Pride and Prejudice — Page 13

Vocabulary

ข้าพเจ้า

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

ขอบคุณ

khàawp khun — Thank you; expression of gratitude

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating state or identity

อย่างยิ่ง

yàang yîng — Extremely; very much; to a great degree

ที่

thîi — That; which; relative pronoun or place marker

ได้

dâai — Can; able to; also marks past or successful action

ค้นพบ

khón phóp — To discover; to find out something new

เรื่องนี้

rûueang níi — This matter; this story or situation

ทันเวลา

than weelaa — On time; in time before a deadline

จะ

jà — Will; future tense marker in Thai

แสดง

sà daeng — To show; to express; to perform

ความเคารพ

khwaam khao róp — Respect; reverence shown toward someone

ต่อ

tàaw — Toward; to; against; per; connecting preposition

ท่าน

thâan — Formal respectful pronoun for 'you' or 'they'

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which; that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

กำลัง

gamlang — Currently; in the process of doing something

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away

ทำ

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

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

บัดนี้

bàt níi — Now; at this moment; formal present-time expression

และ

láe — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

หวัง

wǎng — To hope; to wish for a desired outcome

ว่า

wâa — That; quotation particle introducing reported speech

ยกโทษ

yók thôot — To forgive; to excuse someone's wrongdoing

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative verb marker

มิได้

mí dâai — Did not; formal negation of past action

กระทำ

grà tham — To commit; to perform an act, formal usage

เช่นนั้น

chên nán — Like that; in such a manner as described

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating toward speaker

ก่อน

gàawn — Before; earlier; prior to something else

การ

gaan — Nominalizer prefix turning verbs into abstract nouns

ไม่ทราบ

mâi saap — To not know; polite form of not knowing

ความเกี่ยวข้อง

khwaam gìiaw khâawng — Connection; relationship; involvement between things

นี้

níi — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating nearby thing

เลย

looei — At all; ever; also means 'so' or 'therefore'

แม้แต่น้อย

máe tàe nói — Not even a little; not in the slightest

ย่อม

yâawm — Naturally; inevitably; formal word for 'of course'

ข้อแก้ตัว

khâaw gâae tuua — Excuse; justification offered for one's behavior

ของ

khǎawng — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

แนะนำตัว

náe nam tuua — To introduce oneself to someone

กับ

gàp — With; and; together with someone or something

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun; also title

หรือ

rǔue — Or; question particle at end of yes/no questions

แน่นอน

nâae nàawn — Certainly; of course; definitely true

ที่สุด

thîi sùt — Most; superlative marker; the utmost degree

ขออภัย

khǎaw à phai — To apologize; to beg pardon formally

เช่นนี้

chên níi — Like this; in this manner or way

แต่เนิ่นๆ

tàae nôoen nôoen — Early on; from an early stage or time

เชื่อ

chûuea — To believe; to trust; to have confidence in

หลานชาย

lǎan chaai — Nephew; grandson; a male younger relative

สามารถ

sǎa mâat — Can; to be able to; capable of doing something

รับรอง

ráp rawng — To guarantee; to assure; to vouch for someone

แก่

gàe — To; for; indirect object marker; also means 'old'

มี

mii — To have; there is/are; indicating possession

สุขภาพ

sùk khà phâap — Health; physical well-being of a person

แข็งแรง

khǎeng raeng — Strong; healthy; physically fit and robust

ดี

dii — Good; fine; positive quality or condition

เมื่อ

mûuea — When; at the time that something occurred

สัปดาห์

sàp daa — Week; a period of seven days

ที่แล้ว

thîi láew — Last; ago; referring to previous time period

พยายาม

pha yaa yaam — To try; to make an effort to do something

อย่างหนัก

yàang nàk — Hard; strenuously; with great effort or force

ห้ามปราม

hâam praam — To dissuade; to warn against; to discourage someone

จาก

jàak — From; away from; departing a place or source

แผนการ

phǎen gaan — Plan; scheme; a plotted course of action

โดย

dooi — By; by means of; through a method or agent

บอก

bàawk — To tell; to inform; to say to someone

ถือว่า

thǔue wâa — To consider; to regard as; to deem something

พูด

phûut — To speak; to talk; to say something verbally

เขา

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

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is not; to not have; absence of something

นั้น

nán — That; those; demonstrative pronoun for distant things

ความหยาบคาย

khwaam yàap khaai — Rudeness; coarseness; impolite or vulgar behavior

ทะลึ่ง

thá lûeng — Impudent; cheeky; brazenly disrespectful in manner

มากกว่า

mâak gwàa — More than; to a greater degree or extent

ป้า

pâa — Aunt; older female relative of parent's generation

ความจำเป็น

khwaam jam pen — Necessity; something that is required or needed

แต่อย่างใด

tàe yàang dai — At all; in any way; used in negative sentences

ฝ่ายใด

fàai dai — Either party; whichever side of two parties

ฝ่ายหนึ่ง

fàai nùeng — One party; one side of two opposing groups

ต้อง

tâawng — Must; have to; expressing necessity or obligation

ความสังเกต

khwaam sǎng gèet — Observation; the act of noticing or perceiving

อีกฝ่าย

ìik fàai — The other party; the opposing or other side

หาก

hàak — If; in case that; formal conditional conjunction

ต้องมี

tâawng mii — Must have; required to possess or include something

ทำความรู้จัก

tham khwaam rúu jàk — To get acquainted with; to come to know someone

กัน

gan — Together; each other; mutual reciprocal particle

ก็

gâaw — Then; also; connective particle showing consequence

หน้าที่

nâa thîi — Duty; responsibility; role one is obliged to perform

ผู้

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

ฐานะ

thǎa nà — Status; position; social standing of a person

สูงกว่า

sǔung gwàa — Higher than; superior in rank or position

ฝ่าย

fàai — Side; party; faction in a group or conflict

เริ่มต้น

rôoem tôn — To begin; to start; the beginning of something