Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 2

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chan — First-person pronoun; I, me (informal).

จะ

ja — Future tense marker; will, going to.

ไป

pai — To go; move toward a destination.

พูด

phuut — To speak, talk, or say something.

กับ

gap — With; together with; and (connecting nouns).

ตัวเอง

tua-eeng — Oneself; by oneself; himself/herself/itself.

เขา

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

ไม่

mai — Negation word; not, no.

รู้

ruu — To know, to be aware of something.

อะไร

a-rai — What; anything; used in questions.

เกี่ยวกับ

kiao-gap — About, regarding, concerning a topic.

ศาสนา

saat-sa-naa — Religion; a system of spiritual beliefs.

เลย

loei — At all; so; then; emphasizes negation or result.

ยกเว้น

yok-wen — Except, unless, excluding something specific.

ธรรมเนียม

tham-niam — Custom, tradition, conventional practice.

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process.

มี

mii — To have; there is/are; to possess.

ภรรยา

phan-ra-yaa — Wife; a married female partner.

หลาย

laai — Many, several, multiple in number.

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for humans.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses.

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; to become.

รากฐาน

raak-thaan — Foundation, basis, fundamental principle.

ของ

khoong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle.

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something.

ข่าว

khaao — News, information about recent events.

นี้

nii — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.

แพร่กระจาย

phraae-kra-jaai — To spread, disperse widely, diffuse outward.

อย่าง

yaang — In a manner; like; kind/type of something.

รวดเร็ว

ruat-reo — Fast, quick, rapid in speed or pace.

ทั่ว

thua — Throughout, all over, everywhere.

ขบวน

kha-buan — Convoy, procession, train formation.

รถไฟ

rot-fai — Train; railway vehicle for passengers or goods.

ผู้โดยสาร

phuu-dooi-saan — Passenger; person traveling on a vehicle.

อยู่

yuu — To be located; to stay; to live somewhere.

ราว

raao — About, approximately, around a number.

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1.

ร้อย

roi — One hundred; the number 100.

โดย

dooi — By, via, through a means or agent.

มาก

maak — Much, many, a lot, very (intensifier).

ที่สุด

thii-sut — Most; superlative marker in Thai.

สาม

saam — Three; the number 3.

สิบ

sip — Ten; the number 10.

ที่

thii — At, which, that; place or relative clause marker.

ถูก

thuuk — To be acted upon (passive); cheap; correct.

ดึงดูด

dueng-duut — To attract, draw in, captivate someone's interest.

ด้วย

duai — Also, too; with; by means of.

ประกาศ

pra-kaat — To announce, declare, proclaim publicly.

ได้

dai — Can, able to; past tense marker; to get.

เข้าไป

khao-pai — To go inside, enter into a place.

นั่ง

nang — To sit, to be seated.

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a space or time.

หมายเลข

maai-lek — Number; identification number assigned to something.

ที่นั่ง

thii-nang — Seat; a place designated for sitting.

แถว

thaeo — Row, line, queue of people or things.

หน้า

naa — Front; face; next; page.

ทั้ง

thang — Both; all; entire group together.

และ

lae — And; connecting two words or clauses.

ต่าง

taang — Different, various; each respectively.

สนใจ

son-jai — To be interested in; to pay attention to.

เข้าร่วม

khao-ruam — To join, participate, take part in.

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happens.

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; until; to.

เวลา

we-laa — Time; a specific moment or period.

กำหนด

gam-not — To schedule, determine, set a fixed time.

ผู้อาวุโส

phuu-aa-wu-soo — Elder; a senior or respected older person.

ลุกขึ้น

luk-khueen — To stand up, rise from a seated position.

น้ำเสียง

naam-siang — Tone of voice; vocal quality conveying emotion.

หงุดหงิด

ngut-ngit — Irritated, annoyed, easily agitated.

ราวกับ

raao-gap — As if, as though, seemingly like something.

ว่า

waa — That (conjunction); to say; to think.

โต้แย้ง

too-yaeng — To argue, dispute, counter an argument.

มา

maa — To come; directional particle toward speaker.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; after that; completion marker.

กล่าว

glaao — To say, state, speak (formal register).

บอก

bok — To tell, inform, say to someone.

พวก

phuak — Group, gang; plural marker for people.

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun; Mr./Ms.

คือ

khue — Is, are; to be (equating two things).

ผู้

phuu — Person who; one who does something.

พลีชีพ

phli-chiip — To sacrifice one's life; martyr oneself.

พี่ชาย

phii-chaai — Older brother; an elder male sibling.

ก็

goo — Also, then, so; discourse particle.

ประหัตประหาร

pra-hat-pra-haan — To persecute, oppress, violently harass a group.

รัฐบาล

rat-tha-baan — Government; the ruling administration of a country.

สหรัฐอเมริกา

sa-ha-rat-a-me-ri-gaa — United States of America; country in North America.

ต่อ

too — Against; per; to; next; to continue.

บรรดา

ban-daa — All the; various; among a group of people.

ศาสดา

saat-sa-daa — Prophet; a religious founder or divine messenger.

ทำให้

tham-hai — To make, cause, render something a certain way.

กลายเป็น

glaai-pen — To become, turn into something different.

เช่นกัน

chen-gan — Likewise, also, the same way too.

ใคร

khrai — Who; anyone; used in questions about people.

กล้า

glaa — Brave, daring; to dare to do something.

ขัดแย้ง

khat-yaeng — To conflict, contradict, be in opposition.

มิชชันนารี

mit-chan-naa-rii — Missionary; person spreading religious faith abroad.

ตื่นเต้น

tuen-ten — Excited, thrilled, stirred with enthusiasm.

เร้าใจ

rao-jai — Stimulating, rousing, exciting to the feelings.

น่าประหลาด

naa-pra-laat — Surprising, astonishing, strange and unexpected.

ใบหน้า

bai-naa — Face; the front part of the head.

ปกติ

pa-ga-ti — Normal, usual, ordinary in condition.

สงบ

sa-ngop — Calm, peaceful, quiet and undisturbed.

เยือกเย็น

yueak-yen — Cool-headed, composed, unruffled under pressure.

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; to be required to do.

สงสัย

song-sai — To doubt, suspect, be curious or uncertain.

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix for abstract nouns or states.

โกรธ

groot — Angry, furious; to feel strong displeasure.

จาก

jaak — From; away from a place or source.

ยากลำบาก

yaak-lam-baak — Difficult, arduous, full of hardship.

กำลัง

gam-lang — Currently, in the process of; strength, power.

เผชิญ

pha-choen — To face, confront, encounter a challenge.

จริงๆ

jing-jing — Really, truly, genuinely; used for emphasis.

เพิ่ง

phoeng — Just, recently, only just done something.

ประสบ

pra-sop — To experience, encounter, meet with an event.

ความสำเร็จ

khwaam-sam-ret — Success, achievement, accomplishment of a goal.

พอสมควร

phoo-som-khuan — Fairly, moderately, to a reasonable extent.

ปราบปราม

praap-praam — To suppress, subdue, crack down on resistance.

คลั่งไคล้

khlang-khlai — Fanatical, zealously devoted, obsessively enthusiastic.

อิสระ

it-sa-ra — Free, independent, having liberty or autonomy.

เหล่า

lao — Those, these; a plural marker for groups.

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative verb marker.

ใต้

tai — Under, beneath, below; south (direction).

ปกครอง

pok-khrong — To govern, rule, administer a territory.

ยึดครอง

yuet-khrong — To occupy, seize control of a territory.

รัฐ

rat — State; a political unit within a country.

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, take someone or something.

ดินแดน

din-daen — Territory, land, region under jurisdiction.

กฎหมาย

got-maai — Law; legal rules governing a society.

สหภาพ

sa-ha-phaap — Union, federation, alliance of states or groups.

หลังจาก

lang-jaak — After, following a specific event or time.

จับกุม

jap-gum — To arrest, detain, apprehend a person.

ข้อหา

khoo-haa — Charge, accusation, legal count against someone.

กบฏ

ga-bot — Rebellion, treason, insurrection against authority.

สาวก

saa-wok — Disciple, follower, devoted adherent of a leader.

ทุ่มเท

thum-thee — To dedicate, devote fully with great effort.

พยายาม

pha-yaa-yaam — To try, attempt, make an effort.

สอง

soong — Two; the number 2.

เท่า

thao — Equal to; as much as; times (multiplier).

ต่อต้าน

too-taan — To oppose, resist, fight against something.

อำนาจ

am-naat — Power, authority, influence over others.

รัฐสภา

rat-tha-sa-phaa — Parliament, congress, legislative assembly of government.

อย่างน้อย

yaang-noi — At least; a minimum amount or number.

คำพูด

kham-phuut — Words, speech, spoken utterance.

ดัง

dang — Loud; famous; sounding at high volume.

เห็น

hen — To see, observe, notice visually.

เผยแผ่

phoei-phae — To spread, propagate, disseminate beliefs or ideas.

แม้

mae — Even though, although, even if.

กระทั่ง

kra-thang — Until, even, up to a point in time.

บน

bon — On, above, on top of a surface.