Around the World in Eighty Days — Page 7

Vocabulary

ความจริงใจ

khwaam jing jai — Sincerity; quality of being genuinely honest and true

ความเที่ยงตรง

khwaam thiang trong — Integrity; quality of being upright and impartial

ความมั่นคง

khwaam man khong — Stability; state of being firm and secure

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ความอ่อนโยน

khwaam on yon — Gentleness; quality of being tender and mild

ใน

nai — In; preposition indicating location inside something

สายตา

sai ta — Eyesight; gaze or the look in one's eyes

อัน

an — A classifier or relative pronoun for things

นุ่มนวล

num nuan — Soft and smooth; gentle in manner or touch

ของ

khong — Of; possessive particle indicating belonging

สตรี

sa tree — Woman; formal word for a female person

ผู้

phu — Person who; prefix indicating a person or doer

สูงศักดิ์

sung sak — Noble; of high rank or distinguished status

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something mentioned

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; relative pronoun connecting clauses

กล้า

gla — Brave; having courage to face danger or difficulty

เผชิญ

pha choen — To face; confront a situation or challenge directly

ทุก

thuk — Every; all without exception

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; an object or matter of any kind

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of doing something

ช่วย

chuay — To help; assist someone in need

ชีวิต

chi wit — Life; the existence of a living being

ชาย

chai — Man; an adult male person

ที่

thi — That; relative particle or place preposition

นาง

nang — She; formal pronoun or title for a woman

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state

หนี้

ni — Debt; something owed to another person

บุญคุณ

bun khun — Gratitude debt; kindness received that obliges repayment

ประการ

pra kaan — Aspect; a point or particular matter to consider

ตอนแรก

ton raek — At first; in the beginning of a situation

ทำให้

tham hai — To make; cause something to happen or change

เขา

khao — He/she/they; third-person pronoun

ตะลึง

ta lueng — Astonished; struck with amazement or disbelief

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; particle indicating completion or sequence

จึง

jueng — Then; consequently, as a result of something prior

ซึมซาบ

suem saap — To seep in; absorb deeply into the mind

เข้า

khao — Into; to enter a place or state

สู่

su — Toward; in the direction of something

จิตใจ

jit jai — Mind and heart; one's inner emotional and mental state

หลับตา

lap ta — To close one's eyes; shut eyelids

ลง

long — Down; downward directional particle or verb

ชั่ว

chua — For a (short) while; wicked or a brief duration

ขณะ

kha na — Moment; a brief point in time

ราวกับ

raao gap — As if; seeming like something is the case

ต้องการ

tong gaan — To want; to need or desire something

หลีกเลี่ยง

leek liang — To avoid; evade or stay away from something

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurs

ลืมตา

luem ta — To open one's eyes; awaken visually

ขึ้น

khuен — Up; upward directional particle or verb

อีก

ik — Again; more; another time or instance

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; a classifier counting occurrences or instances

กล่าว

glaao — To say; speak or state something formally

อย่าง

yaang — In a manner; a way or type of something

เรียบง่าย

riap ngai — Simple; plain and uncomplicated in style

ว่า

wa — That; quotative particle introducing reported speech

ผม

phom — I/me; polite first-person pronoun used by males

รัก

rak — To love; feel deep affection for someone

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun

ใช่

chai — Yes; affirmative confirmation that something is correct

ขอ

kho — To request; ask for something politely

สาบาน

sa baan — To swear; take a solemn oath or vow

ต่อ

to — To; toward; continue or directed at something

ศักดิ์สิทธิ์

sak sit — Sacred; holy and deserving of deep reverence

ทั้งปวง

thang puang — All; every single thing or person without exception

โดย

doi — By; through a means or agent

สิ้นเชิง

sin choeng — Completely; totally and entirely without remainder

ร้อง

rong — To cry out; exclaim or call aloud

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared or simultaneous with something else

กับ

gap — With; together or alongside something or someone

กด

got — To press; push down on something with force

มือ

mue — Hand; the body part at the end of the arm

ไว้

wai — To keep; hold in place or retain something

แนบ

naep — To press close; place flat against a surface

หัวใจ

hua jai — Heart; the organ or seat of emotions

ถูก

thuuk — To be; passive marker or correct/cheap

เรียกตัว

riak tua — To summon; call someone to appear or come

ปรากฏตัว

pra got tua — To appear; show oneself or make an appearance

ทันที

than thi — Immediately; right away without any delay

ยังคง

yang khong — Still; continuing to remain in a certain state

จับ

jap — To grasp; seize or hold something firmly

ตน

ton — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

เข้าใจ

khao jai — To understand; comprehend the meaning of something

ใบหน้า

bai na — Face; the front part of the head

ก็

go — Also; then; particle indicating continuation or result

เปล่งประกาย

pleng pra kai — To radiate; shine brilliantly with light or glow

สว่างไสว

sa waang sa wai — Brightly lit; gleaming with vivid brilliant light

ดวงอาทิตย์

duang aa thit — The sun; the star at the center of solar system

เขตร้อน

khet ron — Tropics; the hot zone near the equator

ยาม

yaam — During; at the time of a particular moment

เที่ยงวัน

thiang wan — Noon; midday, twelve o'clock in the afternoon

ถาม

thaam — To ask; pose a question to someone

คืน

khuen — Night; the dark period after sunset

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing or not yet completed

ไม่

mai — No/not; negation particle in Thai sentences

สาย

saai — Late; past the appropriate or expected time

เกินไป

goen pai — Too much; excessively beyond an acceptable degree

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker indicating intention

แจ้ง

jaeng — To inform; notify someone of important information

ให้

hai — To give; causative or beneficiary particle

บาทหลวง

baat luang — Priest; a Christian clergyman or ordained minister

แห่ง

haeng — Of; from; locative particle indicating origin or place

ตำบล

tam bon — Parish/subdistrict; a local administrative area

ทราบ

saap — To know; be aware of information formally

หรือ

rue — Or; conjunction offering an alternative option

ยิ้ม

yim — To smile; show happiness with a facial expression

อบอุ่น

op un — Warm; comfortably warm in feeling or temperature

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most; superlative marker indicating the highest degree

มี

mi — To have; there is or there are something

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time

เวลา

we laa — Time; a specific point or period of time

แปด

paet — Eight; the number 8

นาฬิกา

naa li kaa — Clock; o'clock; a timepiece or unit of hour

ห้า

ha — Five; the number 5

นาที

naa thi — Minute; a unit of time equal to 60 seconds

พรุ่งนี้

phrung ni — Tomorrow; the day following today

วันจันทร์

wan jan — Monday; the first day of the working week

ใช่ไหม

chai mai — Right?; isn't it? tag question seeking confirmation

หัน

han — To turn; rotate to face a different direction

ไปหา

pai haa — To go to; approach or go toward someone

ตอบ

top — To answer; respond to a question or statement

รีบ

rip — To hurry; act quickly with urgency

เดินทาง

doen thaang — To travel; make a journey from one place to another

ออกไป

ok pai — To go out; leave a place or exit

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast; moving or happening with great speed

เท่าที่

thao thi — As much as; to the extent that something allows

ขา

khaa — Leg; limb used for walking or a journey leg

พาไป

pha pai — To take along; lead or bring someone somewhere

ได้

dai — Can; to be able to or have obtained something