Pride and Prejudice — Page 18

Vocabulary

ท่าน

than — Respectful pronoun for you or a respected person

จะ

ja — Future tense marker; will, going to

อนุญาต

a-nu-yat — To permit or allow something officially

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker meaning to let or make

ข้าพเจ้า

kha-pha-jao — Formal first-person pronoun meaning I or me

หรือ

rue — Or; used to connect alternatives or form questions

ขอ

kho — To request or ask for something politely

มาก

mak — Much, many, a lot; indicates high degree

เกินไป

koen pai — Too much; excessively beyond an acceptable level

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle in Thai

ที่

thi — At, which, that; place marker or relative pronoun

แนะนำ

nae-nam — To introduce or recommend someone or something

น้องสาว

nong sao — Younger sister in family relationship

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ได้

dai — Can, able to; past tense or success marker

รู้จัก

ru jak — To know or be acquainted with someone

กับ

kap — With; together with another person or thing

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

ระหว่าง

ra-wang — Between, during, among two or more things

พำนัก

pham-nak — To reside or stay temporarily at a place

อยู่

yu — To be, to stay, to live somewhere

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer prefix indicating abstract concept or state

ประหลาดใจ

pra-lat jai — To be surprised or astonished by something unexpected

ต่อ

to — Toward, per, next, to continue onto something

คำขอ

kham kho — A request or appeal made to someone

เช่น

chen — Such as, for example, like something mentioned

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying yai — Grand, magnificent, great in scale or importance

นัก

nak — Very, intensifier; expert or specialist in something

จน

jon — Until, to the point that; also means poor

เธอ

thoe — She, her, you; informal pronoun mostly for females

อาจ

at — Might, may, possibly; expresses uncertainty or possibility

รู้

ru — To know information or a fact

ว่า

wa — That; introduces a clause or reported speech

ตน

ton — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

เอง

eng — Oneself, itself; emphasizes doing something personally

ตอบรับ

top rap — To accept or respond positively to an offer

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away from speaker

ลักษณะ

lak-sa-na — Characteristic, manner, or quality describing something

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or indefinite determiner

รู้สึก

ru-suek — To feel or sense an emotion or sensation

ทันที

than thi — Immediately, instantly, right away without delay

ปรารถนา

prat-tha-na — To wish, desire, or long for something deeply

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expresses necessity or obligation

เป็น

pen — To be; links subject with predicate or state

ฝีมือ

fi mue — Skill, craftsmanship, or ability in doing something

พี่ชาย

phi chai — Older brother in family relationship

แน่นอน

nae non — Certainly, definitely, of course; expressing certainty

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

โดย

doi — By, through, via; indicates means or agent

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have an opinion

ต่อไป

to pai — To continue, go on, hereafter, from now on

อีก

ik — More, again, another; indicates addition or repetition

มัน

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

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; cohesive discourse particle

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter; general noun for anything

น่า

na — Should be, worthy of; precedes adjectives for desirability

พอใจ

pho jai — Satisfied, content, pleased with a situation

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, done; indicates completion of action

ยินดี

yin di — Pleased, glad, welcome; expressing happiness or willingness

ขุ่นเคือง

khun khueang — To be annoyed, resentful, or displeased about something

เขา

khao — He, she, they; third-person pronoun

มิได้

mi dai — Did not, have not; formal negation of past action

ร้าย

rai — Bad, wicked, harmful; describes negative quality

อย่าง

yang — Type, kind, manner; adverb marker like or as

จริงจัง

ching chang — Serious, earnest, genuine in attitude or intention

บัดนี้

bat ni — Now, at this moment; formal word for presently

ทั้งสอง

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

เดิน

doen — To walk, to move on foot

เงียบงัน

ngiap ngan — Silent, completely quiet, without any sound

ต่างคน

tang khon — Each person separately, each one individually

ต่างก็

tang ko — Each also; each one respectively doing the same

จม

jom — To sink, be immersed or absorbed into something

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought, idea, or opinion in one's mind

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot, could not; negates ability or past action

สบายใจ

sa-bai jai — At ease, comfortable, relaxed in mind

นั่น

nan — That; emphatic demonstrative pronoun indicating something specific

เป็นไป

pen pai — To be possible, to happen, to go along

แต่

tae — But, however; conjunction showing contrast

ลิงโลด

ling lot — Excited, elated, jumping for joy enthusiastically

คำ

kham — Word, syllable; unit of spoken or written language

ชมเชย

chom choei — To praise, compliment, or express admiration for someone

สูงสุด

sung sut — Highest, supreme, at the maximum level

ไม่ช้า

mai cha — Soon, before long, in a short while

แซงหน้า

saeng na — To overtake, surpass, or get ahead of someone

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

อื่นๆ

uen uen — Others, other ones; additional people or things

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that something occurred

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; plural third-person pronoun

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; until, about, regarding

รถม้า

rot ma — Carriage, horse-drawn vehicle for transportation

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun or honorific title

คุณนาย

khun nai — Mrs., Madam; respectful title for a married woman

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates ongoing or incomplete state

ข้างหลัง

khang lang — Behind, at the back, in the rear

ห่าง

hang — Far, distant, away from something or someone

ออกไป

ok pai — To go out, exit, move away from here

ประมาณ

pra-man — Approximately, about, roughly a certain amount

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one or an indefinite article

แปด

paet — Eight; the number eight

ไมล์

mail — Mile; unit of distance measurement

จากนั้น

jak nan — After that, then, from that point onward

เชิญ

choen — To invite or politely request someone to do something

เข้าไป

khao pai — To go inside, enter into a place

บ้าน

ban — House, home; place where one lives

บอก

bok — To tell, say, or inform someone something

เหนื่อย

nueai — Tired, weary, exhausted from effort or activity

ยืน

yuen — To stand, to be in an upright position

ด้วยกัน

duai kan — Together, jointly, alongside one another

บน

bon — On, on top of, above a surface

สนามหญ้า

sa-nam ya — Lawn, grassy yard or field around a building

ยาม

yam — During a time; guard, watchman; period of time

มี

mi — To have, there is, there are

หลาย

lai — Many, several, numerous in quantity

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say something verbally

เงียบ

ngiap — Quiet, silent, without noise or sound

อึดอัด

uet at — Uncomfortable, awkward, feeling confined or ill at ease

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more, increasingly; intensifier for comparisons

อยาก

yak — To want, desire, feel like doing something

ดูเหมือน

du muean — To seem, appear, look as if something is so

ทุก

thuk — Every, all, each; refers to entirety of a group

หัวข้อ

hua kho — Topic, subject, heading of discussion or writing

ถูก

thuk — To be correct; passive marker; inexpensive

ปิดกั้น

pit kan — To block, obstruct, or prevent passage or progress

ไว้

wai — To keep, place, retain; marks action kept in reserve

หมด

mot — All gone, used up, finished, depleted entirely

ที่สุด

thi sut — The most, superlative marker; the ultimate extreme

นึก

nuek — To think of, recall, or bring to mind

ขึ้นมา

khuen ma — To come up, arise, emerge into thought or view

เพิ่ง

phoeng — Just, just now; recently completed action

เดินทาง

doen thang — To travel, make a journey to somewhere

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward the speaker

พูดคุย

phut khui — To chat, converse, talk informally with someone

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, subject, issue being discussed

พากเพียร

phak phian — To persevere, be diligent and persistent in effort

กระนั้น

kra-nan — Even so, nevertheless, despite that situation

เวลา

we-la — Time, period, moment; when something occurs

ป้า

pa — Aunt; older woman, father or mother's older sister

เคลื่อนผ่าน

khluean phan — To move through or pass by something slowly

ช้าๆ

cha cha — Slowly, at a leisurely unhurried pace

อดทน

ot thon — To endure, be patient, tolerate difficulty

รวมถึง

ruam thueng — Including, encompassing, as well as something else

เกือบ

kueap — Almost, nearly, close to but not quite

หมดสิ้น

mot sin — Completely finished, entirely gone, totally exhausted

ลง

long — Down, to decrease; directional particle downward

ก่อน

kon — Before, first, prior to something else occurring

การ

kan — Nominalizer for actions or activities; the act of

สนทนา

son-tha-na — To converse, have a formal or polite conversation

แบบ

baep — Style, type, pattern, form or manner of something

สอง

song — Two; the number two

สิ้นสุด

sin sut — To end, conclude, terminate at a final point

เกี่ยวกับ

kiao kap — About, concerning, related to a topic