Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 2

Vocabulary

เขา

khao — He, she, or they (third person pronoun)

บอก

bok — To tell or inform someone something

กับ

gap — With; together with; and (connector)

ว่า

wa — That (subordinating conjunction); to say

หาก

hak — If; in the event that (conditional conjunction)

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also (continuative adverb)

คง

khong — Probably; likely; still (modal adverb)

อยู่

yu — To be at; to stay; to live somewhere

ใน

nai — In; inside; within (preposition of location)

อินเดีย

in-dia — India (the country in South Asia)

เธอ

thoe — She; you (informal, often used for females)

ก็

ko — Also; then; so (discourse particle/connector)

จะ

ja — Will; going to (future tense marker)

ตก

tok — To fall; to drop down; to decline

ไป

pai — To go; to move away from speaker

มือ

mue — Hand; hands (body part)

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

เพชฌฆาต

phet-cha-khat — Executioner; one who carries out death sentences

อีก

ik — Again; more; another; additionally

อย่าง

yang — Way; manner; kind; type of something

หลีก

lik — To avoid; to evade; to step aside

เลี่ยง

liang — To avoid; to evade; to sidestep something

ไม่

mai — Not; no (negation particle)

ได้

dai — Can; to get; able to; to obtain

พวก

phuak — Group; bunch; those (collective noun/pronoun)

คลั่ง

khlang — Fanatical; crazy; madly obsessed with something

ศาสนา

sat-sa-na — Religion; a system of religious belief

เหล่า

lao — These; those; a group of (classifier)

นี้

ni — This; these (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)

กระจาย

kra-jai — To spread out; to scatter; to disperse widely

ทั่ว

thua — Throughout; all over; everywhere (adverb)

แคว้น

khwaen — Province; region; territory; district

และ

lae — And; as well as (conjunction)

สามารถ

sa-mat — Can; able to; capable of doing something

ติดตาม

tit-tam — To follow; to track; to pursue someone

เหยื่อ

yue — Victim; prey; bait (target of harm)

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back; back again

มา

ma — To come; toward the speaker (directional verb)

ที่

thi — At; place; which; that (preposition/relative pronoun)

หรือ

rue — Or; whether (disjunctive conjunction)

แม้

mae — Even though; even if; despite (concessive)

มี

mi — To have; there is/are (existential verb)

ตำรวจ

tam-ruat — Police; police officer; law enforcement officer

อังกฤษ

ang-krit — English; British; England (country/nationality)

คอย

khoi — To wait; to keep watch; to await something

ดูแล

du-lae — To take care of; to look after someone

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; along (preposition/verb)

ปลอดภัย

plot-phai — Safe; secure; free from danger or harm

ต่อ

to — Per; toward; to continue; against (preposition)

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that (temporal conjunction)

ออก

ok — To exit; to go out; to leave a place

จาก

jak — From; away from (preposition of origin)

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout; all along; entire duration

กาล

kan — Time; era; period; tense (formal/literary)

เท่า

thao — Equal to; as much as; only (adverb)

นั้น

nan — That; those (distal demonstrative pronoun)

ตอบ

top — To answer; to reply; to respond to someone

ขอ

kho — To ask for; to request; please (polite request)

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to calculate mentally

พิจารณา

phi-jan-ra-na — To consider carefully; to deliberate; to examine

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; topic; issue; subject

ถึง

thueng — To reach; to arrive at; until; about

สถานี

sa-tha-ni — Station; terminal (train, police, etc.)

ประมาณ

pra-man — About; approximately; roughly (an amount)

สิบ

sip — Ten (the number 10)

นาฬิกา

na-li-ka — Clock; watch; o'clock (time instrument)

เส้นทาง

sen-thang — Route; path; road; travel itinerary

รถไฟ

rot-fai — Train; railway (mode of transport)

หยุด

yut — To stop; to halt; to cease movement

ชะงัก

cha-ngak — To abruptly stop; to be interrupted suddenly

เปิด

poet — To open; to turn on; to start (something)

ใช้

chai — To use; to utilize; to employ something

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; instance (classifier for events)

ทำ

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

ให้

hai — To give; to let; to cause; for (someone)

เดินทาง

doen-thang — To travel; to journey; to make a trip

ภายใน

phai-nai — Within; inside; in the interior of

เวลา

we-la — Time; period; moment (general time noun)

ยี่สิบ

yi-sip — Twenty (the number 20)

สี่

si — Four (the number 4)

ชั่วโมง

chua-mong — Hour; hours (unit of time)

จึง

jueng — Therefore; so; then (consecutive conjunction)

ทัน

than — In time; to catch up; to make it punctually

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of; so that

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up; to rise; to board (transport)

เรือ

ruea — Boat; ship; vessel (water transport)

กลไฟ

kon-fai — Steamship; steam-powered vessel (old term)

วัน

wan — Day; daytime (unit of time)

รุ่ง

rung — Dawn; the following day; bright morning

คือ

khue — Is; means; that is (equative verb)

ตุลาคม

tu-la-khom — October (the tenth month of the year)

เที่ยง

thiang — Noon; midday; twelve o'clock daytime

มุ่ง

mung — To aim for; to head toward; to be directed

หน้า

na — Face; front; next; ahead (noun/adjective)

สู่

su — To; toward; heading to (formal preposition)

ฮ่องกง

hong-kong — Hong Kong (special administrative region of China)

หญิง

ying — Woman; female; girl (noun/adjective)

สาว

sao — Young woman; young lady; maiden

ได้รับ

dai-rap — To receive; to obtain; to be given something

การ

kan — Act of; process of (nominalizing prefix)

พา

pha — To bring; to take along; to lead someone

ห้อง

hong — Room; chamber (enclosed space in a building)

รอ

ro — To wait; to wait for someone or something

แห่ง

haeng — Of; at (formal classifier for places/locations)

หนึ่ง

nueng — One (the number 1); a/an (indefinite article)

ขณะ

kha-na — While; at the moment; during (temporal word)

มอบหมาย

mop-mai — To assign; to delegate a task to someone

ซื้อ

sue — To buy; to purchase goods or services

ส่วน

suan — Part; portion; section; as for (conjunction)

ตัว

tua — Body; self; individual; classifier for animals

ต่างๆ

tang-tang — Various; different kinds; assorted (adjective)

แก่

kae — To; for (dative preposition); old (adjective)

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; entire; whole (inclusive adjective)

ชุด

chut — Set; suit; outfit; complete ensemble of clothes

เดรส

dret — Dress (a one-piece woman's garment, loanword)

ผ้า

pha — Cloth; fabric; textile material

คลุม

khlum — To cover; to drape over; to wrap around

ไหล่

lai — Shoulder; the area between neck and arm

เสื้อ

suea — Shirt; blouse; top (upper garment)

ขน

khon — Fur; feather; body hair; to transport

สัตว์

sat — Animal; creature; beast (living organism)

บาง

bang — Some; thin; light; a few (adjective/determiner)

ชิ้น

chin — Piece; item; classifier for small objects

โดย

doi — By; by means of; via (preposition of agent)

นาย

nai — Mister; Mr.; master; employer (title/noun)

มอบ

mop — To hand over; to give; to present formally

เครดิต

khre-dit — Credit (financial trust or allowance, loanword)

แบบ

baep — Style; type; form; pattern; model

จำกัด

jam-kat — Limited; restricted; confined to a boundary

วงเงิน

wong-ngoen — Budget; credit limit; financial ceiling amount

ทันที

than-thi — Immediately; right away; at once; instantly

พบ

phop — To find; to meet; to encounter someone

ตัวเอง

tua-eng — Oneself; himself/herself; by themselves

บน

bon — On; on top of; above (preposition of location)

ท้องถนน

thong-tha-non — Street; road; the public thoroughfare outside

เมือง

mueang — City; town; country; urban area

รู้จัก

ru-jak — To know; to be acquainted with someone/something

นาม

nam — Name; noun (formal/literary word for name)

นคร

na-khon — City; metropolis (formal/literary term)

พระเจ้า

phra-jao — God; deity; divine being; lord (religious term)

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that (relative pronoun, formal usage)

เป็น

pen — To be; to become; is/am/are (copula verb)

เคารพ

khao-rop — To respect; to revere; to honor someone

บูชา

bu-cha — To worship; to venerate; to adore devoutly

มาก

mak — Many; much; a lot; very (degree adverb)

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most; the most; extremely (superlative marker)

สร้าง

sang — To build; to create; to construct something

ณ

na — At; in (formal/archaic preposition of location)

จุด

jut — Point; spot; dot; location; to light (fire)

บรรจบ

ban-jop — To meet; to converge; junction of two things

แม่น้ำ

mae-nam — River (large natural flowing body of water)

ศักดิ์สิทธิ์

sak-sit — Sacred; holy; divine; spiritually powerful

สอง

song — Two (the number 2)

สาย

sai — Line; stream; strand; late (morning); branch

น้ำ

nam — Water; liquid; juice (general liquid noun)

ดึงดูด

dueng-dut — To attract; to draw in; to pull toward

ผู้

phu — Person who; one who (agentive prefix/noun)

แสวงบุญ

sa-waeng-bun — To go on pilgrimage; pilgrim seeking merit

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each (universal determiner)

คาบสมุทร

khap-sa-mut — Peninsula (land surrounded by water on three sides)

ตำนาน

tam-nan — Legend; myth; tale; traditional story

ต้น

ton — Origin; beginning; trunk; tree; source

กำเนิด

kam-noet — Birth; origin; to be born; beginning of existence

สวรรค์

sa-wan — Heaven; paradise; celestial realm (religious)

อาศัย

a-sai — To live; to reside; to dwell in a place

สื่อ

sue — Media; medium; to communicate; channel of info

กลาง

klang — Middle; center; central; intermediate position

ไหล

lai — To flow; to run (liquid moving continuously)

ลง

long — Down; to descend; to go down; downward

พื้น

phuen — Floor; ground; surface; base (flat surface)

โลก

lok — World; earth; universe; global (noun/adjective)

ตั้งใจ

tang-jai — To intend; to be determined; to pay attention

สำรวจ

sam-ruat — To explore; to survey; to investigate an area

ดี

di — Good; well; nice; fine (adjective of quality)

พร้อมๆ

phrom-phrom — Simultaneously; all at once; at the same time