Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 11

Vocabulary

และ

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

พวกเขา

phuak khao — Third person plural pronoun meaning 'they' or 'them'.

ก็

ko — Particle meaning 'also', 'then', or 'as well'.

ข้าม

kham — To cross over something such as a river or road.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away.

ได้

dai — Auxiliary verb indicating ability or past accomplishment.

มัน

man — Third person pronoun for things or animals meaning 'it'.

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Adjective meaning fast, quick, or rapid in motion.

ราวกับ

rao kap — Conjunction meaning 'as if' or 'just like'.

แสง

saeng — Noun meaning light, such as sunlight or a flash.

แลบ

laep — To flash or dart out suddenly, like lightning.

ไม่มี

mai mi — Negative existential meaning 'there is none' or 'no'.

ใคร

khrai — Interrogative or indefinite pronoun meaning 'who' or 'anyone'.

มองเห็น

mong hen — To be able to see or catch sight of something.

สะพาน

saphan — Noun meaning bridge, a structure spanning a gap.

เลย

loei — Particle meaning 'at all', 'ever', or emphatic 'so'.

รถไฟ

rot fai — Noun meaning train, a rail-based vehicle for transport.

พุ่งข้าม

phung kham — To dart or hurtle across something at high speed.

อาจ

at — Modal verb meaning 'might', 'may', or 'perhaps'.

กล่าว

klao — Formal verb meaning to say, state, or declare something.

ได้ว่า

dai wa — Phrase meaning 'could be said that' or 'it can be said'.

จาก

chak — Preposition meaning 'from', indicating origin or departure point.

ฝั่ง

fang — Noun meaning bank or side, as of a river.

หนึ่ง

nueng — Number one; also used as an indefinite article 'a/one'.

ไปยัง

pai yang — Preposition phrase meaning 'to' or 'toward' a destination.

อีก

ik — Adjective or adverb meaning 'another', 'other', or 'more'.

วิศวกร

witsawakorn — Noun meaning engineer, a technical professional.

ไม่สามารถ

mai samat — Negative phrase meaning 'unable to' or 'cannot'.

หยุด

yut — To stop, halt, or cease movement or action.

จนกระทั่ง

chon krathan — Conjunction meaning 'until' or 'up to the point that'.

แล่น

laen — To run or travel, especially of vehicles in motion.

สถานี

sathani — Noun meaning station, such as a train or bus station.

ถึง

thueng — Preposition or verb meaning 'to reach' or 'arrive at'.

ห้า

ha — The number five in Thai.

ไมล์

mail — Noun meaning mile, a unit of distance measurement.

แต่

tae — Conjunction meaning 'but', introducing a contrasting clause.

แทบจะ

thaep cha — Adverb meaning 'almost', 'nearly', or 'barely'.

ใน

nai — Preposition meaning 'in', 'inside', or 'within'.

ทันที

than thi — Adverb meaning immediately, instantly, or right away.

ที่

thi — Preposition, relativizer, or place marker meaning 'at/that/which'.

แม่น้ำ

mae nam — Noun meaning river, a large flowing body of water.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Relative pronoun meaning 'which', 'that', or 'who'.

พังทลาย

phang thalai — To collapse, fall apart, or be completely destroyed.

โดย

doi — Preposition meaning 'by', indicating means or agent.

สิ้นเชิง

sin choeng — Adverb meaning completely, entirely, or totally.

ถล่ม

thalòm — To collapse, cave in, or crash down heavily.

ลง

long — Directional particle or verb meaning 'down' or 'downward'.

สู่

su — Preposition meaning 'to', 'toward', or 'into'.

แก่งน้ำ

kaeng nam — Noun meaning rapids, a turbulent fast-flowing section of river.

ของ

khong — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'.

ด้วย

duai — Preposition meaning 'with' or 'by means of'; also 'too'.

เสียง

siang — Noun meaning sound, voice, or noise.

ดัง

dang — Adjective meaning loud; also a verb meaning to sound or ring.

สนั่น

sanan — Adjective or adverb meaning thunderous, resounding, or booming.