Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 2

Vocabulary

ถ้า

thâa — If; used to introduce a conditional clause

เรา

rao — We, us, or I (informal first person)

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something

นักโทษ

nák thôot — Prisoner; person serving a criminal sentence

มัน

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

ก็

gôr — Then; also; particle indicating consequence or continuation

จะ

jà — Will; future tense marker in Thai

แบบ

bàep — Style, type, or manner of something

นั้น

nán — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

เพราะ

phró — Because; indicates reason or cause

มี

mee — To have; to exist; there is

เวลา

wee-laa — Time; a period or moment in time

ปีๆ

pee pee — Year after year; repeatedly over many years

ตาม

taam — To follow; according to; along

ที่

thêe — At; place; relative clause marker

ต้องการ

dtông gaan — To want; to need; to desire something

และ

láe — And; connects words, phrases, or clauses

ไม่

mâi — No; not; negation particle in Thai

ต้อง

dtông — Must; have to; obligated to do something

รีบร้อน

rêep rón — To be in a hurry; rushed; hasty

ได้

dâai — Can; able to; past tense or result marker

ขุด

khùt — To dig; to excavate the ground

แค่

khâe — Only; just; merely; nothing more than

กี่

gèe — How many; how much; question word for quantity

นาที

naa-thee — Minute; a unit of time equal to 60 seconds

ต่อ

dtòr — Per; per unit; to continue; to connect

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

ช่วง

chûang — Period; interval; a span of time or space

เขา

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

เปลี่ยน

plìan — To change; to switch; to transform something

ยาม

yaam — Guard; watchman; a period of watch duty

มือ

meu — Hand; the body part at the end of arm

พอง

phong — To blister; to swell up; blistered

ด้วย

dûay — Also; too; with; by means of

ทำ

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

เรื่อยๆ

rêuay rêuay — Continuously; steadily; on and on without stopping

ปี

pee — Year; a period of twelve months

แล้ว

láew — Already; then; indicates completed action

เล่า

lâo — To tell a story; to narrate; to recount

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative verb marker

ถูกต้อง

thùuk dtông — Correct; right; accurate; proper

อย่าง

yàang — Type; kind; in the manner of; like

ควร

khuan — Should; ought to; advisable to do

แต่

dtàe — But; however; indicates contrast or exception

พวก

phûak — Group; bunch; they (informal plural pronoun)

อาจ

àat — Might; may; possibly; expresses uncertainty

เสีย

sǐa — To waste; to lose; broken; used up

รีบ

rêep — To hurry; to rush; to act quickly

เหลือ

lěua — To remain; to be left over; surplus

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; emphasizing particle

นี้

née — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

อีก

èek — More; another; again; additionally

คืน

kheun — Night; to return something back to owner

หยุด

yùt — To stop; to halt; to cease an action

พัก

phák — To rest; to take a break; to stay temporarily

สัก

sák — A little; some; about; approximate quantity marker

อาทิตย์

aa-thít — Week; also the Sun; Sunday

เพื่อ

phêua — In order to; for the purpose of

หาย

hǎai — To disappear; to recover from illness; to vanish

ก่อน

gòn — Before; first; prior to something else

หน้า

nâa — Face; front; next; page

จับ

jàp — To grab; to catch; to hold onto something

มีด

mêet — Knife; a bladed cutting tool

เล่ม

lêm — Classifier for books, knives, and bladed objects

เล็ก

lék — Small; little; tiny in size

ยังไง

yang-ngai — How; in what way; informal question word

กัน

gan — Together; each other; reciprocal action particle

ล่ะ

lâ — Particle softening questions or emphasizing a point

ฉัน

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

บอก

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

ถูก

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

ศีลธรรม

sěen-tham — Morality; ethics; moral principles and conduct

อยาก

yàak — To want; to desire; to wish for something

ใคร

khrai — Who; whoever; question word about a person

รู้

rúu — To know; to be aware of something

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; direction; means of doing something

เดียว

diao — Single; only one; alone; just one

คือ

kheu — Is; means; that is to say; defines something

ออก

òk — To exit; to come out; to go out

มา

maa — To come; directional verb toward the speaker

จอบ

jòp — Hoe; a gardening or farming digging tool

แกล้ง

glâeng — To tease; to bully; to do something on purpose

ว่า

wâa — That; to say; quotation or complement marker

ใช้

chái — To use; to utilize; to employ something

ตอน

dton — Period; moment; episode; when (time reference)

แหละ

làe — Emphatic particle stressing or finalizing a statement

พูด

phûut — To speak; to talk; to say something aloud

เรื่อง

rêuang — Story; matter; topic; subject of discussion

หัว

hǔa — Head; top; front part of something

แก

gae — You; he/she; informal pronoun for older or familiar person

ฉลาด

chà-làat — Smart; clever; intelligent; bright

ขึ้น

khêun — To rise; to go up; upward directional particle

นะ

ná — Softening particle seeking agreement or softening tone

นั่น

nân — That; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something specific

สิ่ง

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

หรือ

rěu — Or; question particle asking yes or no

ส่วน

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

ตัว

dtua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

เอง

eng — Oneself; by oneself; own; emphasizes self-action

แคร์

khae — To care; to mind; borrowed from English 'care'

อะไร

à-rai — What; anything; question word for things

ทั้งนั้น

tháng nán — All of it; everything; entirely; without exception

เมื่อ

mêua — When; at the time that; ago (time reference)

เริ่ม

rêrm — To start; to begin; to commence something

ขโมย

khà-moi — To steal; a thief; someone who takes illegally

ทาส

thâat — Slave; a person owned and controlled by another

แตงโม

dtaeng-mo — Watermelon; a large green fruit with red flesh

หนังสือ

nǎng-sěu — Book; written document; letter; reading material

โรงเรียน

roong-rian — School; educational institution for students

สนใจ

sǒn-jai — To be interested in; to pay attention to

ขอ

khǒr — To request; to ask for; to beg politely

สำเร็จ

sǎm-rèt — To succeed; to accomplish; to complete successfully

พอ

phor — Enough; sufficient; just as; when (at that moment)