Black Beauty — Page 45

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chan — First person pronoun; I, me

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past or success

เปรียบ

priap — To compare; liken one thing to another

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most, -est; superlative marker in Thai

เพราะ

phro — Because; gives reason for something stated

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state

ผู้

phu — Person, one who; nominalizing prefix for people

แบก

baek — To carry on one's back or shoulders

นาย

nai — Master, mister; male title or owner

หญิง

ying — Woman, female; denotes feminine gender

เสมอ

samo — Always, equally; consistently or all the time

น้ำหนัก

namnak — Weight; the heaviness of an object or body

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

เธอ

thoe — She, her, you; second or third person pronoun

เบา

bao — Light in weight; also soft in sound

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, noise; auditory perception

ไพเราะ

phairao — Melodious, pleasant-sounding; harmonious and beautiful

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

มือ

mue — Hand; the part of the arm below the wrist

ก็

ko — Also, then, too; filler or connective particle

บน

bon — On, above, on top of a surface

จน

jon — Until; poor; up to a point in time

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly, barely; close to a limit

ไม่

mai — No, not; basic negation particle in Thai

รู้สึก

rusuk — To feel, to sense an emotion or sensation

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; also means 'about' or 'until'

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix; turns verbs into abstract nouns

นำทาง

namthang — To guide, lead the way, navigate a route

เลย

loei — At all, so, then; emphatic or resultative particle

โอ้

o — Oh! Exclamation expressing surprise or emotion

ถ้า

tha — If; introduces a conditional clause or hypothesis

ผู้คน

phu khon — People, persons; referring to people in general

รู้

ru — To know; having knowledge or awareness of something

ว่า

wa — That; complementizer introducing reported speech or thought

ที่

thi — At, place, that; relative pronoun or location marker

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix for abstract qualities or states

สุขสบาย

suk sabai — Comfortable, happy, at ease and content

สำหรับ

samrap — For, intended for; indicating purpose or beneficiary

ม้า

ma — Horse; a large domesticated riding animal

เพียงใด

phiang dai — How much, to what extent; interrogative of degree

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for things or animals

ช่วย

chuai — To help, assist, aid someone in need

รักษา

raksa — To maintain, preserve, treat medically; to keep

ปาก

pak — Mouth; the opening used for speaking and eating

ดี

di — Good, fine, well; positive quality or condition

อารมณ์

aarom — Mood, emotion, feeling; one's emotional state

อย่างไร

yangrai — How, in what way; interrogative of manner

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; third person plural pronoun

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expresses assumption or likelihood

ดึง

dueng — To pull, tug, draw toward oneself forcefully

อย่าง

yang — Way, manner, type; like or in the manner of

มัก

mak — Often, tend to; indicates habitual or frequent action

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform an action or task

กัน

kan — Together, each other; reciprocal or collective particle

พวกเรา

phuak rao — We, us; first person plural inclusive pronoun

อ่อนไหว

onwai — Sensitive, easily moved emotionally; delicate in feeling

มาก

mak — Very, much, many; high degree or quantity

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or time

กรณี

karani — Case, situation, instance; a specific circumstance

ถูก

thuk — To be correct; cheap; passive marker in Thai

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker; so that, for

เสียหาย

siahay — Damaged, harmed, ruined; suffering loss or injury

หรือ

rue — Or; conjunction presenting alternatives in a sentence

แข็ง

khaeng — Hard, firm, stiff, rigid; not soft or flexible

ด้วย

duai — Also, with, too; accompaniment or addition particle

ปฏิบัติ

patibat — To practice, treat, handle; carry out a task

ขาด

khat — To lack, be without; also to cut or break

ความรู้

khwamru — Knowledge, understanding; information one has learned

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker in Thai

เคลื่อนไหว

khlueanwai — To move, make movement; physical motion of body

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just; limiting something to a degree

เล็กน้อย

lek noi — A little, slightly, a small amount

ขับขี่

khapkhi — To ride, drive; operating a vehicle or animal

เรา

rao — We, I; first person pronoun, singular or plural

ทันที

thanthi — Immediately, at once, right away without delay

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter; general classifier for things

ต้องการ

tongkan — To want, need, require something for a purpose

จาก

chak — From, away from; indicates origin or departure point

คือ

khue — Is, means, namely; defines or identifies something

อะไร

arai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about identity

เคย

khoei — Ever, used to; indicates past habitual experience

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe, trust, have faith in something

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pointing to something slightly distant

เหตุผล

hetphon — Reason, rationale; logical basis for a conclusion

ชอบ

chop — To like, enjoy, be fond of something

มากกว่า

mak kwa — More than; comparative degree of quantity or quality

แม้ว่า

mae wa — Even though, although; introduces a concessive clause

กับ

kap — With, and, together with; accompaniment preposition

อิจฉา

itcha — To envy, be jealous of someone else's advantage

อยู่

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

บ่อยๆ

boi boi — Often, frequently, repeatedly; happening many times

บอก

bok — To tell, inform, say to someone directly

สมบูรณ์

sombun — Complete, perfect, whole; lacking nothing essential

เท่า

thao — Equal to, as much as; indicates equivalence

ฝึก

fuek — To train, practice, drill; develop a skill

บีบ

bip — To squeeze, pinch, press something with force

ทั้งนั้น

thang nan — All, entirely; every one of them without exception

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, done; indicates completion or sequence

ท่าน

than — You, he/she; respectful formal pronoun for superiors

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say; verbal communication

อย่า

ya — Don't; negative imperative particle for prohibitions

เสียใจ

siацjai — To be sad, sorry, regretful about something

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away

มี

mi — To have, there is/are; possession or existence

เกียรติยศ

kiatiyot — Honor, prestige, dignity; high regard and respect

สูงสุด

sung sut — Highest, maximum, supreme; top level of something

ชาย

chai — Man, male; denotes masculine gender or a man

สูง

sung — Tall, high; great in height or elevation

เจ้านาย

chaonai — Boss, master, superior; a person of high authority

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared; fully set to do something

จำเป็น

champen — Necessary, essential; must be done or had

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; indicates obligation or necessity

คุณ

khun — You; polite second person pronoun in Thai

ยอมรับ

yomrap — To accept, acknowledge, admit something is true

สิ่งต่างๆ

sing tang tang — Various things, different things, all sorts of things

ตาม

tam — To follow, according to; in accordance with something

พึงพอใจ

phueng phochai — Satisfied, content, pleased with a situation or result

เต็มใจ

Willing, glad to; doing something wholeheartedly

ได้รับ

dai rap — To receive, obtain, get something given to you

เมตตา

metta — Loving-kindness, compassion, goodwill toward all beings