Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 1

Vocabulary

ซึ่ง

sueng — relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'that'

ได้

dai — can, able to; or past tense marker

เห็น

hen — to see or notice something visually

เพียง

phiang — only, merely, just a small amount

เล็กน้อย

lek-noi — a little, a small amount, slightly

เป็น

pen — to be, to exist as something

เวลา

we-la — time, a period or point in time

เจ็ด

jet — the number seven

โมง

mong — o'clock, used for telling time

เช้า

chao — morning, early part of the day

เมื่อ

muea — when, at the time that something happened

และ

lae — and, connecting words or clauses together

ต่าง

tang — different, various; each one separately

เหยียบย่าง

yiap-yang — to step foot into, to tread upon a place

ขึ้น

khuen — to go up, to rise, to increase

สู่

su — toward, to, in the direction of something

ทวีป

tha-wip — continent, a large landmass on Earth

หาก

hak — if, in the event that something occurs

จะ

ja — will, future tense marker in Thai

เรียก

riak — to call, to name, to summon someone

ชื่อ

chue — name, the title given to a person or thing

นั้น

nan — that, referring to something previously mentioned

ให้

hai — to give; causative marker meaning 'to let or make'

แก่

kae — to, for; also means old or aged

ท่าเทียบเรือ

tha-thiap-ruea — a dock or pier where boats are moored

ลอยน้ำ

loi-nam — floating on water, buoyant on the surface

ที่

thi — at, place; also a relative clause marker

พวกเขา

phuak-khao — they, them, a group of people

ฝั่ง

fang — shore, bank, side of a river or sea

เหล่านี้

lao-ni — these, referring to multiple nearby things

ลง

long — to go down, to descend, to disembark

ตาม

tam — to follow; according to, along with something

น้ำขึ้นน้ำลง

nam-khuen-nam-long — tides, the rising and falling of sea water

จึง

jueng — therefore, consequently, so as a result

ช่วย

chuai — to help, to assist someone with something

การ

kan — noun-forming prefix indicating an action or process

ขนถ่าย

khon-thai — to transfer, to unload cargo from a vessel

สินค้า

sin-kha — goods, merchandise, products for trade

เรือ

ruea — a boat or ship used for water transport

สะดวก

sa-duak — convenient, easy, comfortable to do

ยิ่งขึ้น

ying-khuen — more and more, increasingly, to a greater degree

ข้างเคียง

khang-khiang — nearby, adjacent, alongside something else

มี

mi — to have, there is, there are something

เรือใบ

ruea-bai — a sailboat, a vessel powered by sails

แล่น

laen — to sail or travel swiftly through water

เร็ว

reo — fast, quick, at high speed

ทุก

thuk — every, all, each without exception

ขนาด

kha-nat — size, dimension, scale of something

เรือกลไฟ

ruea-kon-fai — a steamship, a vessel powered by steam engine

สัญชาติ

san-chat — nationality, the country one belongs to

หลาย

lai — many, several, numerous in quantity

ชั้น

chan — floor, level, deck of a building or ship

ดาดฟ้า

dat-fa — the open deck on the top of a ship

ซ้อน

son — to stack, to overlap, to layer on top

กัน

kan — together, mutually, each other

ไป

pai — to go, to travel away from here

รับส่ง

rap-song — to pick up and deliver, to transport people

อยู่

yu — to stay, to live, to be located somewhere

ใน

nai — in, inside, within a space or area

แม่น้ำ

mae-nam — a river, a large natural flowing waterway

สาขา

sa-kha — branch, a subdivision of an organization or river

ของ

khong — of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

มัน

man — it, referring to a thing or animal

ยัง

yang — still, yet; also meaning 'also' in some contexts

จาก

jak — from, away from a place or source

การค้า

kan-kha — trade, commerce, the buying and selling of goods

แผ่ขยาย

phae-kha-yai — to spread out, to expand over a wider area

ถึง

thueng — to reach, to arrive at, up to a point

หมู่เกาะ

mu-ko — islands, a group or cluster of islands

แห่ง

haeng — classifier for places; of a specific location

กอง

kong — a pile, heap, or stack of things

ทับถม

thap-thom — to accumulate, to pile up over time

ปีติยินดี

pi-ti-yin-di — overjoyed, extremely happy and delighted

ที่สุด

thi-sut — the most, superlative marker in Thai

มา

ma — to come, to move toward the speaker

คิด

khit — to think, to consider or ponder something

แสดงออก

sa-daeng-ok — to express, to show one's feelings or thoughts

ด้วย

duai — also, too, with, by means of something

กระโดด

kra-dot — to jump, to leap into the air

โลดเต้น

lot-ten — to jump around excitedly, to frolic joyfully

อย่าง

yang — in a manner of, like, as a kind of

เสี่ยง

siang — to risk, to take a chance on something dangerous

อันตราย

an-ta-rai — danger, hazard, something harmful or risky

สวยงาม

suai-ngam — beautiful, lovely, pleasing to the eye

แต่

tae — but, however, a contrasting conjunction

แล้ว

laeo — already, then, after completing an action

เขา

khao — he, she, they; third person pronoun

ก็

ko — also, then, well; a discourse particle

สะดุด

sa-dut — to trip, to stumble over something unexpectedly

แผ่น

phaen — a flat piece or sheet of material

กระดาน

kra-dan — a board, plank, or flat wooden surface

ถูก

thuk — to be acted upon; passive marker in Thai

ปลวก

pluak — termites, wood-eating insects that destroy structures

กิน

kin — to eat, to consume food or material

จน

jon — until, to the point that; also means poor

ผุ

phu — rotten, decayed, deteriorated from age

ตก

tok — to fall, to drop down from a height

เสียหน้า

sia-na — to lose face, to be embarrassed publicly

มาก

mak — very, much, a lot, to a great degree

กับ

kap — with, together with, and (between nouns)

วิธี

wi-thi — method, way, means of doing something

โลกใหม่

lok-mai — the New World, referring to the Americas

เช่นนี้

chen-ni — like this, in this manner, such as this

ส่ง

song — to send, to deliver, to transmit something

เสียง

siang — sound, voice, noise made by something

ร้อง

rong — to cry out, to call, to sing or shout

ดัง

dang — loud, making a strong sound; also means famous

ทำให้

tham-hai — to cause, to make something happen

นก

nok — a bird, any winged feathered animal

กาน้ำ

ka-nam — a cormorant, a type of diving seabird

นับ

nap — to count, to number items in a group

ไม่ถ้วน

mai-thuan — countless, innumerable, too many to count

มัก

mak — often, usually, tend to do something habitually

จับ

jap — to catch, to grab, to hold something firmly

บน

bon — on top of, above, on a surface

เคลื่อนที่

khluen-thi — to move, to travel from one place to another

ตกใจ

tok-jai — to be startled, to be frightened suddenly

บิน

bin — to fly, to travel through the air

หนี

ni — to flee, to run away from something or someone

อึกทึก

uek-thuek — noisy, chaotic, full of loud commotion

รีบ

rip — to hurry, to rush, to do something quickly

หา

ha — to look for, to search for something

ข้อมูล

kho-mun — information, data, facts about something

ว่า

wa — that, saying that; introduces a reported speech

รถไฟ

rot-fai — a train, a railway vehicle for passengers

ขบวน

kha-buan — a convoy, a train, a procession of vehicles

แรก

raek — first, the initial one in a sequence

ออก

ok — to go out, to exit, to depart from somewhere

ใด

dai — any, which, whichever; used in questions

ทราบ

sap — to know, to be aware of a fact

หก

hok — the number six

เย็น

yen — evening; also means cool or cold temperature

ดังนั้น

dang-nan — therefore, so, thus, for that reason

ทั้ง

thang — both, all, the entirety of something

วัน

wan — day, a 24-hour period of time

ใช้

chai — to use, to make use of something

เมืองหลวง

mueang-luang — capital city, the main governmental city of a country