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Vocabulary

ศาสนา

sàat-sà-naa — Religion; system of faith and worship practices

ที่

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

แท้จริง

tháe-jing — Truly, genuinely; in reality or truth

คือ

khuu — Is, means; used to define or equate things

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing, object, matter; general noun classifier

ดี

dii — Good, fine; positive quality or approval

ที่สุด

thîi-sùt — Most, -est; superlative degree marker

และ

láe — And; conjunction joining words or clauses

จริงแท้

jing-tháe — Truly genuine, authentic; real and sincere

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition of location

โลก

lôok — World, earth; the planet or global sphere

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating state or identity

เดียว

diaw — One, single, alone; only one of something

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — Can, able to; expressing capability or ability

ทำให้

tham-hâi — To make, cause; to make something happen

คน

khon — Person, people; human being or individual

ๆ

(mai yamok) — Repetition mark; repeats the preceding word

หนึ่ง

nùeng — One; the number one or a single item

มี

mii — To have, there is; indicates possession or existence

ความสุข

khwaam-sùk — Happiness, joy; state of being happy

อย่าง

yàang — Like, in a way; manner or type of something

หรือ

rǔu — Or; conjunction presenting alternatives or questions

เรา

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

อาศัย

aa-sǎi — To live, reside, depend on; inhabit a place

อยู่

yùu — To stay, live, be located; indicates ongoing state

นี้

níi — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating nearby thing

ขึ้น

khûen — Up, increase, rise; upward direction or growth

ได้

dâi — Can, able to, got; indicates ability or past action

ถ้า

thâa — If; conditional conjunction for hypothetical situations

ประโยชน์

prà-yòot — Benefit, usefulness, advantage; practical value of something

อะไร

à-rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things

จริง

jing — True, real; factual or genuine statement

กล่าว

klàaw — To say, state, mention; formal way of speaking

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for things or animals

ก็

gôr — Also, then, well; connective particle adding continuity

ควร

khuuan — Should, ought to; expressing recommendation or duty

จะ

jà — Will, going to; future tense marker

หยุดยั้ง

yùt-yáng — To stop, restrain, prevent; halt something from occurring

พวก

phûak — Group, gang, those; collective noun for people

เคร่งศาสนา

khrêng-sàat-sà-naa — Religiously devout, pious; strictly observant of religion

ของ

khǎawng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun

ไม่ให้

mâi-hâi — To not allow, prevent; prohibit someone from doing

บังคับ

bang-khàp — To force, compel; make someone do something

ให้

hâi — To give, let, for; causative or benefactive particle

ทำงาน

tham-ngaan — To work, do a job; perform labor or duties

วัน

wan — Day; unit of time, a calendar day

อาทิตย์

aa-thít — Sunday; also means sun or week

รู้

rúu — To know; have knowledge or awareness of something

ว่า

wâa — That, say; introduces quoted or reported speech

หลาย

lǎai — Many, several; large unspecified number of things

ทำ

tham — To do, make; perform an action or create something

นั่น

nân — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant things

เหตุผล

hèet-phǒn — Reason, rationale; logical cause or explanation

ฉัน

chǎn — I, me; first-person pronoun, informal female usage

บอก

bàawk — To tell, inform; communicate information to someone

ไม่

mâi — No, not; negation particle

นอกจาก

nâawk-jàak — Except, besides, other than; exclusion or addition

การ

gaan — The act of, process; nominalizer for actions

หลอกลวง

lòok-luang — To deceive, cheat, trick; dishonest misleading behavior

ทำไม

tham-mai — Why; interrogative asking for reason or cause

น่ะ

nâ — Particle emphasizing or seeking confirmation; you know

ไม่มี

mâi-mii — There is no, lack; absence or nonexistence of something

ไป

pai — To go; movement away from current location

โบสถ์

bòot — Church, temple; religious building for worship

โบสถ์น้อย

bòot-nóoi — Chapel; small church or place of worship

แทบ

thâep — Almost, barely, hardly; very nearly or scarcely

คุ้ม

khúm — Worth it, worthwhile; value justifies cost or effort

เลย

loei — At all, then, already; intensifier or result marker

ออก

àawk — Out, exit; movement outward from a place

มา

maa — To come; movement toward the speaker

แต่

tàe — But, only; conjunction showing contrast or limitation

พวกเขา

phûak-khǎo — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

สิทธิพิเศษ

sìt-thí-phí-sèet — Privilege, special right; exclusive advantage or benefit

ตัวเอง

tua-eeng — Oneself, themselves; reflexive pronoun

เรียก

rîak — To call, name; address or summon someone

กัน

gan — Together, each other; reciprocal or collective action

รับผิดชอบ

ráp-phìt-châawp — To be responsible, accountable; take responsibility for something

ต่อ

tòr — To, toward, per, continue; preposition or connector

จิตวิญญาณ

jìt-win-yaan — Soul, spirit; spiritual essence of a person

โอกาส

oo-kàat — Opportunity, chance; favorable moment for action

กอบกู้

gàawp-gûu — To rescue, salvage, redeem; save something from loss

ชาย

chaai — Man, male; adult male person

พากัน

phaa-gan — Together, all going; group doing something collectively

ปรบมือ

pròp-muu — To applaud, clap hands; show approval by clapping

กับ

gàp — With, and; together with or accompanied by

คำพูด

kham-phûut — Words, speech, statement; spoken utterance or remark

จน

jon — Until, so much that; up to a point or degree

กระทั่ง

grà-thâng — Until, even; up to a time or extent

พูด

phûut — To speak, talk; express words verbally

อาจ

àat — Maybe, might, may; expressing possibility or uncertainty

ฟัง

fang — To listen, hear; pay attention to sound or speech

ดู

duu — To look, watch, seem; observe or appear a certain way

พอ

phaw — Enough, sufficient, just when; adequate amount

ใช้

chái — To use, utilize; employ something for a purpose

ไม่ได้

mâi-dâi — Cannot, did not; negates ability or past action

ทุก

thúk — Every, all, each; refers to entire set of things

ต้อง

tâwng — Must, have to; expressing necessity or obligation

ดูแล

duu-laee — To take care of, look after; provide care and attention

วาง

waang — To place, put down; set something in a location

ไว้

wái — Keep, place, for future; indicates stored or set aside

หน้า

nâa — Front, face, page, next; facial feature or forward side

ประตู

prà-tuu — Door, gate; entrance or exit of a building

บ้าน

bâan — House, home; residential dwelling or hometown

อื่น

ùuen — Other, another, else; different from what was mentioned

เหมือน

mǔuean — Like, similar to, same as; resemblance or comparison

เด็ก

dèk — Child, kid; young person or minor

กำพร้า

gam-práa — Orphan; child who has lost one or both parents

แล้ว

láew — Already, then, and then; past completion marker

หวัง

wǎng — To hope, wish; desire a positive future outcome

เขา

khǎo — He, she, him, her; third-person singular pronoun

เห็น

hěn — To see, notice; perceive visually or realize something

นั่ง

nâng — To sit; be in a seated position

บน

bon — On, above, on top of; upper surface location

ที่นั่ง

thîi-nâng — Seat, chair; place designated for sitting

คนขับ

khon-khàp — Driver; person who drives a vehicle

รอ

raaw — To wait; stay in place expecting something

ผู้โดยสาร

phûu-dooi-sǎan — Passenger; person travelling in a vehicle

ตลอด

tà-làawt — Throughout, all along, always; continuously without interruption

เวลา

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

รับ

ráp — To receive, accept, pick up; get something given

หยุด

yùt — To stop, halt; cease movement or action

พัก

phák — To rest, take a break; pause from activity