Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 16

Vocabulary

พวก

phuak — Group of people; a bunch or crowd

สาวๆ

sao sao — Young women; girls (plural, informal)

ไม่

mai — No; not; negation particle in Thai

ยอม

yom — To yield, accept, or give in to something

พูด

phut — To speak or talk to someone

อะไร

a-rai — What; anything; used in questions

เพราะ

phro — Because; also means melodious or pleasant-sounding

เธอ

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

อยาก

yak — To want or desire something strongly

ไป

pai — To go; move away from current location

อังกฤษ

ang-krit — England; English (language or nationality)

และ

lae — And; connecting words or clauses together

พระราชา

phra ra-cha — King; a male royal monarch or ruler

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle indicating consequence or addition

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative verb particle

ช่วย

chuai — To help, assist, or aid someone

งาน

ngan — Work, job, task, or event

ประมูล

pra-mun — To auction; bid competitively for an item

มากกว่า

mak kwa — More than; greater in quantity or degree

ที่

thi — At; place; relative pronoun; classifier for locations

จะ

cha — Will; going to; future tense marker

อยู่

yu — To stay, live, or be located somewhere

ใกล้ๆ

klai klai — Nearby; close to; in the vicinity

กับ

kap — With; and; together; preposition linking nouns

ฉัน

chan — I; me (first-person pronoun, often feminine)

รู้สึก

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

ดี

di — Good; well; positive quality or condition

มาก

mak — Very; much; a lot; high degree

คิด

khit — To think; to consider or ponder something

ว่า

wa — That; to say; introduces a quoted clause

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action

ได้

dai — Can; able to; to get or obtain

เรียบร้อย

riap roi — Neat, tidy, orderly; done properly and completely

ทีเดียว

thi-dio — Quite; indeed; very much so (intensifier)

เอง

eng — Oneself; by oneself; emphasizes personal agency

คง

khong — Probably; likely; expressing probability or supposition

กว่า

kwa — Than; more than; comparative particle

นี้

ni — This; referring to something nearby or current

หรอก

rok — Particle softening negation or contradiction (informal)

แน่นอน

nae-non — Certainly; definitely; of course; sure

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her, or they (third person)

ใส่

sai — To put in; to wear; to insert something

ลีลา

li-la — Style, flair, or graceful manner of doing something

แต่

tae — But; however; yet; contrasting conjunction

แบบ

baep — Style, type, or pattern; in the manner of

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something farther away

ค่อย

khoi — Gradually; slowly; then (after a condition)

ถนัด

tha-nat — Skilled at; proficient; comfortable doing something

นัก

nak — Very; excessively; intensifier (often negative context)

ถูก

thuk — Correct; cheap; to be subjected to an action

เลี้ยง

liang — To raise, feed, or nurture a person or animal

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward the speaker

พอ

pho — Enough; sufficient; just as; when (temporal)

ช่วง

chuang — Period, span, or interval of time or space

เกือบ

kueap — Almost; nearly; not quite reaching something

สิ้น

sin — End; to end; depleted; finished completely

บ่าย

bai — Afternoon; the time after noon

จัด

chat — To arrange, organize, or set up an event

การ

kan — Activity, process, or act (nominalizer prefix)

จัตุรัส

chat-tu-rat — Square; an open public plaza or courtyard

สาธารณะ

sa-tha-ra-na — Public; open to or for everyone in general

ดำเนิน

dam-noen — To proceed, conduct, or carry on with something

เรื่อยๆ

rueai rueai — Continuously; on and on; without stopping

ยาวนาน

yao nan — Long-lasting; for a long duration of time

ชาย

chai — Man; male; also means edge or shore

ชรา

cha-ra — Old age; elderly; advanced in years

นั่น

nan — That (one); pointing to something specific yonder

หน้า

na — Face; front; next; page

ฉลาด

cha-lat — Smart; intelligent; clever in thinking

เฉลียว

cha-liao — Sharp-witted; perceptive; quick to understand things

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most; the superlative degree of an adjective

เท่า

thao — Equal to; as much as; same amount

ยืน

yuen — To stand; to be in an upright position

ข้างๆ

khang khang — Beside; next to; alongside something or someone

นาย

nai — Mr.; boss; master; male title of address

แทรก

saek — To insert, squeeze in, or interject something

ข้อความ

kho-khwam — Message; text; written statement or passage

จาก

chak — From; away from; departing a place or source

พระ

phra — Sacred; monk; prefix for holy or royal things

คัมภีร์

kham-phi — Scripture; sacred religious text or holy book

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition; to become

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; instance; occasion; counter for occurrences

คราว

khrao — Time; occasion; a particular instance or turn

หรือ

rue — Or; whether; used in questions and choices

คำ

kham — Word; utterance; a unit of language

ดีๆ

di di — Good ones; nice things (plural, emphatic form)

น่า

na — Worth; worthy of; should be (before adjective)

รักๆ

rak rak — Lovey-dovey; loving; endearing (emphatic reduplication)

ส่วน

suan — Part; portion; section; as for (topic marker)

วน

won — To circle; rotate; go around repeatedly

เวียน

wian — To revolve, spin, or circulate around something

แถว

thaeo — Row, line, area, or vicinity of a place

ที

thi — Time; turn; once; instance (informal counter)

เรียก

riak — To call; to summon; to name something

ความ

khwam — Noun-forming prefix; matter, feeling, or state

เห็น

hen — To see; to notice; to perceive visually

ใจ

jai — Heart; mind; feelings; inner emotional state

เต็ม

tem — Full; completely filled; at maximum capacity

รู้

ru — To know; to be aware of information

โอ้อวด

o-uat — To boast; to show off; to brag about oneself

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and objects

ทั่วไป

thua pai — General; in general; common or widespread

หมด

mot — All gone; finished; completely used up

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

คืบหน้า

khuep na — To make progress; advance forward toward a goal

จน

chon — Until; so that; poor (depending on context)

เสร็จ

set — Finished; done; completed successfully

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each one without exception

อย่าง

yang — Thing; kind; type; in the manner of

ขาย

khai — To sell; to offer goods for money

ออก

ok — Out; to exit; to come out from somewhere

ยกเว้น

yok-wen — Except; excluding; apart from something or someone

แปลง

plaeng — Plot of land; to transform or convert something

ที่ดิน

thi-din — Land; property; a piece of ground owned

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Small ones; tiny; little (emphatic reduplication)

มี

mi — To have; there is; to possess something

ค่า

kha — Value; worth; fee; cost of something

สุสาน

su-san — Cemetery; graveyard; burial ground for the dead

ดังนั้น

dang-nan — Therefore; thus; so; as a result of that

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; required to do something

ด้วย

duai — Also; too; with; by means of

เคย

khoei — Used to; ever; have had experience of something

ใคร

khrai — Who; whoever; anyone (interrogative pronoun)

โลภ

lop — Greedy; covetous; having excessive desire for more

เหมือน

mueан — Like; similar to; same as something else

กลืน

kluen — To swallow; to gulp down food or liquid

กิน

kin — To eat; to consume food or drink

เข้า

khao — To enter; to go in; inward direction

พอดี

pho-di — Just right; exactly fitting; perfectly suited

ขณะ

kha-na — While; at the moment of; during a time

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently doing; in the process of; strength

เรือ

ruea — Boat; ship; watercraft for traveling on water

จอด

chot — To park; to dock; to stop a vehicle

เทียบ

thiap — To moor; to compare; to dock alongside something

ท่า

tha — Pier; dock; posture; manner or bearing

ราว

rao — About; approximately; around a certain amount

สอง

song — Two; the number 2

นาที

na-thi — Minute; a unit of time equal to 60 seconds

ฝูง

fung — Flock; herd; crowd; group of animals or people

ชน

chon — People; to collide; a group or nation of people

พา

pha — To take or lead someone somewhere

กัน

kan — Together; each other; mutual action among people

ตะโกน

ta-kon — To shout; to yell loudly at someone

ร้อง

rong — To cry out; to sing; to shout or wail

โห่

ho — To cheer; to hoot; to shout in celebration

ฮา

ha — Funny; to laugh; humorous (informal expression)

หัวเราะ

hua-ro — To laugh; the act of laughing out loud

อึกทึก

uek-thuek — Noisy; boisterous; loud commotion or hubbub

ครึกโครม

khruek-khrom — Loud and chaotic; noisily bustling with activity

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared; along with; simultaneously

นี่

ni — Here; this (emphatic, close to the speaker)

ไง

ngai — Right?; you see?; informal sentence-final particle

คู่แข่ง

khu-khaeng — Competitor; rival; opponent in a competition

คุณ

khun — You; a polite title equivalent to Mr./Ms.

ทายาท

tha-yat — Heir; successor; inheritor of property or title

กลุ่ม

klum — Group; cluster; a collection of people or things

คน

khon — Person; people; human being; classifier for people

เก่า

kao — Old; aged; former; not new

จ่าย

chai — To pay; to spend money on something

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver; currency used for transactions

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; after; indicating completion

เลือก

lueak — To choose; to select; to pick among options

เอา

ao — To take; to want; to get something

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; went past (intensifier)