Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 5

Vocabulary

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or phrases.

นี่

nîi — This; used to point out something nearby.

คือ

khuu — Is, are; used to define or equate things.

เหตุผล

hèet-phon — Reason, rationale, logical explanation for something.

ผู้อาวุโส

phûu-aa-wu-soo — Elder, senior person with authority or experience.

กล่าว

klàao — To say, state, or declare something formally.

เสริม

sǒeam — To add, supplement, or reinforce something said.

สาเหตุ

sǎa-hèet — Cause, reason, or source of an event.

ที่

thîi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or location marker.

ทำให้

tham-hâi — To cause, make, or result in something.

รัฐสภา

rát-tha-sà-phaa — Parliament, legislature; the national lawmaking body.

เกิด

kòoet — To be born; to occur or happen.

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix expressing a state or quality.

ริษยา

rít-sà-yaa — Jealousy, envy; resentment of another's advantages.

หัน

hǎn — To turn, rotate, or face a direction.

มา

maa — To come; directional particle toward the speaker.

ต่อต้าน

tòo-tâan — To oppose, resist, or fight against something.

พวก

phûak — Group, bunch; classifier for people or things.

เรา

rao — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.

เหตุใด

hèet-dai — Why, for what reason; interrogative about cause.

ทหาร

thá-hǎan — Soldier, military personnel, armed forces member.

ของ

khǎawng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle.

สหภาพ

sà-hà-phâap — Union, federation; an alliance of states or groups.

จึง

jʉng — Therefore, so; consequential conjunction in formal speech.

บุกรุก

bùk-rúk — To invade, trespass, or encroach on territory.

แผ่นดิน

phàen-din — Land, territory, ground; one's homeland.

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; also used as 'also' or 'even'.

หัวหน้า

hǔa-nâa — Leader, chief, head of a group or organization.

ถูก

thùuk — To be (passive marker); also means correct or cheap.

จำคุก

jam-khúk — To imprison, incarcerate; to put in jail.

โดย

dooi — By, via; indicates agent or means of action.

เหยียบย่ำ

yìap-yâm — To trample, tread upon; to oppress or violate.

ยุติธรรม

yú-ti-tham — Justice, fairness; being equitable and righteous.

ทุก

thúk — Every, all; each without exception.

ประการ

prà-kaan — Aspect, manner, respect; used in formal enumeration.

จะ

jà — Will, shall; future tense marker in Thai.

ยอม

yoom — To yield, agree, or submit to something.

จำนน

jam-non — To surrender, capitulate; to give up resistance.

ต่อ

tòo — Against, toward, per; also means to connect.

กำลัง

kam-lang — Force, power; progressive aspect marker in Thai.

กดดัน

kòt-dan — To pressure, put pressure on someone or something.

หรือ

rʉ̌ʉ — Or; conjunction offering alternatives in a sentence.

ไม่มี

mâi-mii — There is not; to not have or lack something.

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time.

ขับไล่

khàp-lâi — To expel, drive out, or banish someone.

จาก

jàak — From; indicating origin or departure point.

แต่

tàe — But, however; conjunction expressing contrast.

ก็

kôo — Also, then; particle adding emphasis or continuity.

หา

hǎa — To look for, seek, or find something.

ดินแดน

din-daen — Territory, region, land area under some control.

เป็น

pen — To be; indicates state, role, or identity.

อิสระ

ìt-sà-rà — Free, independent; having freedom or autonomy.

แห่ง

hàeng — Of, at; classifier for places and locations.

หนึ่ง

nʉ̀ng — One; the number 1 or indefinite article.

เพื่อ

phʉ̂a — In order to, for the purpose of doing something.

ปัก

pàk — To plant, pin, or fix firmly in place.

หลัก

làk — Stake, post, principle; main or fundamental element.

อาศัย

aa-sǎi — To live, reside, or depend on something.

ได้

dâai — Can, able to; past tense or successful action marker.

ท่าน

thân — You (formal/respectful); honorific second-person pronoun.

พี่น้อง

phîi-nóong — Siblings; brothers and sisters, or fellow members.

ข้าพเจ้า

khâa-phá-jâo — I, me; very formal first-person pronoun.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle away from speaker.

พลาง

phlaang — While doing, simultaneously; doing two actions at once.

จับ

jàp — To grab, catch, arrest, or hold something.

จ้อง

jôong — To stare, gaze intently at something or someone.

ดวงตา

duang-taa — Eyes; the organs of sight (poetic usage).

โกรธเกรี้ยว

krôot-krîao — Furious, enraged; extremely angry in expression.

ผู้ฟัง

phûu-fang — Listener, audience; person who listens to a speaker.

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just; limiting something to one amount.

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings.

เดียว

diao — Single, alone, only one; sole or solitary.

เขา

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

ไม่

mâi — No, not; general negation particle in Thai.

ที่นั่น

thîi-nân — There, at that place; indicating a distant location.

ด้วย

dûai — Also, too, with; adds inclusion or means.

ภายใต้

phaai-tâi — Under, beneath, below; subordinate to something.

ร่ม

rôm — Umbrella; shade or shelter from sun or rain.

เงา

ngao — Shadow, shade, reflection of an object.

ธง

thong — Flag, banner; symbol representing a nation or group.

ตอบ

tòop — To answer, reply, or respond to a question.

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner, way, or style of doing something.

กล้าหาญ

klâa-hǎan — Brave, courageous; showing boldness in difficult situations.

แล้ว

láeo — Already, then; past completion or sequence marker.

ถึง

thʉ̌ng — To reach, arrive at; until or up to.

คราว

khraao — Turn, time, occasion; instance of an event.

ออก

òok — To exit, go out, or come out of somewhere.

ตู้

tûu — Cabinet, compartment; enclosed storage or train car section.

โดยสาร

dooi-sǎan — To travel as a passenger on transport.

ปล่อย

plòi — To release, let go, or set free something.

ให้

hâi — To give; causative particle indicating purpose or direction.

เทศนา

thêet-sà-naa — To preach, give a sermon or moral lecture.

แก่

kàe — To, for; indicates recipient or old in age.

ว่างเปล่า

wâang-plào — Empty, vacant, hollow; containing nothing inside.

ระหว่าง

rá-wàang — Between, during; in the middle of two things.

การ

kaan — Nominalizing prefix turning verbs into abstract nouns.

บรรยาย

ban-yaai — To narrate, lecture, describe; giving a presentation.

ดำเนิน

dam-nəən — To proceed, conduct, carry out an activity.

อยู่

yùu — To be at, stay; continuous aspect or location marker.

นั้น

nán — That, those; demonstrative pronoun for distant reference.

รถไฟ

rót-fai — Train; a railway vehicle for passenger or freight transport.

แล่น

lâen — To run, sail, or travel at speed.

ดี

dii — Good, fine, well; positive quality or condition.

เมื่อ

mʉ̂a — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction.

ใกล้

klâi — Near, close to; short distance from something.

เวลา

wee-laa — Time; a period or point in time.

ครึ่ง

khrʉ̂ng — Half; one of two equal parts of something.

หลัง

lǎng — After, behind, back; rear part or following in time.

เที่ยง

thîang — Noon, midday; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

พรมแดน

phrom-daen — Border, boundary; frontier line between territories.

ทาง

thaang — Way, path, direction; route toward a destination.

ตะวันตก

tà-wan-tòk — West; the direction where the sun sets.

เฉียง

chǐang — Diagonal, slanting; at an angle or oblique direction.

เหนือ

nʉ̌a — North; the direction toward the top of a map.

ผู้โดยสาร

phûu-dooi-sǎan — Passenger; person travelling on a vehicle.

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — To be able to, can; expressing capability or possibility.

มองเห็น

moong-hěn — To see, be able to see or perceive visually.

กว้างใหญ่

kwâang-yài — Vast, spacious, wide and large in expanse.

ไพศาล

phai-sǎan — Vast, extensive, immense; poetic word for great expanse.

ทะเล

thá-lee — Sea, ocean; a large body of saltwater.

ภายใน

phaai-nai — Inside, within, interior; contained within boundaries.

นี้

níi — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby objects.

ซึ่ง

sʉ̂ng — Which, that; relative pronoun in formal Thai.

รู้จัก

rúu-jàk — To know, be acquainted with a person or thing.

ใน

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

นาม

naam — Name; noun or in the name of something.

มี

mii — To have, there is/are; indicating existence.

แม่น้ำ

mâe-náam — River; a large natural flowing waterway.

อเมริกา

à-mee-rí-kaa — America; the United States or American continent.

ไหล

lǎi — To flow, stream; movement of liquid in direction.

ลง

long — Down, downward; directional particle indicating descent.

สู่

sùu — To, toward; preposition indicating direction of movement.

ที่นี่

thîi-nîi — Here, at this place; indicating current location.

พื้นที่

phʉ́ʉn-thîi — Area, space, region; a defined piece of land.

งดงาม

ngót-ngaam — Beautiful, gorgeous; visually stunning and elegant.

ล้อมรอบ

lóom-rôop — To surround, encircle; enclosed on all sides.

หน้าผา

nâa-phǎa — Cliff, precipice; steep vertical rock face.

สูงชัน

sǔung-chan — Steep, abrupt; sharply rising in elevation.

ชั้น

chán — Layer, floor, level; stratum or story of a building.

เคลือบ

khlʉ̂ap — To coat, cover with a layer; glazed or encrusted.

เกลือ

klʉa — Salt; mineral sodium chloride used in food.

ขาว

khǎao — White; the color white or pale in appearance.

แผ่น

phàen — Sheet, slab, flat piece of material.

น้ำ

náam — Water; liquid essential for life, or any liquid.

อัน

an — Classifier for small objects; an item or thing.

ตระการตา

trà-kaan-taa — Spectacular, visually magnificent; a breathtaking sight.

อดีต

à-dìit — Past, former; relating to a previous time period.

เคย

khəəi — Used to, ever; indicates past habitual experience.

ขนาด

khà-nàat — Size, dimension, scale of something measured.

ใหญ่

yài — Big, large, great; significant in size or importance.

กว่า

kwàa — More than, comparative marker; greater in degree.

ปัจจุบัน

pàt-jù-ban — Present, current; the time happening right now.

เนื่องจาก

nʉ̂ang-jàak — Because of, due to; causal conjunction in formal writing.

ชายฝั่ง

chaai-fàng — Coast, shoreline; land along the edge of water.

กิน

kin — To eat, consume; also to erode or encroach.

เข้า

khâo — To enter, go into; directional particle inward.

ตาม

taam — According to, following, along; in accordance with.

กาล

kaan — Time, era, tense; period in formal or poetic usage.

กว้าง

kwâang — Wide, broad; having large horizontal measurement.

ลด

lót — To reduce, decrease, lower; diminish in amount.

ลึก

lʉ́k — Deep; having great depth downward or inward.

เพิ่ม

phôem — To increase, add, or augment in quantity.

ขึ้น

khʉ̂n — Up, upward; directional particle indicating increase or ascent.

เดียวกัน

diao-kan — Same, identical; the very same thing or time.

ยาว

yaao — Long; having great length in measurement.

เจ็ด

jèt — Seven; the number 7.

สิบ

sìp — Ten; the number 10.

ไมล์

mai — Mile; unit of distance equal to 1.6 kilometers.

สาม

sǎam — Three; the number 3.

ห้า

hâa — Five; the number 5.

ตั้ง

tâng — To set up, establish, place; as high as (colloquial).

สูง

sǔung — Tall, high; great in vertical measurement.

ระดับ

rá-dàp — Level, grade, standard; a particular height or degree.

แปด

pàet — Eight; the number 8.

ร้อย

rói — Hundred; the number 100.

ฟุต

fút — Foot; unit of length equal to 30.48 centimeters.