Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 8

Vocabulary

งั้น

ngan — So, then; used to indicate a conclusion or decision.

ขอ

kho — To request or ask for something politely.

คุย

khui — To chat or have a casual conversation.

กับ

kap — With; used to indicate accompaniment or connection.

คุณ

khun — You; polite pronoun or title of address.

สัก

sak — Just; a particle indicating a small amount or degree.

หน่อย

noi — A little; used to soften requests or statements.

ได้

dai — Can, able to; indicates possibility or permission.

ไหม

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

แต่

tae — But; conjunction indicating contrast or exception.

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun used by females or informally.

เพื่อ

phuea — For, in order to; indicates purpose or goal.

ประโยชน์

prayot — Benefit, advantage, or usefulness of something.

ของ

khong — Of; possessive particle indicating belonging or ownership.

นาย

nai — Mister, master; title for a man or employer.

ท่าน

than — You; respectful or formal pronoun for a person.

ดู

du — To look, watch, or appear to be something.

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to; indicating resemblance or comparison.

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker in Thai.

พ่ายแพ้

phai phae — To be defeated or lose in a contest.

ต่อ

to — Against, toward, or per; indicates opposition or continuation.

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer prefix; turns adjectives/verbs into abstract nouns.

เยือกเย็น

yueakyen — Cool, calm, and composed; emotionally unruffled demeanor.

เพราะ

phro — Because; conjunction giving a reason or cause.

เขา

khao — He, she, they; third-person pronoun in Thai.

เดิน

doen — To walk or move on foot somewhere.

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; in pursuit of.

อย่าง

yang — Like, as, in a manner of; indicates style or way.

เงียบๆ

ngiap ngiap — Quietly, silently; in a hushed or discreet manner.

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then; indicates completed action or sequence.

ทั้งสอง

thang song — Both; referring to two people or things together.

ก็

ko — Also, then; connective particle showing continuation or result.

นั่ง

nang — To sit down or be seated somewhere.

ลง

long — Down, to descend; directional particle indicating downward motion.

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition indicating location.

ที่

thi — At, place, that; relative pronoun or location marker.

ห่าง

hang — Far, distant, away from something or someone.

จาก

chak — From; indicates origin, separation, or distance.

ผู้โดยสาร

phu doisan — Passenger; a person traveling on a vehicle.

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings.

อื่นๆ

uen uen — Others; referring to other people or things.

ทุบตี

thup ti — To beat, strike, or hit someone repeatedly.

กล่าว

klao — To say, state, or speak formally or officially.

ดี

di — Good, nice, well; positive quality or approval.

คาด

khat — To expect, anticipate, or predict an outcome.

ว่า

wa — That; complementizer introducing reported speech or thought.

เป็น

pen — To be; links subject to predicate or state.

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — Like that, in such a way; referring to aforementioned manner.

ที

thi — Time, instance; classifier for occurrences or turns.

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating something nearby.

ฟัง

fang — To listen or hear someone speaking.

พูด

phut — To speak or talk to someone.

จน

chon — Until, up to; indicates a limit or endpoint.

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; up to a point.

ตอนนี้

ton ni — Right now, at this moment currently.

ศัตรู

sattru — Enemy, foe; someone who is hostile or opposed.

อยู่

yu — To be located, to stay, or to live somewhere.

ฝ่าย

fai — Side, faction, party; a group in opposition.

เดียวกัน

diao kan — The same; belonging to or being the identical group.

ร้อง

rong — To cry out, shout, or sing loudly.

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; directional particle indicating upward motion or increase.

แน่ใจ

nae chai — Certain, sure; to be confident about something.

ใช่

chai — Yes, correct; affirmative response to a question.

ซื่อสัตย์

sue sat — Honest, faithful; having integrity and trustworthiness.

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle in Thai language.

ตอบ

top — To answer or respond to a question.

เย็นชา

yen cha — Cold, indifferent; showing emotional detachment or aloofness.

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought.

พาล

phan — Villain, bully; a troublesome or mischievous person.

อย่า

ya — Don't; imperative particle used to prohibit an action.

ขยับ

khayap — To move slightly, shift position; a small movement.

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses.

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker causing someone to do something.

ตราบใด

trap dai — As long as, so long as; conditional duration expression.

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates an ongoing or continuing action.

บน

bon — On, above, on top of a surface.

แผ่นดิน

phaendin — Land, ground, territory; the earth's surface or country.

อังกฤษ

Angkrit — England, English; referring to Britain or the English.

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for things or informal reference.

กัก

kak — To detain, confine, or hold someone in place.

ตัว

tua — Body, self; classifier for animals or oneself.

ไว้

wai — To keep, store, or hold something in place.

ที่นั่น

thi nan — There, over there; referring to a specific distant place.

กว่า

kwa — More than, over; used in comparisons of degree.

หมาย

mai — To intend, mean, or issue a legal warrant.

จับ

chap — To catch, grab, or arrest someone or something.

มา

ma — To come; directional verb indicating movement toward speaker.

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action.

ทุก

thuk — Every, all; indicating each member of a group.

หน่วงเหนี่ยว

nuang niao — To delay, hinder, or hold back someone's progress.

ส่ง

song — To send, deliver, or dispatch something or someone.

พระ

phra — Lord, monk, sacred; honorific for royalty or clergy.

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause, make something happen or a state occur.

เมา

mao — Drunk, intoxicated; affected by alcohol or motion sickness.

แยก

yaek — To separate, split, or diverge from something.

ออก

ok — Out; directional particle indicating outward movement.

พลาด

phlat — To miss, fail, or make an error in judgment.

เรือ

ruea — Boat, ship; a watercraft used for transportation.

กลไฟ

kon fai — Steamship; a steam-powered boat for sea travel.

โดย

doi — By, via; indicates means, method, or agent.

กำ

kam — To grip, grasp, or hold tightly in the hand.

มือ

mue — Hand; the body part used for grasping things.

แน่น

naen — Tight, firm, tightly packed or secured.

กลับ

klap — To return, go back to a previous place.

ไป

pai — To go; directional verb indicating movement away from speaker.

ล่ะ

la — Particle emphasizing a statement or mild assertion.

พยายาม

phayayam — To try, attempt, or make an effort to do.

เต็มที่

tem thi — Fully, at full capacity; to the maximum extent possible.

ขจัด

khachat — To eliminate, remove, or get rid of something.

อุปสรรค

uppasak — Obstacle, barrier, or hindrance blocking one's progress.

ทาง

thang — Way, path, direction; route leading somewhere.

เท่าๆ

thao thao — Equally, about the same; similar in degree or amount.

เคย

khoei — Used to, ever; indicates past experience or habit.

สร้าง

sang — To build, create, or construct something new.

ขึ้นมา

khuen ma — To rise up, come up; appear or emerge upward.

เปลี่ยน

plian — To change, switch, or alter something to something else.

เกม

kem — Game; a competitive activity or match played for entertainment.

เข้าใจ

khaojai — To understand, comprehend; to grasp the meaning of something.

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just; limiting the scope of something.