Pride and Prejudice — Page 8

Vocabulary

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun in Thai

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle used before verbs

อาจ

aat — Might; expressing possibility or uncertainty

คิด

khit — To think; to consider or reflect on something

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; an object or matter of any kind

ที่

thii — That; relative pronoun or place marker

ดี

dii — Good; positive quality or favorable condition

กว่า

kwaa — Than; used in comparisons between two things

นี้

nii — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating nearby object

ได้

dai — Can; able to, or indicating past completion

อีก

iik — More; again, another instance of something

แล้ว

laeo — Already; indicates completed action or then

เมื่อ

muea — When; referring to a past time or event

ยอม

yom — To yield; to accept or submit to something

รับ

rap — To receive; to accept something given or offered

การ

kaan — Nominalizer prefix indicating an action or process

ปลอบ

ploob — To comfort; to soothe someone who is upset

ใจ

jai — Heart; mind, feelings, or inner emotional state

ของ

khoong — Of; possessive particle indicating belonging

ฉัน

chan — I; first-person pronoun used by female speakers

จง

jong — Imperative particle expressing a command or exhortation

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe; to trust or have faith in

เถิด

thoet — Please do; softening particle urging someone gently

ว่า

waa — That; introduces a clause or quoted speech

เธอ

thoe — She/You; second or third-person informal pronoun

ถูก

thuuk — To be deceived; also cheap or grammatically correct

หลอก

look — To deceive; to trick or fool someone

ลวง

luang — To delude; to mislead someone with false pretenses

บัดนี้

bat nii — Now; at this present moment in time

ทำ

tham — To do; to perform an action or task

หน้าที่

naa thii — Duty; responsibility or assigned role to fulfill

ต่อ

to — Toward; against, or continuing in relation to

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses together

ต้อง

tong — Must; obligated or required to do something

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating state or identity

ทุกข์

thuk — Suffering; distress or sorrow in one's life

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away

แต่

tae — But; however, contrastive conjunction in sentences

น้องสาว

nong saao — Younger sister; female sibling younger than oneself

รัก

rak — To love; deep affection toward a person

แม้

mae — Even though; concessive conjunction introducing contrast

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker or intention indicator

ใน

nai — In; inside or within a location or context

แง่

ngae — Aspect; angle or perspective of a situation

สุด

sut — Most; extreme end or superlative degree marker

มี

mii — To have; to possess or there is/are

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizer for abstract nouns indicating a quality

สุข

suk — Happiness; contentment or well-being in life

หรือ

rue — Or; conjunction presenting alternatives or asking questions

ชาย

chaai — Man; male person or masculine gender

ผู้

phuu — Person who; prefix indicating a doer of action

พี่สาว

phii saao — Older sister; female sibling older than oneself

เพื่อนฝูง

phuean fuung — Friends; a group of close companions or peers

เขา

khao — He/She/They; third-person pronoun for people

ต่าง

taang — Different; various, each separately or mutually

ปรารถนา

praat-tha-naa — To desire; to wish for something earnestly

ให้

hai — To give; causative particle meaning to let or for

แต่งงาน

taeng ngaan — To marry; to enter into a marriage union

กับ

kap — With; together with or in relation to

คน

khon — Person; a human individual or people generally

อื่น

uun — Other; another different person or thing

ตัดสินใจ

tat sin jai — To decide; to make a firm personal decision

ด้วย

duay — With; also, by means of, or as well

ตัว

tua — Self; body, classifier for animals and objects

เอง

eeng — Oneself; emphasizes self-action or independence

กล่าว

klaao — To state; to say formally or declare something

หาก

haak — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothetical situation

พิจารณา

phi-jaa-ra-naa — To consider; to examine or deliberate carefully

อย่าง

yaang — Like; in a manner of, or type of

ถี่ถ้วน

thii thuaan — Thoroughly; carefully and in complete detail

พบ

phop — To find; to meet or discover something

จาก

jaak — From; originating from a source or place

ขัดใจ

khat jai — To displease; to go against one's wishes

ทั้งสอง

thang song — Both; referring to two things or people together

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating something distant

ค่า

khaa — Value; worth or fee of something

เกิน

koen — Exceeds; beyond a limit or too much

ภรรยา

phan-ra-yaa — Wife; a married woman in relation to husband

ก็

ko — Also; then, a discourse particle softening statements

แนะนำ

nae nam — To recommend; to suggest or introduce something

ปฏิเสธ

pa-ti-set — To refuse; to deny or reject an offer

เสีย

siia — To lose; damaged, wasted, or away particle

พูด

phuut — To speak; to talk or say something aloud

เช่น

chen — Such as; for example, used to illustrate

อย่างไร

yaang rai — How; in what way or manner something occurs

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared or along with something else

ยิ้ม

yim — To smile; to express happiness through facial expression

เบาๆ

bao bao — Gently; softly or lightly in manner

รู้

ruu — To know; to have knowledge or awareness of

เศร้าใจ

sao jai — Sad; feeling sorrow or grief in heart

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly or to a greater degree

เห็น

hen — To see; to perceive visually or notice something

ชอบ

choop — To like; to be fond of something or someone

พวก

phuak — Group; a bunch of people or things together

ลังเล

lang le — To hesitate; to waver or be indecisive about

สงสาร

song saan — To pity; to feel compassion for someone's misfortune

สถานการณ์

sa-thaan-kaan — Situation; a set of circumstances at a moment

มาก

maak — Very; much, a lot or in great quantity

นัก

nak — Too much; intensifier indicating excess or great degree

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back to a place

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward

ฤดูหนาว

rue-duu naao — Winter; the cold season of the year

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time

จำเป็น

jam pen — Necessary; required or essential for a purpose

ต่างๆ

taang taang — Various; many different kinds of things

นับ

nap — To count; to number or consider as significant

พัน

phan — Thousand; the number 1,000

เกิด

koet — To occur; to be born or happen suddenly

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; to rise or a directional particle upward

หก

hok — Six; the number 6

เดือน

duean — Month; one of twelve periods in a year

สิ้น

sin — End; to finish or run out completely

เชิง

choeng — Completely; manner or base of something abstract

มัน

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

ดู

duu — To look; to watch or appear a certain way

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to or resembling something else

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely or just a small amount

ข้อ

kho — Point; item, clause, or joint of something

เสนอแนะ

sa-noe nae — To suggest; to offer a recommendation or advice

แก่

kae — To; for, indicating recipient or old in age

เท่านั้น

thao nan — Only; nothing more than, just that alone

นึก

nuek — To think; to recall or imagine something mentally

ชั่ว

chua — Evil; wicked, or a brief moment of time

ขณะ

kha-na — Moment; a brief period of time or while

เหล่า

lao — Those; a plural marker for groups of people

แสดง

sa-daeng — To show; to perform or display something openly

ออก

ok — Out; to exit or express outwardly

เปิดเผย

poet phoei — To reveal; to disclose or make known openly

แยบยล

yaep yon — Subtle; clever and skillfully understated in approach

ใด

dai — Any; which, used in questions or indefinite reference

สามารถ

saa-maat — Able to; capable of doing something successfully

อิทธิพล

it-thi-phon — Influence; power to affect others or situations

หนุ่ม

num — Young man; a youthful male person

อิสระ

it-sa-ra — Free; independent or having personal liberty

ทุก

thuk — Every; all, each without exception