Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 1

Vocabulary

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun in Thai

คง

khong — Probably; likely; presumably

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle used before verbs

รู้จัก

ru jak — To know; to be acquainted with someone

ฉัน

chan — I; me; informal first-person pronoun

หรอก

rok — Particle softening negation or denial

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction introducing a clause

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Did not; could not; negates past or ability

อ่าน

an — To read; to look at written text

หนังสือ

nang sue — Book; written publication; document

ชื่อ

chue — Name; title; to be named something

การผจญภัย

kan pha jon phai — Adventure; exciting or dangerous undertaking

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

แต่

tae — But; however; yet; conjunction of contrast

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something away

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle indicating continuation or concession

เป็นไร

pen rai — Matters; something wrong; does it matter

เล่มนั้น

lem nan — That volume; that particular book

แต่ง

taeng — To write; to compose; to author a work

โดย

doi — By; by means of; indicating authorship or method

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

เขา

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

เล่า

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

ความจริง

khwam jing — Truth; reality; factual information

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; linking verb

ส่วนใหญ่

suan yai — Mostly; for the most part; majority

มี

mi — To have; to possess; there is/are

บางเรื่อง

bang rueang — Some matters; certain stories or topics

ที่

thi — That; which; relative pronoun or place marker

พูด

phut — To speak; to talk; to say something

เกินจริง

koen jing — Exaggerated; beyond the truth; overstated

ไป

pai — To go; away; directional or completive particle

บ้าง

bang — Some; somewhat; a little; vague quantity

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; after; completion particle

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is not; to not have; none

อะไร

a rai — What; anything; something; interrogative pronoun

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — Never; have never done something before

เห็น

hen — To see; to observe; to notice visually

ใคร

khrai — Who; anyone; someone; interrogative pronoun

โกหก

ko hok — To lie; to tell a falsehood; deceit

สักครั้ง

sak khrang — Even once; at least one time

ใน

nai — In; inside; within; preposition of location

ชีวิต

chi wit — Life; one's existence; living experience

เว้นแต่

wen tae — Except; unless; only excluding this case

ป้า

pa — Aunt; older woman; female relative title

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle at end of sentence

แม่ม่าย

mae mai — Widow; a woman whose husband has died

อาจจะ

at ja — Might; may; perhaps; expressing possibility

นั่นแหละ

nan lae — That's it; exactly that; emphatic confirmation

ต่าง

tang — Different; various; each; respectively

ถูก

thuk — To be correct; cheap; or passive voice marker

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; to; preposition of arrival

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun in formal writing

เรื่องจริง

rueang jing — True story; real account; factual narrative

บางส่วน

bang suan — Some parts; partially; a portion of something

อย่างที่

yang thi — As; the way that; just as described

ไว้

wai — To keep; to put aside; aspect marker for preparation

ก่อนหน้า

kon na — Before; previously; prior to this point

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects

บัดนี้

bat ni — Now; at this moment; formal present time

ตอนจบ

ton chop — Ending; conclusion; the final part of story

นั้น

nan — That; those; demonstrative for distant reference

แบบนี้

baep ni — Like this; in this manner; this way

พบ

phop — To find; to meet; to encounter something

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver; currency; financial resource

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; bunch of people together

โจร

chon — Thief; robber; criminal; bandit

ซ่อน

son — To hide; to conceal; to keep out of sight

ถ้ำ

tham — Cave; cavern; underground hollow space

มัน

man — It; he/she (informal); third-person informal pronoun

ทำให้

tham hai — To make; to cause; to render something so

เรา

rao — We; us; I (informal); first-person pronoun

ร่ำรวย

ram ruai — Rich; wealthy; very prosperous financially

ได้

dai — Can; could; to obtain; ability or past marker

คนละ

khon la — Each person; per person; separately per individual

หกพัน

hok phan — Six thousand; the number 6,000

ดอลลาร์

don la — Dollar; US currency unit (transliteration)

ทองคำ

thong kham — Gold; precious yellow metal; golden

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All; everything; total; the whole amount

กองเงิน

kong ngoen — Pile of money; heap of currency

มหึมา

ma hue ma — Enormous; gigantic; huge in size or amount

มาก

mak — Much; many; a lot; great quantity

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that; ago

นำ

nam — To lead; to bring; to carry to a place

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward speaker

วาง

wang — To place; to put down; to set something

กอง

kong — Pile; heap; stack of things together

รวมกัน

ruam kan — Together; combined; gathered into one group

ว่าแล้ว

wa laeo — As expected; told you so; already predicted

ผู้พิพากษา

phu phi phak sa — Judge; magistrate; legal decision-maker in court

เอา

ao — To take; to get; to bring; general action verb

ฝาก

fak — To deposit; to entrust; to leave with someone

ดอกเบี้ย

dok bia — Interest; money earned on deposited funds

วันละ

wan la — Per day; each day; daily amount

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one; a single unit

ต่อ

to — Per; against; to connect; continuation particle

คน

khon — Person; human being; people classifier

ตลอด

ta lot — Throughout; all along; continuously without interruption

ทั้งปี

thang pi — All year; throughout the entire year

เสีย

sia — To lose; spoiled; broken; negative outcome particle

จน

chon — Until; poor; to the point that

ไม่รู้

mai ru — Don't know; unaware; having no knowledge

จะ

cha — Will; going to; future tense marker

ทำ

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

ดี

di — Good; well; fine; positive quality

รับ

rap — To receive; to accept; to take something offered

ลูกชาย

luk chai — Son; male child; boy offspring

ตั้งใจ

tang chai — To intend; to concentrate; to be determined

อบรม

op rom — To train; to educate; to instill discipline

ให้

hai — To give; for; causative particle

คนดี

khon di — Good person; virtuous individual; upright person

อารยะ

a ra ya — Civilized; cultured; refined; of good conduct

การ

kan — Action; matter; nominalizing prefix for activities

อยู่

yu — To live; to stay; to be located; continuative marker

บ้าน

ban — House; home; dwelling place

ตลอดเวลา

ta lot we la — All the time; constantly; without stopping

ช่าง

chang — How very; exclamative intensifier; craftsman

ลำบาก

lam bak — Difficult; troublesome; hardship; inconvenient

เหลือเกิน

luea koen — Excessively; too much; beyond measure

คิดถึง

khit thueng — To miss; to think about someone fondly

ว่า

wa — That; to say; quotative or complementizer particle

ระเบียบ

ra biap — Order; rules; discipline; systematic regulation

เคร่งครัด

khreng khrat — Strict; rigid; strictly following rules

น่าหดหู่

na hot hu — Depressing; gloomy; causing sadness or despair

เพียงใด

phiang dai — How much; to what extent; how so

ทุกสิ่ง

thuk sing — Everything; all things; every single thing

เธอ

thoe — She; you (informal female); second or third person

ดังนั้น

dang nan — Therefore; thus; so; as a result

ทน

thon — To endure; to tolerate; to bear hardship

ไม่ไหว

mai wai — Cannot bear; unable to endure anymore

อีก

ik — More; again; another; additionally

ต่อไป

to pai — Continue; from now on; going forward

หนี

ni — To flee; to run away; to escape

ออก

ok — Out; to exit; to go out; outward direction