Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 4

Vocabulary

แน่นอน

naae-non — Certainly; of course; expressing confident agreement

ฉัน

chan — I; first-person pronoun used informally

กำลัง

gam-lang — Currently doing; present continuous tense marker

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker in Thai

บอก

baawk — To tell; to inform someone of something

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun

ว่า

waa — That; introduces a quoted clause or statement

มี

mee — To have; to exist; there is

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object; an abstract or concrete item

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one

ที่

thii — That; which; at; relative pronoun or place marker

ทำให้

tham-hai — To cause; to make something happen

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something

กังวล

gang-won — To worry; to feel anxious about something

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

คือ

khue — Is; means; used to define or equate things

หัวเตา

hua-tao — Stove burner; the top part of a cooking stove

อะไร

a-rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about something

แก๊ส

gaet — Gas; fuel used for cooking or heating

ของ

khaawng — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ลืม

luem — To forget; to fail to remember something

ปิด

pit — To close; to turn off something

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ตอนนี้

tawn-nii — Now; at this present moment

เผาผลาญ

phao-phaan — To burn through; to consume wastefully

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver; financial currency

อยู่

yuu — To be located; continuous action marker; to stay

คำนวณ

kham-nuan — To calculate; to compute a numerical result

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action

เสีย

siia — Wasted; broken; to lose or spend wastefully

สอง

saawng — Two; the number two

ทุก

thuk — Every; each; all instances of something

ยี่สิบสี่

yii-sip-sii — Twenty-four; the number 24

ชั่วโมง

chua-moong — Hour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes

มากกว่า

maak-gwaa — More than; exceeding a certain amount

หาได้

haa-dai — Obtainable; can be found or acquired

ถึง

thueng — To reach; until; as far as

หก

hok — Six; the number six

คง

khong — Probably; likely; to remain stable

เข้าใจ

khao-jai — To understand; to comprehend something clearly

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree

การเดินทาง

gaan-doen-thaang — Travel; journey; the act of travelling somewhere

เรา

rao — We; us; first-person plural pronoun

ยาวนาน

yaao-naan — Long-lasting; prolonged over a lengthy period

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; to increase; to go upward or rise

ได้

dai — Can; able to; indicates possibility or past action

ใส่ใจ

sai-jai — To pay attention; to care about something

กับ

gap — With; and; together with someone or something

ความกังวล

khwaam-gang-won — Worry; anxiety; a feeling of concern or unease

เรื่อง

rueang — About; matter; topic or subject of discussion

บ้าง

baang — Some; a little; somewhat; at all

ไหม

mai — Question particle used at end of yes/no questions

ไม่

mai — No; not; negation particle in Thai

เขา

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

ไม่ได้

mai-dai — Did not; cannot; negates past or ability

ฟัง

fang — To listen; to hear something attentively

แต่

tae — But; however; introduces a contrasting clause

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to have a thought

หา

haa — To find; to search for something

แผนการ

phaen-gaan — Plan; scheme; an organized course of action

มา

maa — To come; toward the speaker; directional verb

ร้านค้า

raan-khaa — Shop; store; a place selling goods

ที่นั่น

thii-nan — There; at that place; referring to a location

ทิ้ง

thing — To abandon; to leave behind; to discard

เพื่อน

phuean — Friend; companion; a close acquaintance

ร่วมทาง

ruam-thaang — Travelling companion; someone journeying together

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative verb marker

ซื้อ

sue — To buy; to purchase something with money

หลังจาก

lang-jaak — After; following a certain event or time

เตือน

tuean — To warn; to remind; to alert someone

ไม่ให้

mai-hai — To prevent; not to allow something to happen

พลาด

phlaat — To miss; to make an error; to fail

เรือ

ruea — Boat; ship; a water vessel for travel

กลไฟ

gon-fai — Steamship; a steam-powered water vessel

รีบ

riip — To hurry; to rush; to do something quickly

กลับ

glap — To return; to go back to a place

ไป

pai — To go; away from the speaker; directional verb

สถาน

sa-thaan — Station; place; an official location or office

กงสุล

gong-sun — Consul; official representing a country abroad

เมื่อ

mueang — When; at the time that something occurred

มั่นใจ

man-jai — Confident; certain; sure about something

อย่าง

yaang — Kind; manner; type; in the way of

เต็มที่

tem-thii — Fully; completely; to the maximum extent

ก็

gaw — Also; then; discourse particle connecting ideas

คืน

khueen — Night; to return something; to give back

สู่

suu — To; toward; in the direction of something

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizer prefix; creates abstract nouns from adjectives

สงบนิ่ง

sa-ngop-ning — Calm and still; peaceful; in a composed state

อีก

iik — Again; more; another; additionally

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; a single instance of something

ท่าน

than — You; he/she; respectful third or second-person pronoun

กล่าว

glaao — To say; to state; formal word for speaking

ข้าพเจ้า

khaa-pha-jao — I; formal first-person pronoun used respectfully

ไม่มี

mai-mii — There is no; to not have; absence of something

ข้อสงสัย

khaw-song-sai — Doubt; question; a point of uncertainty

ต่อไป

taw-pai — Continue; from now on; going forward

พบ

phop — To meet; to find; to encounter someone

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

ชาย

chaai — Man; male; a male person

คน

khon — Person; people; classifier for human beings

นั้น

nan — That; those; demonstrative adjective for distant things

แกล้ง

glaeng — To pretend; to tease; to do something deliberately

ทำ

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

ประหลาด

pra-laat — Strange; odd; unusual; surprising in nature

เดินทาง

doen-thaang — To travel; to go on a journey somewhere

รอบ

raawp — Round; around; one full circuit or rotation

โลก

look — World; Earth; the entire planet

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

แปดสิบ

paet-sip — Eighty; the number 80

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time

งั้น

ngan — Then; in that case; informal consequential connector

ฉลาด

cha-laat — Clever; intelligent; smart in thinking

แกม

gaem — Mixed with; combined with; tinged with

โกง

goong — To cheat; dishonest; to deceive for personal gain

ตอบ

taawp — To answer; to respond to a question

คาดหวัง

khaat-wang — To expect; to hope for a certain outcome

ตำรวจ

tam-ruat — Police; law enforcement officer

ประเทศ

pra-thet — Country; nation; a sovereign territory

หลง

long — To be lost; to be infatuated; to wander astray

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; road; direction of travel

รู้

ruu — To know; to be aware of something

กัน

gan — Together; each other; reciprocal particle

แน่ใจ

nae-jai — Sure; certain; confident about something

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle for alternative questions

ผิด

phit — Wrong; incorrect; to make a mistake

เหตุใด

het-dai — Why; for what reason; formal interrogative

โจร

joon — Thief; criminal; a person who steals

นี้

nii — This; these; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

จึง

jueng — Therefore; so; consequently following a reason

กระตือรือร้น

gra-tue-rue-ron — Enthusiastic; eager; showing keen interest in something

นัก

nak — Very; intensifier; expert or specialist in something

พิสูจน์

phi-suut — To prove; to verify; to demonstrate truth

ด้วย

duay — Also; with; too; by means of

หนังสือเดินทาง

nang-sue-doen-thaang — Passport; official travel document for international travel

ตน

ton — Oneself; self; formal reflexive pronoun

ผ่าน

phaan — To pass through; to go past something

ทราบ

saap — To know; formal word for knowing or learning

ก่อน

gawn — Before; first; prior to a time or event