Pride and Prejudice — Page 9

Vocabulary

จดหมาย

jot-maai — A written letter or piece of correspondence

ของ

khong — Belonging to; possessive particle indicating ownership

และ

lae — And; conjunction joining words or clauses

หลังจาก

lang-jaak — After; following a particular event or time

ที่

thii — At, which, that; relative pronoun or location marker

หัวเราะเยาะ

hua-ro-yo — To laugh mockingly or scornfully at someone

เธอ

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

อยู่

yuu — To be located; to stay or exist somewhere

ครู่หนึ่ง

khruu-nueng — A moment; a short period of time

ก็

ko — Then, also; discourse particle showing consequence

ยอม

yom — To yield, accept, or give in to something

ให้

hai — To give; causative particle meaning to allow

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

ที่สุด

thii-sut — Most, extreme; superlative marker in Thai

โดย

doi — By, via; indicates agent or method of action

กล่าว

klaao — To say, state, or declare something formally

ขณะ

kha-na — While, during; a moment or period of time

ออก

ok — To exit, go out, or come out of somewhere

จาก

jaak — From; indicating origin or departure point

ห้อง

hong — A room inside a building or house

ว่า

waa — That; quotative particle introducing reported speech

ถ้า

thaa — If; conditional conjunction introducing hypothetical clause

หนุ่มๆ

num-num — Young men; plural of young male person

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

ไหน

nai — Which, where; interrogative word asking location or choice

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward

หา

haa — To look for, seek, or visit someone

หรือ

rue — Or; conjunction presenting alternatives or asking confirmation

เขา

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

เข้า

khao — To enter, go into a place or state

เลย

loei — So, at all; emphatic or resultative discourse particle

เพราะ

phro — Because; conjunction giving reason or cause

ฉัน

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

ว่าง

waang — Free, vacant, available; having no obligations or commitments

มาก

maak — Very, much, many; intensifier of degree or quantity

ทีเดียว

thii-diao — Indeed, quite, very; emphatic intensifier in Thai

บัดนี้

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

จิตใจ

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

ได้รับ

dai-rap — To receive, obtain, or get something from someone

การ

kaan — Action, process; nominalizer prefix for verbal nouns

ปลดเปลื้อง

plot-plueang — To relieve, free from burden or obligation

ภาระ

phaa-ra — Burden, responsibility, duty one must carry

อัน

an — A classifier for small objects; also a relative pronoun

หนัก

nak — Heavy; difficult or burdensome in weight or severity

อึ้ง

ueng — Speechless, stunned, at a loss for words

นั่ง

nang — To sit; to be seated in a position

ครุ่นคิด

khrun-khit — To ponder, contemplate, or think deeply about something

อย่าง

yaang — In a manner of; adverbial particle describing how

สงบ

sa-ngop — Calm, peaceful, tranquil; free from disturbance

เอง

eng — Self, oneself; reflexive or emphatic pronoun particle

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating state or identity

เวลา

we-laa — Time; a period or duration of time

ครึ่ง

khrueng — Half; one of two equal parts of something

ชั่วโมง

chua-moong — Hour; a unit of time equal to sixty minutes

สามารถ

saa-maat — Can, able to; indicating capability or possibility

ร่วม

ruam — To join, participate together with others

กับ

kap — With, and; preposition linking people or things together

อื่นๆ

uen-uen — Others, other things; referring to remaining items

ได้

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

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; additive or accompaniment particle

อาการ

aa-kaan — Condition, symptom, manner; state of a person

พอสมควร

pho-som-khuan — Reasonably, fairly, moderately; to a suitable degree

ทุกอย่าง

thuk-yaang — Everything, all things; referring to the whole totality

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicating an ongoing or continuing state

สดใหม่

sot-mai — Fresh, new; recently occurred and still vivid

เกิน

koen — Too, exceeding; beyond a limit or threshold

กว่า

kwaa — More than, than; comparative particle in Thai

จะ

ja — Will, going to; future tense or intention marker

รื่นเริง

ruen-roeng — Cheerful, merry, joyful; in a festive happy mood

แต่

tae — But, however; conjunction showing contrast or exception

ค่ำคืน

kham-khuun — Night, evening; the nighttime hours of the day

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant

ผ่าน

phaan — To pass, go through or by something

ไม่มี

mai-mii — There is none; lacking or without something

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter; a general noun for items

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

น่า

naa — Worth, deserving of; prefix making adjectives expressing worthiness

หวาดกลัว

waat-klua — To fear, dread; feeling of terror or fright

อีก

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

ต่อ

to — Toward, against, per; continuation or directional preposition

ความสบายใจ

khwaam-sa-baai-jai — Peace of mind; feeling of mental comfort and ease

ความ

khwaam — Abstract noun prefix creating nouns from adjectives or verbs

ผ่อนคลาย

phon-khlaai — To relax, unwind, ease tension from the body

คุ้นเคย

khun-khoei — Familiar, accustomed to; knowing something from experience

ถึง

thueng — Until, reaching, to; arriving at a point or place

เมื่อ

mueа — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction

มารดา

maan-daa — Mother; formal or literary word for one's mother

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, to rise; directional particle indicating upward movement

แต่งตัว

taeng-tua — To dress, get dressed; to put on clothing

ตอน

ton — Period, episode, when; a segment of time or story

กลางคืน

klaang-khuun — Nighttime; the middle portion of the night

ตาม

taam — According to, following, along; in accordance with something

แจ้ง

jaeng — To inform, notify, report; to make known to someone

ข่าว

khaao — News, information; reported events or announcements

สำคัญ

sam-khan — Important, significant; of great value or consequence

ผล

phon — Result, outcome, fruit; consequence of an action

อัศจรรย์

at-sa-jan — Wonderful, amazing, miraculous; causing great astonishment

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more, increasingly; intensifier showing greater degree

นัก

nak — Very, extremely; intensifier used after adjectives

ได้ยิน

dai-yin — To hear; to perceive sound with one's ears

ครั้งแรก

khrang-raek — First time; the initial occurrence of something

นาง

naang — Mrs., woman; title for a married or adult woman

นิ่ง

ning — Still, motionless, silent; without movement or sound

ไม่สามารถ

mai-saa-maat — Unable to, cannot; lacking the ability to do

เปล่ง

pleng — To emit, utter, produce sound or light

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, noise; audio produced by vibration

แม้แต่

mae-tae — Even, not even; emphasizing the least expected case

พยางค์

pha-yaang — Syllable; a unit of pronunciation in a word

เดียว

diao — Single, alone, only one; indicating singularity

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; indicating necessity or obligation

ใช้

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

นาน

naan — Long, a long time; extended duration of time

หลาย

laai — Many, several, multiple; an unspecified large number

นาที

naa-thii — Minute; a unit of time equal to sixty seconds

เข้าใจ

khao-jai — To understand, comprehend; to grasp the meaning

ทั้งๆ

thang-thang — Even though, despite; concessive conjunction showing contrast

ปกติ

pa-ka-ti — Normal, usual, ordinary; as is customarily the case

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then; completion marker or sequence connector

ไม่เคย

mai-khoei — Never, have never; indicates something has not occurred

ลังเล

lang-le — To hesitate, waver; being uncertain about a decision

เชื่อ

chueа — To believe, trust; to accept as true or reliable

ประโยชน์

pra-yoot — Benefit, advantage, usefulness; value gained from something

แก่

kae — To, for; preposition indicating recipient or beneficiary

ครอบครัว

khrop-khrua — Family; a group of related people living together

รูป

ruup — Form, shape, figure; also a classifier for people

ชาย

chaai — Male, man, boy; masculine gender in Thai

รัก

rak — To love; having deep affection for someone

ลูกๆ

luuk-luuk — Children; one's sons and daughters collectively

เริ่ม

roem — To begin, start; to commence an action or process

ฟื้นตัว

fuuen-tua — To recover, regain composure; returning to normal state

ยุกยิก

yuk-yik — Fidgety, restless; unable to sit or stay still

บน

bon — On, upon, above; indicating position on a surface

เก้าอี้

kao-ii — Chair; a seat with a back for one person

ลุก

luk — To get up, rise; to stand up from sitting

ลง

long — Down, to descend; directional particle indicating downward movement

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance, occurrence; classifier for repeated events

พิศวง

phit-sa-wong — Astonished, bewildered, filled with wonder

งงงัน

ngong-ngan — Confused, baffled, bewildered; unable to understand clearly

อวยพร

uai-phon — To bless, wish well; to offer good wishes to someone

ตัวเอง

tua-eng — Oneself, myself, yourself; reflexive pronoun in Thai

พระเจ้า

phra-jao — God, lord; a divine supreme being or deity

โอ้โห

o-ho — Wow, oh my; exclamation of surprise or admiration

ขอ

kho — To request, ask for; to seek permission or something

คิด

khit — To think, consider; to have thoughts in one's mind

ดูสิ

duu-si — Look!, just look; exclamation urging someone to see

นี่

nii — This, here; demonstrative pronoun for nearby object

มัน

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

จริง

jing — True, real, genuine; conforming to fact or reality

คุณ

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

ใคร

khrai — Who, someone; interrogative or indefinite pronoun for people

คาด

khaat — To expect, predict, anticipate; to estimate an outcome

เล่า

lao — Particle asking for confirmation or emphasis at sentence end

ความจริง

khwaam-jing — Truth, reality; that which is actually the case

โอ้

o — Oh; exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, or emotion

ที่รัก

thii-rak — Dear, beloved; term of endearment for someone loved

แม่

mae — Mother, mom; informal word for one's mother

ร่ำรวย

ram-ruai — Wealthy, rich, affluent; having abundant financial resources

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying-yai — Great, magnificent, grand; impressively large or important

เพียงใด

phiang-dai — How much, to what extent; asking degree or amount

เงิน

ngoen — Money, silver; currency used for transactions

ค่าใช้จ่าย

khaa-chai-jaai — Expenses, costs; money spent on goods or services

ส่วนตัว

suan-tua — Personal, private; relating to one's individual self

เครื่องประดับ

khrueang-pra-dap — Jewelry, ornaments, accessories; decorative items worn on body

รถม้า

rot-maa — Carriage, horse-drawn vehicle; transport pulled by horses

ทั้งหมด

thang-mot — All, everything, entirely; the complete whole amount