Pride and Prejudice — Page 4

Vocabulary

หาก

haak — If; used to introduce a conditional clause

เธอ

thoe — She, her, or you (informal/feminine)

ไม่

mai — No, not; general negation word

เคย

khoei — Ever, used to; indicates past experience

พบ

phop — To meet, encounter, or find someone

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her, they (third person)

ที่

thii — At, which, that; place or relative pronoun

อาจ

aat — Might, may; expresses possibility or uncertainty

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought

ว่า

waa — That; introduces reported speech or a clause

สามารถ

saa-maat — To be able to, can; indicates capability

มา

maa — To come; also indicates action toward speaker

นั่น

nan — That (thing); demonstrative pronoun for distance

โดย

dooi — By, via; indicates means or agent

มี

mii — To have, there is/are; indicates existence

จุดประสงค์

jut-pra-song — Purpose, intention, or objective of an action

อื่น

uuen — Other, another; refers to something different

นอก

nook — Outside, beyond; opposite of inside

จาก

jaak — From; indicates origin or departure point

ได้

dai — Can, could; also marks past or successful action

ประกาศ

pra-kaat — To announce, declare, or make publicly known

ไว้

wai — Keep, retain; marks action done in advance

แต่

tae — But, however; introduces a contrasting clause

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates ongoing or continuing state

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expresses reasonable assumption

โน้มเอียง

noom-iang — To lean toward, incline, or be biased

ไป

pai — To go; also indicates action away from speaker

ทาง

thaang — Way, direction, path, or side

และ

lae — And; connects words, phrases, or clauses

ก็

ko — Also, then, too; connective or filler particle

ลังเล

lang-lee — To hesitate, waver, or be undecided

ระหว่าง

ra-waang — Between, among, during; indicates position or time

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizer prefix creating abstract nouns from verbs

เป็น

pen — To be, to become; general linking verb

จะ

ja — Will, going to; marks future tense intention

รับ

rap — To receive, accept, or take something offered

อนุญาต

a-nu-yaat — To permit, allow, or grant permission

เพื่อน

phuean — Friend, companion; someone close to you

หรือ

ruue — Or; presents alternatives or asks yes/no questions

กล้า

klaa — To dare, be brave enough to do something

พอ

phoo — Enough, sufficient; also means just as/when

อย่างไหน

yaang-nai — Which kind, which way; asks for a choice

มาก

maak — Much, many, a lot; indicates large quantity

กว่า

kwaa — More than, -er than; used in comparisons

กัน

kan — Each other, together; marks reciprocal action

มัน

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

ช่าง

chaang — How (exclamatory); expresses strong sentiment

โหดร้าย

hoot-raai — Cruel, brutal, savage; describes harsh behavior

นัก

nak — Very, extremely; intensifier following adjectives

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition of location

บาง

baang — Some, certain; refers to a subset of things

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, occasion, instance; counts occurrences

ชาย

chaai — Man, male; refers to a male person

ผู้

phuu — Person who; nominalizer prefix for people

น่าสงสาร

naa-song-saan — Pitiful, pitiable; deserving of sympathy or pity

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

นี้

nii — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

บ้าน

baan — House, home; one's place of residence

หลัง

lang — Behind, after; also classifier for buildings

เช่า

chao — To rent, lease; pay for temporary use

อย่าง

yaang — Kind, manner, way; also used as intensifier

ถูก

thuuk — Correct, cheap; also passive voice marker

กฎหมาย

kot-maai — Law, legislation; official rules of a society

ก่อ

ko — To cause, create, or give rise to something

ให้

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

เกิด

koet — To occur, happen, be born; come into existence

การ

kaan — Nominalizer for actions or activities; the act of

คาดเดา

khaat-dao — To guess, speculate, or make a conjecture

เหล่า

lao — These, those; plural marker for groups of people

ทั้งหมด

thang-mot — All, everything, the whole; total without exception

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun (informal/feminine)

ปล่อย

ploi — To release, let go, or leave alone

อยู่

yuu — To stay, live, be located; continuous aspect marker

ตาม

taam — According to, follow, along; in accordance with

ลำพัง

lam-phang — Alone, by oneself; without others present

แม้

mae — Even though, although; concessive conjunction

สิ่ง

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

น้องสาว

nong-saao — Younger sister; female sibling younger than you

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ออก

ook — Out, exit; indicates outward direction or departure

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe, trust, have faith in someone

จริงจัง

jing-jang — Serious, earnest, genuinely committed to something

คือ

khuue — Is, means, namely; equating or defining something

ความรู้สึก

khwaam-ruu-suek — Feeling, emotion, sense; inner emotional experience

ตนเอง

ton-eeng — Oneself, themselves; reflexive pronoun

คาดหวัง

khaat-wang — To expect, hope for; anticipate a desired outcome

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; also means 'about/regarding'

มาถึง

maa-thueng — To arrive at, reach a destination or point

สังเกต

sang-koet — To observe, notice, pay careful attention to

ยาก

yaak — Difficult, hard; not easy to do or achieve

จิตใจ

jit-jai — Mind, heart, spirit; one's inner mental state

ผล

phon — Result, effect, outcome; also means fruit

กระทบ

kra-thop — To affect, impact, or collide with something

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, subject, about; topic or affair

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative adjective for a known thing

วุ่นวาย

wun-waai — Chaotic, hectic, turbulent; full of confusion

ผันแปร

phan-praae — To change, vary, fluctuate; shift unpredictably

เห็น

hen — To see, observe; perceive with the eyes

บ่อย

boi — Often, frequently; happening many times

หัวข้อ

hua-kho — Topic, subject heading; main point of discussion

พ่อแม่

phoo-mae — Parents; father and mother together

พวกเธอ

phuak-thoe — They, them (informal); refers to a group

ถก

thok — To debate, discuss, or argue a point

เถียง

thiang — To argue, dispute, or contradict someone

ดุเดือด

du-dueat — Fierce, intense, heated; describes heated arguments

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction

ราว

raao — About, approximately; indicates rough estimate

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one or a/an

ปี

pii — Year; a unit of time equal to twelve months

ก่อน

kon — Before, prior to; earlier in time or order

บัดนี้

bat-nii — Now, at this moment; formal word for currently

หยิบ

yip — To pick up, grab; take something with fingers

ยก

yok — To lift, raise, or bring up a topic

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, upward; indicates increase or upward motion

อีก

iik — Again, more, another; indicates repetition or addition

ทันที

than-thii — Immediately, at once; without any delay

คุณ

khun — You (polite); also a respectful title like Mr/Ms

ที่รัก

thii-rak — Dear, beloved, darling; affectionate term of address

นาง

naang — Mrs., madam; title for a married woman

กล่าว

klaao — To say, state, speak; formal word for saying

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expresses obligation or necessity

เยี่ยม

yiam — To visit; also means excellent, great

แน่นอน

nae-non — Certainly, of course; expresses definite agreement

ไม่เอา

mai-ao — To not want, refuse; declining something offered

บังคับ

bang-khap — To force, compel, or enforce a rule

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then; indicates completion of an action

สัญญา

san-yaa — Promise, contract; a commitment or agreement made

แต่งงาน

taeng-ngaan — To marry, get married; enter into marriage

กับ

kap — With, to, and; indicates accompaniment or connection

ลูกสาว

luuk-saao — Daughter; a female child of a parent

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

เกิดขึ้น

koet-khuen — To happen, occur, take place; come about

ยอม

yoom — To yield, agree, consent, or give in

ใช้

chai — To use, utilize, employ something for a purpose

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform; general action verb

ธุระ

thu-ra — Business, errand, personal matter to attend to

โง่

ngoo — Stupid, foolish, dumb; lacking intelligence

ๆ

(mai yamok) — Repetition mark; doubles preceding word for plurality/emphasis

ภรรยา

phan-ra-yaa — Wife; a female spouse in a marriage

ชี้แจง

chii-jaeng — To clarify, explain, or make something clear

แสดง

sa-daeng — To show, display, perform, or demonstrate

เอาใจใส่

ao-jai-sai — To pay attention, care for, show concern

เช่น

chen — Such as, for example; introduces examples

สุภาพบุรุษ

su-phaap-bu-rut — Gentleman; a polite, well-mannered male person

ละแวก

la-waek — Neighborhood, vicinity, surrounding area nearby

ใกล้เคียง

klai-khiang — Nearby, adjacent, in the vicinity of something

ทุก

thuk — Every, all, each; refers to all without exception

จำเป็น

jam-pen — Necessary, essential; required or unavoidably needed

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more, increasingly; intensifies a comparison

กลับ

klap — To return, go back; also reversal of action

_มารยาท_

maa-ra-yaat — Manners, etiquette, polite behavior in society

เหยียดหยาม

yiat-yaam — To scorn, look down on, treat with contempt