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Vocabulary

ข้าพเจ้า

khâa phá jâo — Formal first-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'

เชื่อว่า

chûea wâa — To believe that; to think that something is true

หาก

hàak — If; a conditional conjunction used in formal writing

อยู่

yùu — To be; to stay; to exist at a location

ที่นั่น

thîi nân — Over there; at that place

นาน

naan — For a long time; lengthy duration

เกินไป

kooen pai — Too much; excessively; beyond a reasonable limit

คง

khong — Probably; likely; expressing probability or assumption

จะ

jà — Will; future tense marker or intention marker

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away

เสีย

sǐa — To lose; broken; particle indicating completion or change

แล้ว

láew — Already; then; particle indicating completed action

และ

láe — And; a conjunction connecting words or clauses

นั่น

nân — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition or status

เคราะห์กรรม

khráw gam — Misfortune; fate; bad luck from past actions

อัน

an — Classifier for objects; a relativizing particle

ใหญ่หลวง

yài lǔang — Very great; enormous; of major significance

เพราะ

phráw — Because; since; a causal conjunction

เคย

khoei — To have ever done; past experience marker

ได้ยิน

dâai yin — To hear; to perceive sound with the ears

คน

khon — Person; people; human being

พูด

phûut — To speak; to talk; to say something

ว่า

wâa — That; to say; quotative or complementizer particle

ม้า

máa — Horse; a large four-legged riding animal

ที่

thîi — That; which; at; relative pronoun or location marker

ตาบอด

taa bòot — Blind; unable to see; lacking vision

สนิท

sà nìt — Complete; close; firmly; totally or intimately

นั้น

nán — That; demonstrative referring to something further away

ขับขี่

khàp khìi — To ride; to drive a vehicle or animal

ได้

dâai — Can; to be able to; ability or permission marker

ปลอดภัย

plòot phai — Safe; free from danger or harm

กว่า

gwàa — More than; comparative particle in Thai

มี

mii — To have; there is; to possess something

สายตา

sǎai taa — Eyesight; vision; the ability to see

ไม่สมบูรณ์

mâi sǒm buun — Imperfect; incomplete; not fully functioning

เนื่องจาก

nûeang jàak — Because of; due to; owing to a reason

บกพร่อง

bòk phrông — Deficient; flawed; having a defect or shortcoming

มัก

mák — Often; tend to; habitually inclined to do

ทำให้

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

ขี้ตกใจ

khîi tòk jai — Easily frightened; jumpy; startled by small things

มาก

mâak — Very; much; a lot; to a great degree

อย่างไรก็ตาม

yàang rai gôo taam — However; nevertheless; regardless of what happens

ก็

gôo — Also; then; discourse particle indicating continuation

รอดพ้น

rôot phón — To escape; to survive; to be free from harm

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward

โดย

dooi — By; through; by means of an action or agent

ไม่ได้

mâi dâai — Cannot; did not; negating ability or past action

รับ

ráp — To receive; to accept; to get something

ความเสียหาย

khwaam sǐa hǎai — Damage; harm; loss caused to something

ถาวร

thǎa won — Permanent; lasting; enduring without change

ถูก

thùuk — To be subjected to; cheap; passive action marker

ขาย

khǎai — To sell; to offer goods in exchange for money

ต่อ

tòo — To; per; next; connecting or continuing something

ให้

hâi — To give; to let; causative or benefactive marker

แก่

gàe — To; for; old; indicating recipient of an action

เจ้าของ

jâo khǒong — Owner; proprietor; the person who owns something

ราย

raai — Person; case; classifier for individuals or cases

ใหญ่

yài — Big; large; great in size or importance

ช่วงเวลา

chûang weelaa — Period of time; a specific stretch of time

แสน

sǎen — Extremely; one hundred thousand; intensifier word

ยากลำบาก

yâak lam bàak — Difficult; hard; full of hardship and struggle

นาย

naai — Mister; master; male title or employer

ใหม่

mài — New; fresh; recently acquired or created

ของ

khǒong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

ไม่

mâi — No; not; negation particle in Thai

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time

ลืมเลือน

luem luean — To forget; to fade from memory over time

เขา

khǎo — He; she; they; third-person pronoun in Thai

ดวงตา

duang taa — Eyes; the pair of eyes on a face

สีดำ

sǐi dam — Black color; the darkest color

จมูก

jà mùuk — Nose; the facial organ for smelling and breathing

ปาก

pàak — Mouth; the opening used for eating and speaking

เต็ม

tem — Full; filled completely; at maximum capacity

ด้วย

dûai — With; also; too; by means of something

ฟัน

fan — Teeth; the hard structures in the mouth for chewing

ราวกับ

raao gàp — As if; like; resembling in a comparative sense

สุนัข

sù nák — Dog; a domesticated canine animal

พันธุ์

phan — Breed; species; variety of an animal or plant

เสียง

sǐang — Sound; voice; noise produced by something

บด

bòt — To grind; to crush into powder or pieces

บน

bon — On; above; on top of a surface

หิน

hǐn — Stone; rock; a hard natural mineral material

ชื่อ

chûue — Name; what a person or thing is called

คือ

khuue — Is; namely; used to define or identify something

เชื่อ

chûea — To believe; to trust; to have faith in

ผู้

phûu — Person who; one who; nominalizing prefix for people

น่าสงสาร

nâa sǒng sǎan — Pitiful; deserving sympathy; evoking pity or compassion

ขับ

khàp — To drive; to operate a vehicle or animal

รถ

rót — Vehicle; car; any wheeled transportation device

เห็น

hěn — To see; to visually perceive something

กับตา

gàp taa — With one's own eyes; to witness directly

จึง

jueng — Therefore; then; so; indicating result or consequence

แต่

tàe — But; however; a contrastive conjunction

ขอ

khǒo — To request; to ask for; to want politely

สัมผัส

sǎm phàt — To touch; to feel; sensory contact with something

ตัวเอง

tua eeng — Oneself; by oneself; one's own self

แม้

máe — Even though; although; despite a condition

พบเห็น

phóp hěn — To encounter; to see and meet something or someone

สิ่งต่างๆ

sìng tàang tàang — Various things; different kinds of things or matters

มากมาย

mâak maai — Many; a great deal; abundant in number or amount

ไม่เคย

mâi khoei — Never; have never done something before

รู้

rúu — To know; to understand; to be aware of

เลย

looei — At all; ever; not at all; emphatic particle

จน

jon — Until; poor; up to the point of something

กระทั่ง

grà thâng — Until; even; up to a point in time

บัดนี้

bàt níi — Now; at this present moment; formal word for now

ชีวิต

chii wít — Life; existence; one's living condition or lifestyle

รถโดยสาร

rót dooi sǎan — Passenger vehicle; bus or coach carrying passengers

ความทุกข์ทรมาน

khwaam thúk thá rá maan — Suffering; torment; great pain or misery endured

เพียงใด

phiang dai — How much; to what extent; in what degree

ทรุดโทรม

thrút soom — Deteriorated; run-down; in a poor state of condition

คนขับ

khon khàp — Driver; the person who drives a vehicle

เลวทราม

leeo saam — Wicked; vile; morally corrupt and despicable

ปฏิบัติ

pà tì bàt — To treat; to practice; to carry out actions

ลูกน้อง

lûuk nóong — Subordinate; underling; someone working under another

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner; like; in the way of something

โหดร้าย

hòot ráai — Cruel; brutal; showing no mercy or kindness

เช่นกัน

chên gan — Likewise; also; in the same way as well

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or context

แห่งนี้

hàeng níi — This place; here; at this particular location

เรา

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

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is no; to not have; absence of something

พัก

phák — To rest; to take a break; to stay temporarily

อาทิตย์

aa thít — Week; Sunday; the sun in traditional Thai usage

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; ongoing state or action marker

ช่วง

chûang — Period; interval; a section or stretch of time

ฤดูร้อน

rí duu rón — Summer; the hot season of the year

แผดเผา

phàet phǎo — To scorch; to blaze intensely; burning heat

อีก

ìik — More; again; another; additionally occurring