Pride and Prejudice — Page 6

Vocabulary

แต่

tàe — But; however; used to contrast ideas.

ท่ามกลาง

thâam glaang — Amid; in the middle of a situation.

ความกังวล

khwaam gang-won — Worry; anxiety; a state of concern.

ของ

khǎawng — Of; belonging to; possessive particle.

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun.

ต่อ

tàaw — Toward; against; per; connecting preposition.

ข้อบกพร่อง

khâaw bòk phrâawng — Flaw; defect; shortcoming in character or quality.

ญาติ

yâat — Relative; family member by blood or marriage.

สนิท

sà-nìt — Close; intimate; on familiar friendly terms.

และ

láe — And; conjunction joining words or clauses.

ความ

khwaam — Abstract noun prefix indicating a state or quality.

ไม่พอใจ

mâi phaw jai — Dissatisfied; displeased; not content with something.

การ

gaan — Noun prefix indicating an action or process.

พรรณนา

phan-na-naa — To describe; to depict in detail with words.

ถึง

thǔeng — To; until; reaching a point or destination.

พวกเขา

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

เช่นนี้

chên níi — Like this; in this manner or way.

ขอให้

khǎaw hâi — May; I wish that; expression of a wish.

มัน

man — It; informal third-person pronoun for things.

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; linking verb.

สิ่ง

sìng — Thing; object; an entity or matter.

ปลอบโยน

plàawp yoon — To comfort; to console someone feeling distressed.

ใจ

jai — Heart; mind; emotional center of a person.

เมื่อ

mûea — When; at the time that something occurred.

พิจารณา

phí-jaa-ra-naa — To consider; to deliberate carefully about something.

ว่า

wâa — That; quotative particle introducing reported speech.

ที่

thîi — That; which; relative pronoun or place marker.

ได้

dâai — Can; to be able to; completed action marker.

ประพฤติ

prà-phrút — To behave; to conduct oneself in a manner.

ตน

ton — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to oneself.

เพื่อ

phûea — In order to; for the purpose of doing.

หลีกเลี่ยง

lìik lîiang — To avoid; to evade something undesirable.

ถูก

thùuk — To be subjected to; passive voice marker.

ตำหนิ

tam-nì — To blame; to criticize someone for wrongdoing.

ใน

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

ลักษณะ

lák-sà-nà — Characteristic; trait; a distinguishing quality or feature.

เดียวกัน

diao gan — The same; identical; in the same manner.

นั้น

nán — That; those; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.

คำ

kham — Word; spoken utterance; a unit of speech.

ชมเชย

chom choei — To praise; to compliment someone for something.

ได้รับ

dâai ráp — To receive; to obtain something given by another.

มอบให้

mâawp hâi — To give; to present something to someone.

แก่

gàe — To; for; indirect object marker in Thai.

พี่สาว

phîi sǎao — Older sister; female sibling older than oneself.

คน

khon — Person; people; human being classifier.

โต

too — Big; grown; older or larger in size.

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner; like; a way of doing.

กว้างขวาง

gwâang khwǎang — Extensive; widespread; broad in scope or reach.

ไม่

mâi — Not; negation particle used before verbs.

น้อย

náawy — Little; few; small in amount or degree.

ไป

pai — To go; away; directional particle indicating motion.

กว่า

gwàa — Than; more than; comparative particle.

เกียรติ

gìiat — Honor; prestige; respected reputation or dignity.

สติปัญญา

sà-tì pan-yaa — Intelligence; intellect; wisdom and mental capacity.

อุปนิสัย

ùp-pà-ní-sǎi — Disposition; character; one's habitual personality traits.

ทั้ง

tháng — Both; all; entirety of a group or set.

คู่

khûu — Pair; couple; two things or people together.

ข้าพเจ้า

khâa phá jâo — I; me; formal first-person pronoun in Thai.

จะ

jà — Will; future tense marker indicating intention.

ขอ

khǎaw — To request; to ask for something politely.

กล่าว

glàao — To say; to speak formally or officially.

เพิ่มเติม

phôem toem — Additional; furthermore; to add more information.

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just a small amount.

จาก

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

เกิดขึ้น

gòet khûen — To occur; to happen; to come into existence.

คืน

khuuen — Night; to return; give back something.

ความเห็น

khwaam hěn — Opinion; view; one's personal perspective on something.

ทุก

thúk — Every; all; each one without exception.

ฝ่าย

fàai — Side; party; faction in a group or debate.

ยืนยัน

yuuen yan — To confirm; to affirm something as certain.

เหตุ

hèet — Cause; reason; the origin of an event.

จูงใจ

juung jai — To motivate; to persuade; to influence someone's feelings.

ประการ

prà-gaan — Point; aspect; a particular matter or issue.

ยิ่ง

yîng — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree.

ทวี

tha-wii — To multiply; to increase; to intensify greatly.

แรง

raeng — Strong; hard; powerful in force or intensity.

ขึ้น

khûen — Up; to increase; directional particle upward.

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which; that; relative pronoun linking clauses.

อาจ

àat — Might; may; expressing possibility or probability.

นำพา

nam phaa — To lead; to guide someone somewhere or along.

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating toward speaker.

ก่อน

gàawn — Before; first; prior to something else happening.

หน้า

nâa — Face; front; next; upcoming in sequence.

นี้

níi — This; these; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow; causative or benefactive marker.

รักษา

rák-sǎa — To maintain; to preserve; to take care of.

เพื่อน

phûean — Friend; companion; someone you are close to.

ไว้

wái — To keep; to retain; to set aside for later.

ถือ

thǔue — To hold; to consider; to regard something as.

ความสัมพันธ์

khwaam sǎm-phan — Relationship; bond; connection between people or things.

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is no; to lack; to not have.

ความสุข

khwaam sùk — Happiness; joy; a state of contentment.

ที่สุด

thîi sùt — Most; -est; superlative marker in Thai.

เขา

khǎo — He; she; him; her; third-person pronoun.

ออก

àawk — Out; to exit; directional particle away from center.

วัน

wan — Day; a unit of time spanning 24 hours.

ถัดมา

thàt maa — Following; the next one in a sequence.

ดัง

dang — As; like; loud; just as stated or known.

จดจำ

jòt jam — To remember; to memorize; to keep in mind.

แน่นอน

nâe naawn — Certainly; definitely; without any doubt at all.

โดย

dooi — By; through; indicating means or agent of action.

มี

mii — To have; there is; to possess or exist.

ตั้งใจ

tâng jai — To intend; to be determined; to focus effort.

กลับมา

glàp maa — To return; to come back to a place.

เร็วๆ

reo reo — Soon; quickly; in a very short time.

บทบาท

bòt-bàat — Role; part played by someone in a situation.

กระทำ

grà-tham — To act; to do; to carry out an action.

บัดนี้

bàt níi — Now; at this moment; formal word for currently.

อธิบาย

à-thí-baai — To explain; to clarify; to describe something clearly.

กังวลใจ

gang-won jai — To feel anxious; to be worried or troubled.

ปลุกเร้า

plùk ráo — To arouse; to stir up; to stimulate feelings.

เช่นเดียวกับ

chên diao gàp — Just as; similarly to; in the same way as.

ความรู้สึก

khwaam rúu-sùek — Feeling; emotion; a subjective inner experience.

ตรงกัน

trong gan — Matching; agreeing; corresponding exactly with each other.

เรา

rao — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.

ค้นพบ

khón phóp — To discover; to find something previously unknown.

ไม่ช้า

mâi cháa — Soon; before long; not taking much time.

ต่าง

tàang — Different; each; various or separately distinct.

ก็

gâaw — Also; then; particle showing consequence or addition.

รู้สึก

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

เวลา

wee-laa — Time; period; a specific moment or duration.

เสีย

sǐia — To lose; to waste; spoiled or damaged.

แยก

yâek — To separate; to split apart from each other.

พี่ชาย

phîi chaai — Older brother; male sibling older than oneself.

ออกมา

àawk maa — To come out; to emerge from inside somewhere.

จึง

jueng — Therefore; thus; as a result of something.

ตัดสินใจ

tàt-sǐn jai — To decide; to make up one's mind firmly.

พบ

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

โดยตรง

dooi trong — Directly; straightforwardly; without going through intermediaries.

ตาม

taam — According to; to follow; in accordance with.

ที่นั่น

thîi nân — There; at that place; in that location.

รีบ

rîip — To hurry; to rush; to act with urgency.

ดำเนินการ

dam-nooen gaan — To proceed; to carry out an operation or plan.

ชี้

chíi — To point; to indicate; to direct attention toward.

เห็น

hěn — To see; to perceive visually or mentally.

อันตราย

an-ta-raai — Danger; hazard; a situation posing serious risk.

เลือก

lûeak — To choose; to select from available options.

เช่น

chên — Such as; for example; like in comparison.

ย้ำเตือน

yám tuean — To remind; to emphasize; to warn someone repeatedly.

เหล่า

lào — Those; a group of; plural marker for people.

จริงจัง

jing jang — Serious; earnest; with genuine seriousness of purpose.

ไม่ว่า

mâi wâa — Regardless of; no matter; whether or not.

ทักท้วง

thák thúang — To object; to raise a concern or protest.

ทำให้

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

สั่นคลอน

sân khlaawn — To shake; to destabilize; to cause uncertainty or doubt.

หรือ

rǔue — Or; question particle at the end of sentences.

ชะลอ

chá-law — To slow down; to delay; to reduce speed.

เพียงใด

phiang dai — How much; to whatever extent; however much.

ก็ตาม

gâaw taam — Anyway; regardless; no matter what the case.

คิด

khít — To think; to consider; to use one's mind.

สามารถ

sǎa-mâat — Can; to be capable of doing something.

ป้องกัน

pâawng gan — To prevent; to protect; to defend against something.

แต่งงาน

tàeng ngaan — To marry; to get married; to wed someone.

ท้ายที่สุด

tháai thîi sùt — Finally; ultimately; in the end of everything.

หาก

hàak — If; in the event that; conditional conjunction.

ไม่ได้

mâi dâai — Cannot; did not; negates ability or past action.

รับ

ráp — To receive; to accept; to take something offered.

สนับสนุน

sà-nàp sà-nǔn — To support; to back up; to encourage someone.

ลังเล

lang-lee — To hesitate; to be indecisive; to waver in mind.

เรื่อง

rûeang — Matter; story; topic or subject being discussed.

เฉยเมย

chǒei moei — Indifferent; apathetic; showing no interest or concern.

น้องสาว

náawng sǎao — Younger sister; female sibling younger than oneself.