions or processes

ย้ำ

yám — To emphasize, to repeat, to stress a point

คำตอบ

kham-tàawp — Answer, reply; a response to a question

สุดท้าย

sùt-tháai — Last, final, ultimate; the very end

ไม่ใช่

mâi-châi — Is not, no; strong negation of identity

ลูกค้า

lûuk-kháa — Customer, client; someone who buys goods

เดิน

dooen — To walk, to move on foot

เข้า

khâo — To enter, to go inside a place

กลุ่ม

glùm — Group, cluster; a collection of people or things

แยกย้าย

yâaek-yáai — To disperse, to scatter and go separate ways

กัน

gan — Together, each other; reciprocal particle

ชาวอังกฤษ

chaao-ang-grìt — British person, someone from England

ชำระเงิน

cham-rá-ngooen — To pay, to make a financial payment

ค่า

khâa — Fee, cost, value; price of something

ตน

ton — Oneself, self; reflexive or personal pronoun

นับ

náp — To count, to enumerate; to reckon a number

เงินทอน

ngooen-thaawn — Change, money returned after overpayment

งุนงง

ngon-ngong — Confused, puzzled, bewildered by something

ฐานะ

thǎa-ná — Status, position, social or financial standing

แปลกหน้า

plàaek-nâa — Stranger, unfamiliar person, unknown individual

จะ

jà — Will, going to; future tense marker

พระราชวัง

phrá-râat-cha-wang — Royal palace, the residence of a monarch

แห่งชาติ

hàeng-châat — National, of the nation; belonging to the country

อย่างไร

yàang-rai — How, in what way; manner question word

พา

phaa — To lead, to take someone somewhere

ประตู

prà-tuu — Door, gate; an entrance or exit point

วาง

waang — To place, to put something down somewhere

แขน

khǎaen — Arm; the upper limb of the human body

บน

bon — On, above, on top of a surface

ขณะ

khà-nà — While, during, at the moment of something

ชี้

chíi — To point, to indicate a direction or thing

เส้นทาง

sên-thaang — Route, path, road; the way to go

มิได้

mí-dâai — Did not, have not; formal negation of action

ปราศจาก

prààt-jàak — Without, free from, lacking something entirely

ความคิด

khwaam-khít — Thought, idea, opinion; mental concept

อาจ

àat — Might, may, possibly; expressing uncertainty

การกระทำ

gaan-grà-tham — Action, deed, act; something done intentionally

ดี

dii — Good, fine, well; positive quality or condition

หาก

hàak — If, provided that; conditional conjunction

คว้า

khwâa — To grab, to snatch something quickly

ยก

yók — To lift, to raise something upward

มัน

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

ขึ้น

khûen — Up, to rise, to increase; upward direction

ฟัน

fan — To chop, to slash; also means teeth

ใต้

tâi — Under, beneath, below a surface or object

แหลมคม

làaem-khom — Sharp-pointed, keen; having a very sharp edge

ลึก

lúek — Deep, profound; extending far down or inward

เดินทาง

dooen-thaang — To travel, to make a journey somewhere

ไม่ช้า

mâi-cháa — Soon, before long, not taking much time

ถูก

thùuk — To be hit; correct; cheap; passive marker

กลืน

gluuen — To swallow, to engulf, to absorb completely

หาย

hǎai — To disappear, to vanish, to be lost

เงามืด

ngao-mûet — Dark shadow, darkness; a dim shadowy area

กำแพง

gam-phaaeng — Wall, barrier; a solid vertical structure

คุก

khúk — Prison, jail; a place of confinement