Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 5

Vocabulary

นั้น

nan — That, those; referring to something previously mentioned

แม้

mae — Even though, although; concessive conjunction

จะ

ja — Will, going to; future tense marker

ล่าช้า

la cha — To be delayed, late, behind schedule

กว่า

kwa — More than, over; used in comparisons

กำหนด

kam not — To schedule, set a deadline or plan

อยู่

yu — To be, to stay, to exist somewhere

ยี่สิบสี่

yi sip si — Twenty-four; the number 24

ชั่วโมง

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

ก็

ko — Also, then, so; connective particle in Thai

เป็น

pen — To be, to become; linking verb

ความจริง

khwam ching — Truth, reality, fact

แต่

tae — But, however; adversative conjunction

สิ่งนี้

sing ni — This thing; referring to something just mentioned

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle

อาจ

at — Might, may, possibly; modal verb of possibility

ส่งผล

song phon — To result in, to have an effect on

ร้ายแรง

rai raeng — Serious, severe, grave in consequence

ต่อ

to — To, toward, against; preposition indicating direction or effect

การเดินทาง

kan doen thang — Journey, travel, trip

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition of location

ส่วน

suan — Part, portion, section of something

ที่

thi — That, which, at; relative pronoun or place marker

เหลือ

luea — To remain, to be left over

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

เขา

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

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past tense or possibility

เรือกลไฟ

ruea kon fai — Steamship, steam-powered vessel

แล่น

laen — To sail, to glide, to move swiftly (vessels)

ข้าม

kham — To cross over, to traverse a body of water

มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก

maha samut pae si fik — The Pacific Ocean, the world's largest ocean

จาก

chak — From; indicating origin or starting point

ไป

pai — To go, to proceed toward a destination

เชื่อมต่อ

chuem to — To connect, to link between two points

โดยตรง

doi trong — Directly, without detour or intermediary

กับ

kap — With, and; connecting nouns or indicating accompaniment

เรือ

ruea — Boat, ship, vessel

และ

lae — And; conjunction joining words or clauses

ออกเดินทาง

ok doen thang — To depart, to set off on a journey

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot, was not able to; negation of ability

จนกว่า

chon kwa — Until, not before a certain condition is met

ลำ

lam — Classifier for boats, ships, or aircraft

หลัง

lang — After, behind; indicates sequence or position

มาถึง

ma thueng — To arrive, to reach a destination

ดังนั้น

dang nan — Therefore, thus, consequently

หาก

hak — If, supposing that; conditional conjunction

นาย

nai — Mr., sir; title for an adult male

ช้า

cha — Slow, late; lacking in speed

เวลา

we la — Time; a period or specific point in time

เสีย

sia — To lose, waste, or spend (time or resources)

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expressing assumption or probability

สามารถ

sa mat — Can, able to, capable of doing something

ชดเชย

chot choei — To compensate, make up for, offset a loss

อย่างง่ายดาย

yang ngai dai — Easily, without difficulty, effortlessly

ระหว่าง

ra wang — During, between, among; indicates a span or interval

ยี่สิบสอง

yi sip song — Twenty-two; the number 22

วัน

wan — Day; a unit of time equal to 24 hours

จึง

chueng — Therefore, so, as a result; consequential connector

พบว่า

phop wa — To find that, to discover that something is true

ตนเอง

ton eng — Oneself, himself, herself; reflexive pronoun

ประมาณ

pra man — Approximately, about, roughly

นับ

nap — To count; to number or reckon days or items

สามสิบห้า

sam sip ha — Thirty-five; the number 35

หลังจาก

lang chak — After, following a particular event or time

ประกาศ

pra kat — To announce, declare, make a public statement

ว่า

wa — That; introduces a reported speech or clause

ห้า

ha — Five; the number 5

นาฬิกา

na li ka — Clock, watch; also used for o'clock

เช้า

chao — Morning, early in the day

รุ่งขึ้น

rung khuen — The next morning, the following day at dawn

มี

mi — To have, to exist, there is or there are

สิบหก

sip hok — Sixteen; the number 16

การ

kan — Nominalizer prefix; turns verbs into noun actions

ดำเนิน

dam noen — To proceed, to carry out, to conduct an activity

ธุรกิจ

thu ra kit — Business, commerce, trade

นั่น

nan — That (over there); demonstrative pronoun

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative pronoun linking clauses

คือ

khue — Is, means, namely; equating two things

นำ

nam — To lead, to bring, to take someone somewhere

ฝาก

fak — To entrust, to leave something in someone's care

ไว้

wai — To keep, to place; indicates a state maintained for later

ญาติ

yat — Relative, family member, kinsperson

ผู้

phu — Person who, one who; nominalizing prefix for people

มั่งคั่ง

mang khang — Wealthy, rich, prosperous, well-off financially

เธอ

thoe — She, her, you (informal female); personal pronoun

อย่างปลอดภัย

yang plot phai — Safely, in a safe manner, without danger

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction

ขึ้นฝั่ง

khuen fang — To go ashore, to disembark from a vessel

พา

pha — To take someone along, to lead or escort

ยัง

yang — Still, yet, also; continuative or additive particle

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, after that; completion marker

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

เดินทาง

doen thang — To travel, to make a journey

จอง

chong — To book, to reserve in advance

ห้องพัก

hong phak — Room for staying, hotel room, accommodation room

สำหรับ

sam rap — For, intended for someone or some purpose

หญิงสาว

ying sao — Young woman, young lady, girl

ตรวจ

truat — To inspect, to check, to examine carefully

ดู

du — To look, to watch, to see

ให้

hai — To give, to allow, to cause; causative marker

แน่ใจ

nae chai — To be certain, sure, confident about something

ขาดแคลน

khat khlaen — To lack, to be short of, to be in need

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter, item

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or indefinite determiner

ตามหา

tam ha — To search for, to look for someone or something

ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง

luk phi luk nong — Cousin; a child of one's aunt or uncle

ชื่อ

chue — Name; to be named or called something

สั่ง

sang — To order, to instruct, to command someone

รอ

ro — To wait, to stay and expect someone or something

โรงแรม

rong raem — Hotel; a building providing paid lodging

กลับมา

klap ma — To come back, to return to a place

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, so that; expressing purpose

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expressing obligation or necessity

คนเดียว

khon diao — Alone, by oneself, only one person

โดย

doi — By, via, through; indicates means or method

ลำพัง

lam phang — Alone, by oneself, without company

ตลาดหลักทรัพย์

ta lat lak sap — Stock exchange, securities market

สงสัย

song sai — To wonder, to suspect, to be curious about

เลย

loei — At all, then, so; emphasizing particle or connector

ทุกคน

thuk khon — Everyone, everybody, all people

รู้จัก

ru chak — To know someone, to be acquainted with

บุคคล

buk khon — Person, individual, human being

ชื่อเสียง

chue siang — Fame, reputation, renown, public recognition

อย่าง

yang — Like, as, in a manner of; adverbial modifier

พ่อค้า

pho kha — Merchant, trader, businessman, shopkeeper

ชาว

chao — People of, native of; prefix indicating ethnicity or origin

ปาร์ซี

pa si — Parsi, a member of the Zoroastrian community