Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 13

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chan — I, me (first-person pronoun, informal)

รีบ

reep — To hurry, rush, do something quickly

ออก

awk — To go out, exit, come out

วิ่ง

wing — To run, move quickly on foot

ลง

long — To go down, descend, move downward

เนิน

nern — A hill, slope, or gentle rise in ground

เขา

khao — He, she, they; also means mountain

และ

lae — And, as well as, connecting two items

ตั้งใจ

tang jai — To intend, focus, be determined to do

จะ

ja — Will, going to (future tense marker)

ขโมย

kha-moi — To steal; a thief or robber

เรือ

ruea — A boat or ship used on water

เล็ก

lek — Small, little, tiny in size

ที่

thi — At, place, location; relative pronoun

ริม

rim — Edge, beside, along the side of

ฝั่ง

fang — Bank, shore, side of a river or coast

แถวๆ

thaew thaew — Around, near, in the vicinity of

เหนือ

nuea — North; above, upper direction

เมือง

mueang — City, town, or district

แต่

tae — But, however, yet (conjunction)

ยัง

yang — Still, yet, continuing to be or do

มี

mee — To have, there is, there are

คน

khon — Person, people, human being

เดิน

dern — To walk, stroll on foot

อยู่

yoo — To be, stay, live at a place

เลย

loei — So, therefore, at all; past a point

ซ่อน

son — To hide, conceal, keep out of sight

ตัว

tua — Body, self; classifier for animals

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a space

โรง

rong — Building, shed, hall, large structure

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform an action

ถัง

thang — Barrel, tank, bucket, container

เก่าๆ

gao gao — Old, aged, worn-out (repeated for emphasis)

พังๆ

phang phang — Broken down, ruined, dilapidated (emphatic)

น้ำ

nam — Water; liquid in general

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for the purpose of

รอ

ro — To wait, await someone or something

ให้

hai — To give; for, so that (purpose marker)

ทุก

thuk — Every, all, each one without exception

จาก

jak — From, away from, departing a place

ไป

pai — To go, move away from here

เสีย

sia — Broken, ruined, lost; away (aspect particle)

ก่อน

gon — Before, first, prior to something else

นั่น

nan — That, that one (referring to something distant)

ทั้ง

thang — Both, all, entire amount or group

คืน

khuern — Night; to return something back

วน

won — To circle, go around repeatedly

เวียน

wian — To revolve, circulate, go around

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout, all along, the entire duration

เวลา

we-la — Time, period, moment in general

ราวๆ

raow raow — Approximately, about, roughly a number

หก

hok — Six (the number 6)

โมง

mong — O'clock, hour (time unit in Thai)

เช้า

chao — Morning, early part of the day

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Small and small, tiny little ones

ก็

go — Also, then, so (discourse particle)

เริ่ม

rerm — To begin, start doing something

แล่น

laen — To sail, run fast (vehicles, boats)

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through, go past something

มา

ma — To come, move toward the speaker

แปด

paet — Eight (the number 8)

หรือ

rue — Or, whether (question or choice particle)

เก้า

gao — Nine (the number 9)

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly, hardly, scarcely

ลำ

lam — Classifier for boats, aircraft, long hollow objects

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say something

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; about, regarding

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, affair, issue

พ่อ

pho — Father, dad

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive marker

แก

gae — He/she (informal, slightly impolite pronoun)

เข้า

khao — To enter, go into, come inside

บอก

bok — To tell, inform, say to someone

ว่า

wa — That (complementizer); to say, as follows

ถูก

thuk — Correct; cheap; passive marker for negative events

ฆ่า

kha — To kill, slay, take someone's life

ตาย

tai — To die, be dead, pass away

หลังๆ

lang lang — Later on, afterward, in recent times

นั้น

nan — That, those (referring to specific known thing)

เต็ม

tem — Full, filled up, completely occupied

ด้วย

duay — Also, too, with, by means of

สุภาพสตรี

su-phap sa-tree — Lady, gentlewoman, polite term for woman

สุภาพบุรุษ

su-phap bu-rut — Gentleman, polite term for a man

พา

pha — To take, lead, bring someone along

กัน

gan — Together, each other, mutually (reciprocal particle)

ข้าม

kham — To cross over, go across a boundary

ดู

du — To look, watch, observe something

เกิด

gert — To be born, occur, happen, arise

เหตุ

het — Cause, reason, incident, event

บาง

bang — Some, certain; thin, narrow

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance, occasion (counter word)

พวก

phuak — Group of people, bunch, they (informal)

จอด

jot — To park, stop and stay (vehicles)

พัก

phak — To rest, stay temporarily, take a break

ผ่อน

phon — To relax, pay in installments, ease up

ได้

dai — Can, able to; did (past marker)

รู้

ru — To know, be aware of, understand

เรื่องราว

rueang raow — Story, narrative, account of events

การ

gan — Activity, action, process (nominalizer prefix)

ฆาตกรรม

khat-ta-gam — Murder, homicide, act of killing someone

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, everything, the entire total amount

ฟัง

fang — To listen, hear attentively to something

คุย

khui — To chat, talk casually with someone

เสียใจ

sia jai — To feel sad, regretful, disappointed

มาก

mak — Very, much, a lot, many

ตอน

ton — Period, episode, part, at the time of

นี้

ni — This, these (near demonstrative pronoun)

ไม่

mai — Not, no (negation marker in Thai)

แล้ว

laew — Already, done, then (completion particle)

นอน

non — To sleep, lie down, go to bed

ใต้

tai — Under, below, beneath; south

วัน

wan — Day, a 24-hour period

หิว

hiw — Hungry, feeling the need to eat

ข้าว

khao — Rice; food in general (Thai staple)

กลัว

glua — To fear, be afraid of something

เพราะ

phro — Because, due to, the reason is

คุณนาย

khun nai — Madam, mistress, lady of the house

เฒ่า

thao — Old, elderly (often slightly negative connotation)

แม่ม่าย

mae mai — Widow, a woman whose husband has died

งาน

ngan — Work, job, event, ceremony

ประชุม

pra-chum — To meet, hold a meeting, gather together

ค่าย

khai — Camp, encampment, base for a group

แรม

raem — To camp overnight, stay in the wilderness

ทันที

than thi — Immediately, right away, at once

หลัง

lang — After, behind, back of something

อาหาร

a-han — Food, meal, something to eat

มัก

mak — Often, usually, tend to do habitually

กับ

gap — With, and, together with someone

วัว

wua — Cow, cattle, bovine animal

ตั้งแต่

tang tae — Since, from a certain point in time

ฟ้า

fa — Sky; light blue color

สาง

sang — Dawn, first light of morning

ดังนั้น

dang nan — Therefore, so, thus, for that reason

จึง

jueng — Therefore, so, consequently (formal connector)

คาด

khat — To expect, anticipate, guess, estimate

หวัง

wang — To hope, wish, expect something desired

เห็น

hen — To see, notice, observe visually

แถว

thaew — Row, line, area, neighborhood vicinity

รู้สึก

ru-suek — To feel, sense, experience an emotion

หาย

hai — To disappear, recover, be missing

จน

jon — Until, poor; up to a point in time

กว่า

gwa — More than, rather than, comparative marker

ค่ำ

kham — Evening, nightfall, late in the day

บรรดา

ban-da — All of, the various, a group of

รับใช้

rap chai — To serve, work for, be in service

อื่นๆ

uern uern — Other ones, various others, etcetera

หนี

ni — To flee, escape, run away from

เที่ยว

thiao — To travel, go out, tour around

ผู้ใหญ่

phu yai — Adult, elder, senior person in community

บ้าน

ban — House, home, one's dwelling place