Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 13

Vocabulary

ถ้า

thâa — If; used to introduce a conditional clause

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — To be able to; can; capable of doing something

แต่ง

tàeng — To compose, write, or create a literary work

กวี

ka-wii — Poet; a person who writes poetry

แบบ

bàep — Style, type, or pattern of something

นั้น

nán — That; referring to something previously mentioned

ได้

dâai — Can; able to; indicates ability or past completion

ก่อน

gɔ̀ɔn — Before; prior to a time or event

ที่

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

เธอ

thooe — She, her, or you (informal, often feminine)

จะ

jà — Will; future tense marker in Thai sentences

อายุ

aa-yú — Age; the number of years a person has lived

สิบสี่

sìp-sìi — Fourteen; the number 14

ปี

bpii — Year; a unit of time equal to twelve months

ก็

gɔ̂ɔ — Also, then; a connective particle in sentences

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is not; to not have something

ทาง

thaang — Way, path, or direction toward something

บอก

bɔ̀ɔk — To tell, say, or inform someone something

เลย

looei — At all; ever; used for emphasis or negation

ว่า

wâa — That; introduces a quoted clause or statement

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action

อะไร

à-rai — What; used to ask about something unknown

บ้าง

bâang — Some; somewhat; used to soften a question

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

อนาคต

à-naa-khót — Future; the time yet to come ahead

พ่น

phôn — To spout, spew, or pour out rapidly

ออก

ɔ̀ɔk — Out; to come out or exit from something

มา

maa — To come; directional particle toward the speaker

อย่าง

yàang — Like, in the manner of; a way of doing

ง่ายดาย

ngâai-daai — Easily, effortlessly; done with little difficulty

ราวกับ

raao-gàp — As if, as though; comparing to something else

ไม่

mâi — Not; negation particle for verbs and adjectives

เคย

khoei — Ever; used to express past experience or habit

ต้อง

tɔ̂ɔng — Must, have to; expresses necessity or obligation

หยุด

yùt — To stop, halt, or pause an action

คิด

khít — To think, consider, or reflect on something

เขา

khǎo — He, she, they; third-person pronoun in Thai

ขีด

khìit — To scratch, draw a line, or write briefly

เขียน

khǐan — To write; to put words or marks on paper

บรรทัด

ban-thát — A line of text; a row in writing

ลง

long — Down; directional particle indicating downward movement

ไป

bpai — To go; directional particle away from speaker

และ

láe — And; a conjunction connecting words or clauses

หา

hǎa — To look for, seek, or search for something

คำ

kham — Word; a unit of language with meaning

คล้องจอง

khlɔ̂ɔng-jɔɔng — To rhyme; words that sound similar at end

ฆ่า

khâa — To kill; to cause the death of something

มัน

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

ทิ้ง

thíng — To throw away, abandon, or discard something

แล้ว

láaeo — Already; then; indicates completion of an action

ใหม่

mài — New; again; fresh or recently started

เดิน

dooen — To walk; to move on foot

หน้า

nâa — Face; front; next; page of a book

ต่อ

tɔ̀ɔ — To continue; onward; connecting or extending further

จู้จี้จุกจิก

jûu-jîi-jùk-jìk — Fussy, nitpicky; overly concerned with small details

เกี่ยวกับ

gìiao-gàp — About, regarding, concerning a topic or subject

คุณ

khun — You; a polite second-person pronoun in Thai

เลือก

lûuak — To choose, select, or pick from options

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative particle in Thai

ขอ

khɔ̌ɔ — To request, ask for, or beg something

แค่

khâe — Just, only; limiting the scope of something

เศร้าโศก

sâo-sòok — Sorrowful, deeply sad, mournful; full of grief

พอ

phɔɔ — Enough; sufficient; just as; when

ทุก

thúk — Every, each, all; referring to every instance

ครั้ง

khráng — Time, instance; a counter for occurrences or times

ผู้ชาย

phûu-chaai — Man, male person; an adult male human

ตาย

taai — To die; dead; loss of life

หรือ

rǔue — Or; a conjunction presenting alternatives

ผู้หญิง

phûu-yǐng — Woman, female person; an adult female human

เด็ก

dèk — Child, kid; a young person or youth

พร้อม

phrɔ́ɔm — Ready, prepared; complete and available to proceed

อยู่

yùu — To be, stay, live; indicates ongoing state

เสมอ

sà-mǒoe — Always, consistently; equal or level in manner

กับ

gàp — With; together with; and (for nouns)

บทอาลัย

bòt-aa-lai — Elegy, eulogy; a poem mourning someone's death

ของ

khɔ̌ɔng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ศพ

sòp — Corpse, dead body; a deceased person's remains

เย็น

yen — Cool, cold; also means evening in Thai

เรียก

rîak — To call, summon, or name someone or something

เพื่อนบ้าน

phûuean-bâan — Neighbor; a person living nearby one's home

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

แรก

râek — First; the earliest or most primary one

คือ

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

หมอ

mɔ̌ɔ — Doctor, physician; a medical professional

ช่าง

châang — Craftsman, technician; skilled worker in a trade

นอกจาก

nɔ̂ɔk-jàak — Except, besides, in addition to something

เดียว

diao — Single, alone, only one; just one of something

ติดขัด

tìt-khàt — Stuck, obstructed; having difficulty proceeding smoothly

การ

gaan — Activity, process; nominalizing prefix for actions

ชื่อ

chûue — Name; what a person or thing is called

ผู้ตาย

phûu-taai — The deceased; a person who has died

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which, that; a relative pronoun in Thai

เหมือน

mǔuean — Like, similar to, resembling something else

เดิม

doeem — Original, former; the same as before

อีก

ìik — More, again, another; additional occurrence

หลังจาก

lǎng-jàak — After, following; subsequent to an event

บ่น

bòn — To complain, grumble, or mutter repeatedly

แต่

tàe — But, however; introduces a contrasting clause

ค่อยๆ

khɔ̂i-khɔ̂i — Gradually, slowly, little by little over time

ซูบโซ

sûup-soo — To wither, fade, become thin and frail

ชีวิต

chii-wít — Life; one's existence or way of living

นาน

naan — Long time; for a lengthy duration

นัก

nák — Very, quite; intensifier following adjectives

น่าสงสาร

nâa-sǒng-sǎan — Pitiful, pathetic; deserving of sympathy and pity

หลาย

lǎai — Many, several, numerous; more than a few

ฉัน

chǎn — I, me; first-person pronoun, often used by women

บังคับ

bang-khàp — To force, compel, or control someone to act

ตัวเอง

tua-eeng — Oneself; by yourself; reflexive pronoun in Thai

ขึ้น

khûen — Up; to rise; directional particle upward

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates an ongoing or continuing state

ห้อง

hɔ̂ɔng — Room; an enclosed space within a building

เล็กๆ

lék-lék — Small, tiny, little; diminutive size

เป็น

bpen — To be; to have a condition or state

หยิบ

yìp — To pick up, grab, or take with fingers

สมุด

sà-mùt — Notebook, book; a bound collection of pages

สะสม

sà-sǒm — To collect, accumulate, or gather things over time

เก่าๆ

gào-gào — Old, worn, aged; something from the past

อ่าน

àan — To read; to look at and understand written text

เมื่อ

mûuea — When, at the time; refers to a past moment

ภาพ

phâap — Picture, image, or illustration; a visual representation

ทำให้

tham-hâi — To cause, make happen; causative construction in Thai

รำคาญ

ram-khaan — Annoyed, irritated; feeling disturbed by something

เริ่ม

rôoem — To begin, start; the commencement of something

รู้สึก

rúu-sùek — To feel, sense; to experience an emotion

ขุ่นเคือง

khùn-khuuang — Resentful, displeased; feeling upset or offended

นิด

nít — A little, slightly, a tiny bit

หน่อย

nɔ̀i — A little; somewhat; softening particle in requests

ชอบ

chɔ̂ɔp — To like, enjoy, prefer something or someone

ครอบครัว

khrɔ̂ɔp-khruua — Family; a group of related people living together

ทั้งหมด

tháng-mòt — All, everything, the whole lot altogether

ทั้ง

tháng — Both, all; including every part of something

ยอม

yɔɔm — To yield, accept, or allow something to happen

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing, object; a general noun for anything

ใด

dai — Any, which; an indefinite pronoun in Thai

ขวางกั้น

khwǎang-gân — To block, obstruct, or stand in the way

ระหว่าง

rá-wàang — Between, during; in the middle of two things

เรา

rao — We, us, I; first-person pronoun in Thai