Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 2

Vocabulary

แต่

tàe — But; however; used to contrast two clauses.

เนื่องจาก

nûeang jàak — Because; due to; since a reason follows.

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something.

ธรรมชาติ

tham-ma-châat — Nature; the natural world around us.

ของ

khɔ̌ɔng — Of; belonging to; possessive particle.

มนุษย์

ma-nút — Human being; a person of humankind.

ที่

thîi — That; which; relative pronoun or place marker.

จะ

jà — Will; future tense marker in Thai.

พยายาม

pha-yaa-yaam — To try; to make an effort to do something.

หา

hǎa — To look for; to search for something.

คำอธิบาย

kham à-thi-baai — Explanation; a statement clarifying something.

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative marker.

กับ

gàp — With; and; together with someone.

ทุก

thúk — Every; all; each one without exception.

ปริศนา

prit-sà-nǎa — Mystery; puzzle; an unexplained riddle.

จึง

jueng — Therefore; so; consequently as a result.

ค้นพบ

khón phóp — To discover; to find something previously unknown.

สำหรับ

sǎm-ràp — For; intended for a person or purpose.

การเคลื่อนไหว

gaan khlûean wǎi — Movement; motion; the act of moving.

ขึ้นมา

khûen maa — To come up; to arise suddenly.

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner; like; a way of doing.

ฉับพลัน

chàp phlan — Suddenly; abruptly; happening without warning.

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which; that; relative clause connector.

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or concept.

ความเป็นจริง

khwaam pen jing — Reality; truth; the actual state of things.

แล้ว

láaeo — Already; then; indicates completed action.

ไม่ได้

mâi dâai — Did not; was not able to do.

ไร้เหตุผล

rái hèet phǒn — Unreasonable; without logic or rational basis.

แต่อย่างใด

tàe yàang dai — At all; in any way; used in negations.

เขา

khǎo — He; she; they; third person pronoun.

คิดว่า

khít wâa — To think that; to believe something is true.

น่าจะ

nâa jà — Should; probably; likely to be the case.

เพียง

phiiang — Only; merely; just a small amount.

ตัวแทน

tua thaaen — Agent; representative; someone acting for another.

บรรดา

ban-daa — All of; various; a group collectively mentioned.

เพื่อน

phûean — Friend; companion; someone you are close to.

นาย

naai — Mister; master; male title of address.

ถูก

thùuk — To be acted upon; passive marker; correct.

ส่งมา

sòng maa — To send over; to dispatch someone here.

ติดตาม

tìt taam — To follow; to track; to keep up with.

และ

láe — And; also; connecting two items or clauses.

ตรวจสอบ

trùat sɔ̀ɔp — To inspect; to verify; to check something thoroughly.

ว่า

wâa — That; quotation marker; introducing reported speech.

เดินทาง

dəən thaang — To travel; to journey from one place to another.

รอบโลก

rɔ̂ɔp lôok — Around the world; circling the entire globe.

ได้

dâai — Can; to be able to; indicates possibility.

จริง

jing — True; real; actually happening or existing.

ตาม

taam — According to; following; in accordance with.

ตกลง

tòk long — To agree; to reach an agreement together.

กัน

gan — Together; each other; mutual action particle.

ไว้

wái — To keep; to retain; aspect marker for retention.

ชัดเจนมาก!

chát jeen mâak — Very clear! Obviously so; perfectly evident exclamation.

คน

khon — Person; people; human individual.

รับใช้

ráp chái — To serve; to work as someone's servant.

ผู้

phûu — Person who; one who; nominalizing prefix.

ซื่อสัตย์

sûue sàt — Honest; loyal; faithful and trustworthy person.

พึมพำ

pheum pham — To mutter; to mumble quietly to oneself.

ตัวเอง

tua eeng — Oneself; himself; herself; reflexive pronoun.

โดย

dooi — By; through; by means of something.

ภาคภูมิใจ

phâak phuum jai — To be proud; feeling pride in an achievement.

ความเฉลียวฉลาด

khwaam chà-liiao chà-lâat — Cleverness; intelligence; sharp mental ability.

ตน

ton — Oneself; self; formal reflexive pronoun.

เขา

khǎo — He; she; they; third person pronoun.

สายลับ

sǎai láp — Spy; secret agent; someone gathering secret information.

คอย

khɔɔi — To wait; to keep watching for something.

จับตา

jàp taa — To watch closely; to keep an eye on.

ดู

duu — To look; to watch; to observe something.

พวกเรา!

phûak rao — Us! We; our group; first person plural.

นั่น

nân — That; that thing over there; demonstrative pronoun.

ก็

gɔ̂ɔ — Also; then; particle linking clauses logically.

ไม่ใช่

mâi châi — Is not; that is incorrect; negation of identity.

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing; object; an item or matter.

ถูกต้อง

thùuk tɔ̂ɔng — Correct; right; accurate and proper.

นัก

nák — Very; quite; intensifier used after verbs.

หรอก

rɔ̀ɔk — Particle softening negation; not really at all.

มา

maa — To come; directional verb toward the speaker.

สอดแนม

sɔ̀ɔt naaem — To spy on; to snoop around secretly.

สุภาพบุรุษ

sù-phâap bu-rùt — Gentleman; a polite and honorable man.

มี

mii — To have; to possess; there is something.

เกียรติ

gìiat — Honor; dignity; respected reputation of someone.

เช่นนี้!

chên níi — Like this! Such as this; of this kind.

อา

aa — Ah; exclamation of realization or surprise.

แห่ง

hàeng — Of; at; classifier for places or institutions.

พวกท่าน

phûak thân — You all; your group; polite second person plural.

ต้อง

tɔ̂ɔng — Must; have to; obligation or necessity.

จ่าย

jàai — To pay; to spend money for something.

ราคา

raa-khaa — Price; cost; the amount paid for something.

เรื่องนี้!

rûeang níi — This matter! This issue; this particular affair.

ปลื้มปีติ

plûem pîi-tì — Delighted; overjoyed; feeling great happiness and elation.

การค้นพบ

gaan khón phóp — Discovery; the act of finding something new.

ตัดสินใจ

tàt sin jai — To decide; to make a decision about something.

ไม่

mâi — Not; no; negation particle in Thai.

พูด

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

อะไร

à-rai — What; anything; interrogative or indefinite pronoun.

เกรง

greeng — To fear; to be afraid of a consequence.

ขุ่นเคือง

khùn khueang — To be offended; to feel annoyed or resentful.

สมเหตุสมผล

sǒm hèet sǒm phǒn — Reasonable; logical; making rational sense.

ต่อ

tɔ̀ɔ — Toward; against; in response to something.

ความไม่ไว้วางใจ

khwaam mâi wái waang jai — Distrust; suspicion; lack of confidence in someone.

นี้

níi — This; these; near demonstrative pronoun.

จาก

jàak — From; away from; originating at a point.

ฝ่าย

fàai — Side; party; faction in a conflict.

คู่อริ

khûu à-rì — Rival; enemy; an opposing adversarial party.

ตั้งใจ

tâng jai — To intend; to be determined to do something.

แกล้ง

glâaeng — To tease; to deliberately bother or trick someone.

ล้อเลียน

lɔ́ɔ liian — To mock; to mimic someone in a ridiculing way.

เมื่อ

mûea — When; at the time that something occurred.

โอกาส

oo-gàat — Opportunity; chance; a favorable moment to act.

ด้วย

dûai — Also; too; with; by means of something.

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix; the act or process of.

พาดพิง

phâat phíng — To allude to; to make indirect reference to something.

ลึกลับ

lúek láp — Mysterious; enigmatic; secretive and hard to understand.

อย่างไรก็ตาม

yàang rai gɔ̂ɔ taam — However; nevertheless; regardless of the situation.

จำเป็น

jam pen — Necessary; essential; required to be done.

เปิดเผย

pòet phəəi — To reveal; to disclose something previously hidden.

ความสงสัย

khwaam sǒng sǎi — Doubt; suspicion; uncertainty about something's truth.

แท้จริง

thâae jing — Truly; genuinely; the real truth of something.

ช่วงบ่าย

chûang bàai — Afternoon period; the time after midday.

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time.

พุธ

phút — Wednesday; the fourth day of the week.

ตุลาคม

tù-laa-khom — October; the tenth month of the year.

เรือ

ruea — Boat; ship; a vessel that travels on water.

แล่น

lâen — To sail; to move swiftly through water.

เข้าสู่

khâo sùu — To enter into; to move into a place.

ช่องแคบ

chɔ̂ɔng khâaep — Strait; a narrow waterway between two landmasses.

แยก

yâaek — To separate; to divide into different parts.

คาบสมุทร

khâap sà-mùt — Peninsula; land surrounded by water on three sides.

ชื่อ

chûue — Name; to be named; the title of something.

เดียวกัน

diiao gan — The same; identical; sharing one common identity.

ออก

ɔ̀ɔk — To exit; to go out; away from a place.

เกาะ

gɔ̀ — Island; a landmass surrounded entirely by water.

เกาะเล็ก

gɔ̀ lék — Small island; a tiny landmass in the sea.

เกาะน้อย

gɔ̀ nɔ́ɔi — Little island; a minor island of small size.

ภูเขา

phuu khǎo — Mountain; a large elevated landform of earth.

โขดหิน

khòot hǐn — Rocky outcrop; jagged rocks protruding from ground.

ขรุขระ

khrú khrá — Rough; uneven; having an irregular bumpy surface.

บดบัง

bòt bang — To obscure; to block; to hide from view.

ความงาม

khwaam ngaam — Beauty; loveliness; the quality of being beautiful.

อัน

an — Which; that; a classifier or relative marker.

ยิ่งใหญ่

yîng yài — Grand; magnificent; impressively great or majestic.

แห่งนี้

hàeng níi — Of this place; at this particular location.

สายตา

sǎai taa — Eyesight; gaze; the line of one's vision.

นักเดินทาง

nák dəən thaang — Traveler; someone who journeys to different places.

ทอดสมอ

thɔ̂ɔt sà-mɔɔ — To anchor; to drop anchor and stop a ship.

สิงคโปร์

sǐng-khá-poo — Singapore; a city-state in Southeast Asia.

ถัดไป

thàt pai — Next; following; the one that comes after.

เวลา

wee-laa — Time; the specific moment or duration of something.

ตีสี่

tii sìi — Four a.m.; two in the morning Thai time system.

เพื่อ

phûea — In order to; for the purpose of doing.

รับ

ráp — To receive; to accept; to take something offered.

ถ่านหิน

thàan hǐn — Coal; a black fossil fuel used for energy.

มาถึง

maa thǔeng — To arrive; to reach a destination at last.

ก่อน

gɔ̀ɔn — Before; prior to; ahead of a set time.

กำหนดเวลา

gam-nòt wee-laa — Scheduled time; deadline; an appointed time limit.

กำหนด

gam-nòt — To set; to schedule; a fixed plan or deadline.

ครึ่งวัน

khrûeng wan — Half a day; twelve hours; a partial day.