Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 11

Vocabulary

บาง

baang — Some; certain; thin (context-dependent adjective/determiner).

ครั้ง

khráng — Time; occasion; instance of an event.

ข้าพเจ้า

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

ไม่

mâi — Negation word meaning 'not' or 'no'.

สามารถ

sǎa mâat — To be able to; capable of doing something.

บังคับ

bang kháp — To force, compel, or control someone or something.

ตัวเอง

tua eeng — Oneself; referring back to the subject themselves.

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative particle in sentences.

เข้า

khâo — To enter; to go into a place or space.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away.

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time.

ห้อง

hông — Room; an enclosed space within a building.

ทดลอง

thót laawng — To experiment; to test or try something out.

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state.

เวลา

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

หลาย

lǎai — Many; several; a large number of things.

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time.

และ

láe — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses.

ก็

gâw — Also; then; particle adding emphasis or continuity.

ทำงาน

tham ngaan — To work; to perform tasks or labor.

หนัก

nàk — Heavy; hard; intense in effort or weight.

ทั้ง

tháng — Both; all; entire; inclusive of everything mentioned.

กลางวัน

glaang wan — Daytime; the middle part of the day.

กลางคืน

glaang khuuen — Nighttime; the middle or duration of the night.

เพื่อ

phûuea — In order to; for the purpose of something.

ที่

thîi — At; that; relative pronoun or place marker.

จะ

jà — Future tense marker; will; going to do something.

เสร็จ

sèt — Finished; completed; done with a task.

สมบูรณ์

sǒm buun — Complete; perfect; fully whole and lacking nothing.

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for objects or animals.

กระบวนการ

grà buuan gaan — Process; a series of steps or procedures.

สกปรก

sòk gà pròk — Dirty; unclean; filthy in appearance or nature.

อย่าง

yàang — In the manner of; kind; type; way.

แท้จริง

tháe jing — Truly; genuinely; in reality or truth.

กำลัง

gam lang — Currently; in the process of; strength or power.

ดำเนินการ

dam nuuen gaan — To carry out; to proceed with an operation.

อยู่

yùu — To be; to stay; continuous aspect marker.

ระหว่าง

rá wàang — Between; during; in the middle of something.

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process.

แรก

râek — First; initial; the earliest in a sequence.

ของ

khǎawng — Of; belonging to; possessive particle in Thai.

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix for abstract nouns or states.

คลั่งไคล้

khláng khlâi — To be obsessed with; passionately infatuated or fanatic.

กระตือรือร้น

grà tuue ruue rón — Enthusiastic; eager; highly motivated and energetic.

ชนิด

chá nít — Type; kind; category or variety of something.

หนึ่ง

nùeng — One; the number one; a single unit.

ได้

dâi — Can; able to; past tense or ability marker.

ทำให้

tham hâi — To cause; to make something happen or become.

มอง

maawng — To look at; to gaze toward something.

เห็น

hěn — To see; to perceive visually something present.

น่า

nâa — Worthy of; deserving; prefix for emotional adjectives.

งาน

ngaan — Work; job; event or task to be done.

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action.

จิตใจ

jìt jai — Mind; heart; one's inner mental or emotional state.

จดจ่อ

jòt jàaw — To focus on; to concentrate attention on something.

แน่วแน่

nâeo nâe — Resolute; unwavering; firmly determined in one's mind.

กับ

gàp — With; and; together with another person or thing.

สำเร็จ

sǎm rèt — To succeed; to accomplish; to achieve a goal.

ตา

taa — Eye; the organ of sight; also means grandfather.

ปิด

pìt — To close; to shut; to turn off something.

ขั้นตอน

khân taawn — Step; stage; a phase within a process.

แต่

tàe — But; however; conjunction indicating contrast or exception.

ตอนนี้

taawn níi — Now; at this moment; currently at present time.

ด้วย

dûuai — Also; too; with; by means of something.

เยือกเย็นใจ

yûueak yen jai — Calm; cool-headed; composed and unaffected under pressure.

หัวใจ

hǔua jai — Heart; the emotional or physical center of a person.

มักจะ

mák jà — Usually; tend to; habitually inclined to do something.

รู้สึก

rúu sùek — To feel; to sense or experience an emotion.

ขยะแขยง

khà yà khǎeeng — Disgusted; repulsed; feeling strong revulsion toward something.

ต่อ

tàaw — Toward; against; per; to continue or connect.

มือ

muue — Hand; the part of the body used for grasping.

สถานการณ์

sà thǎan gaan — Situation; circumstance; a set of surrounding conditions.

เช่นนี้

chên níi — Like this; such as this; of this kind.

ประกอบ

prà gàawp — To compose; to assemble; to engage in an activity.

อาชีพ

aa chîip — Occupation; career; one's professional work or trade.

ชิงชัง

ching chang — To hate; to detest; feeling strong aversion toward someone.

ที่สุด

thîi sùt — Most; the extreme degree; superlative marker in Thai.

จม

jom — To sink; to submerge; to be buried or engulfed.

โดดเดี่ยว

dòot dìiao — Isolated; lonely; alone and separated from others.

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is none; does not have; lacking something entirely.

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing; object; an item or matter of any kind.

ใด

dai — Any; which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun in Thai.

ดึง

dueng — To pull; to draw toward; to attract something.

สนใจ

sǒn jai — To be interested in; to pay attention to something.

ออก

àawk — Out; to exit; directional particle indicating outward movement.

จาก

jàak — From; away from; indicating origin or separation.

ฉาก

chàak — Scene; backdrop; a setting or stage in a narrative.

แม้แต่

máe tàe — Even; not even; emphasizing an extreme unlikely case.

ชั่วขณะ

chûua khà nà — For a moment; briefly; for a very short time.

กลาย

glaai — To become; to transform into a different state.

มั่นคง

mân khong — Stable; secure; firm and unwavering in position.

คน

khon — Person; human being; people as a general term.

กระสับกระส่าย

grà sàp grà sâai — Restless; agitated; unable to remain calm or still.

ประหม่า

prà màa — Nervous; anxious; feeling shy or flustered socially.

ทุก

thúk — Every; all; each without exception.

ขณะ

khà nà — Moment; while; at the time of an event.

กลัว

gluua — To fear; to be afraid of someone or something.

พบ

phóp — To meet; to encounter; to find someone or something.

ผู้

phûu — Person who; one who; prefix for agent nouns.

ข่มเหง

khòm hěeng — To bully; to oppress; to torment someone cruelly.

นั่ง

nâng — To sit; to be seated in a position.

จ้อง

jâawng — To stare; to gaze fixedly at something intently.

พื้นดิน

phúuen din — Ground; earth; the surface of the land below.

เงย

ngoei — To raise; to lift one's face or head upward.

หน้า

nâa — Face; front; next; page of a document.

ขึ้น

khûen — Up; to rise; directional particle indicating upward movement.

เกรง

greeng — To fear; to be apprehensive or respectfully afraid.

ว่า

wâa — That; to say; complementizer introducing a quoted clause.

พบเห็น

phóp hěn — To come across; to encounter and see something visually.

หวาดกลัว

wàat gluua — To be frightened; to dread; feeling intense fear.

มาก

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

หลีก

lìik — To avoid; to step aside; to evade something.

สายตา

sǎai taa — Eyesight; one's gaze or line of vision.

เพื่อน

phûuean — Friend; companion; someone you share a close bond with.

มนุษย์

má nút — Human being; person; a member of humanity.

เมื่อ

mûuea — When; at the time that something occurred or happens.

เดียว

diao — Only; alone; single; just one of something.

เขา

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

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward speaker.

เรียกร้อง

rîiak ráawng — To demand; to claim; to call for something urgently.

คู่

khûu — Pair; couple; partner; two matched items together.

นั้น

nán — That; those; referring to something previously mentioned.

ก้าวหน้า

gâao nâa — To progress; to advance; to move forward in development.

แล้ว

láew — Already; then; completion marker indicating a finished action.

สู่

sùu — Toward; to; in the direction of something.

หวัง

wǎng — To hope; to wish for a desired outcome.

สั่นเทา

sân thao — To tremble; to shiver; to shake from fear or cold.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun connecting clauses together.

กล้า

glâa — Brave; daring; bold enough to face danger.

ไว้วางใจ

wái waang jai — To trust; to rely on someone with confidence.

ตั้ง

tâng — To set; to establish; to place upright or found.

คำถาม

kham thǎam — Question; an inquiry posed to seek information.

ปะปน

pà pon — To mix; to mingle; to be mixed together confusingly.

ลาง

laang — Omen; premonition; a sign of something to come.

สังหรณ์

sǎng hǒn — Premonition; foreboding; an intuitive feeling of coming events.

อัน

an — Classifier for various objects; one (informal usage).

คลุมเครือ

khlum khrua — Vague; ambiguous; unclear and open to multiple interpretations.

เกี่ยวกับ

gìiao gàp — About; regarding; concerning a particular topic or subject.

ชั่วร้าย

chûua ráai — Evil; wicked; morally corrupt and malicious in nature.

หดหู่

hòt hùu — Depressed; gloomy; feeling sad and emotionally downcast.

อก

òk — Chest; breast; the front upper part of the body.