Black Beauty — Page 48

Vocabulary

และ

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

เมื่อ

mueа — Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'at the time that'.

พวก

phuak — Group of people; a collective or bunch.

มัน

man — Third-person pronoun for animals or objects; 'it'.

ลืม

luem — To forget; fail to remember something.

ตา

taa — Eye; also paternal grandfather in Thai.

คลาน

khlaan — To crawl on hands and knees.

ไป

pai — To go; move away from current location.

มา

maa — To come; move toward the speaker.

เป็น

pen — To be; exist as; a linking verb.

ภาพ

phaap — Image, picture, or visual representation.

ที่

thii — Place, location; also a relative pronoun 'that/which'.

น่า

naa — Prefix expressing 'worthy of' or deserving a feeling.

รัก

rak — To love; have strong affection for someone.

มาก

maak — Much, many, a lot; high degree or quantity.

จริงๆ

jing jing — Really, truly; emphasizing something is genuine.

แต่

tae — But; however; a conjunction showing contrast.

วัน

wan — Day; a unit of time equal to 24 hours.

หนึ่ง

nueng — The number one; also used as 'a/an'.

ชาย

chaai — Male; man; masculine gender.

คน

khon — Person, human being; classifier for people.

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.

ก็

ko — Particle meaning 'also', 'then', or 'so'.

พา

phaa — To lead, take, or bring someone along.

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, entire, everything; the whole amount.

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun used by women or casually.

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought.

ว่า

waa — That; a complementizer introducing reported speech or thought.

เขา

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

อาจ

aat — Might, may; expressing possibility or probability.

กลัว

kluа — To be afraid, scared, or fearful of something.

จะ

ja — Future tense marker; will, going to do.

เหยียบ

yiap — To step on or tread upon something.

ไม่

mai — Negation particle meaning 'no' or 'not'.

ใช่

chai — Yes, that's right; affirmative confirmation particle.

เช่น

chen — For example, such as; introducing examples.

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context.

ตอน

ton — Time, period, episode; a segment of time.

เย็น

yen — Cool, cold; also refers to the evening.

ผู้

phuu — Person who; prefix indicating a person performing action.

สงสาร

song-saan — To pity, feel compassion for someone's suffering.

คาบ

khaap — To hold something in the mouth; grip with teeth.

กลับ

klap — To return, go back to a previous place.

ที

thii — Time, instance, turn; classifier for occurrences.

ละ

la — Particle indicating leaving or abandoning; per each.

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects.

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter; a general noun classifier.

มี

mii — To have, possess; there is/are something.

ชีวิต

chii-wit — Life; the state of being alive.

น้อยๆ

noi noi — Very little, tiny amount; a small degree.

ความ

khwaam — Noun-forming prefix expressing abstract states or qualities.

สุข

suk — Happiness, well-being, contentment, joy.

อย่าง

yaang — Kind, type, way; in the manner of.

เคย

khoei — Ever, used to; indicating past experience or habit.

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared; together with someone or something.

กับ

kap — With, together with; also marks comparison.

เลือด

lueat — Blood; the red fluid in living bodies.

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, noise; auditory sensation.

ร้อง

rong — To cry, sing, or make a vocal sound.

ครวญ

khruan — To moan, lament, or wail in sorrow.

คราง

khraang — To groan softly, as in pain or discomfort.

หาง

haang — Tail; the appendage at the back of an animal.

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle.

ทุก

thuk — Every, all, each; without exception.

ถูก

thuuk — To be correct; to be subjected to an action.

ตัด

tat — To cut; sever with a sharp instrument.

ออก

ok — Out, outward; to exit or remove from.

ส่วน

suan — Part, portion, section of a whole.

แผ่น

phaen — Sheet, flat piece; classifier for flat objects.

หนัง

nang — Skin, leather; also means movie/film.

นุ่มๆ

num num — Soft, gentle, tender to the touch.

หู

huu — Ear; the organ used for hearing.

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; indicates inclusion or accompaniment.

แม่

mae — Mother; female parent.

เลีย

lia — To lick; use the tongue to clean or taste.

เธอ

thoe — You (informal, often feminine); also 'she/her'.

วิตก

wi-tok — To worry, be anxious or concerned about something.

กังวล

kang-won — To be worried, anxious, or troubled about something.

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just; indicating a small amount.

ใด

dai — Which, any; an interrogative or indefinite pronoun.

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, subject, topic being discussed.

เลย

loei — At all, right away; intensifying particle or 'therefore'.

หาย

haai — To disappear, vanish; to recover from illness.

ดี

dii — Good, fine, excellent; positive quality.

สุด

sut — Most, extreme, end; superlative marker.

เจ็บ

jep — To hurt, feel pain; physical discomfort.

ปวด

puat — To ache, feel a dull or throbbing pain.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; a relative pronoun linking clauses.

แน่นอน

nae-non — Certainly, of course, definitely, without doubt.

ไว้

wai — To keep, retain, place; maintaining a state.

เพื่อ

phuea — For, in order to; expressing purpose or intention.

ปกป้อง

pok-pong — To protect, defend, shield from harm.

บอบ

bop — Delicate, fragile, easily damaged or hurt.

บาง

baang — Thin, slender; also means 'some' in quantity.

จาก

jaak — From; indicating origin, source, or separation.

ฝุ่น

fun — Dust; fine dry particles in the air.

การ

kaan — Noun-forming prefix indicating an action or process.

บาด

baat — Wound, injury; to injure or cut the skin.

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also indicates past tense.

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout, all along, the entire duration.

กาล

kaan — Time, era, period; often used in formal contexts.

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, after; indicates completed action.

ทำไม

tham-mai — Why; asking for a reason or explanation.

ลูกๆ

luuk luuk — Children (plural); offspring collectively.

เอง

eng — Self, oneself; by one's own action.

ให้

hai — To give; to cause or allow someone to do.

แหลม

laem — Sharp, pointed; having a fine tip.

ดู

duu — To look at, watch, observe something.

ฉลาด

cha-laat — Clever, smart, intelligent, wise.

เล่า

lao — To narrate, tell a story or recount events.

ปลาย

plaai — Tip, end, point; the far or narrow end.

จมูก

ja-muuk — Nose; the facial organ for smelling and breathing.

กล้า

klaa — Brave, daring, bold; having courage.

หาญ

haan — Courageous, heroic, valiant; used in formal contexts.

เหตุ

het — Reason, cause, motive behind an event.

ผล

phon — Result, outcome, fruit; consequence of an action.

พอๆ

pho pho — Just enough, somewhat; moderate degree.

อีก

iik — More, again, another; indicating addition or repetition.

สิทธิ์

sit — Right, entitlement, privilege; legal or moral right.

อะไร

a-rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about something.

ทรมาน

tho-ra-maan — To torment, suffer, or cause great pain.

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform an action.

สัตว์

sat — Animal; a living creature other than a plant.

สร้างสรรค์

saang-san — Creative, constructive; producing something new and imaginative.

พระเจ้า

phra-jao — God; a divine being or deity.

พิการ

phi-kaan — Disabled, handicapped; having a physical impairment.

แม้

mae — Even though, even if; concessive conjunction.

อ่อนโยน

on-yon — Gentle, mild, tender in nature or manner.

แก่

kae — Old, elderly; also 'to' in giving contexts.

อารมณ์

aa-rom — Mood, emotion, feeling, temperament.

รุนแรง

run-raeng — Violent, fierce, intense, severe.

พูด

phuut — To speak, talk, say something aloud.

ใหม่

mai — New, fresh, recently made or acquired.

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For, intended for; indicating purpose or recipient.

จน

jon — Poor; also 'until' indicating a point in time.

รู้สึก

ruu-suek — To feel, sense, experience an emotion.

ถึง

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

ขม

khom — Bitter in taste; unpleasant sharp flavor.

ขื่น

khuen — Bitter, harsh, stifling; unbearable feeling.

ต่อ

to — Against, toward, per; continuing or facing something.

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human being, mankind, a person.

ผุด

phut — To pop up, spring up, emerge suddenly.

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, upward; to rise or increase.

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind; center of emotions and feelings.

นี้

nii — This; demonstrative pronoun for something nearby.

ก่อน

kon — Before, first, prior to something else.