The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 8

Vocabulary

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun in Thai

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; be required to do something

ไป

pai — To go; move away from the current location

คน

khon — Person; people; human being

เดียว

diao — Single; alone; only one

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing up to now

กลาง

klang — Middle; center; in the midst of

ป่า

pa — Forest; jungle; wild wooded area

ที่

thi — Place; at; relative pronoun marker

รู้

ru — To know; to be aware of something

ว่า

wa — That; to say; complementizer linking clauses

มี

mi — To have; there is; to exist

ไม้

mai — Wood; tree; wooden material

น้ำ

nam — Water; liquid; fluid substance

เน่า

nao — Rotten; decayed; putrid matter

และ

lae — And; also; connecting words or clauses

พอดี

pho di — Just right; exactly fitting; perfectly suitable

เที่ยง

thiang — Noon; midday; exactly twelve o'clock

คืน

khuen — Night; nighttime; also means to return something

ก็

ko — Also; then; discourse particle linking statements

เดิน

doen — To walk; to move on foot

ถอย

thoi — To retreat; step back; move backward

หลัง

lang — Back; behind; rear of something

ชิด

chit — Close; near; pressed tightly against something

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; completed action marker

ยัด

yat — To stuff; cram; push something forcibly inside

มือ

mue — Hand; the body part used for grasping

เข้า

khao — To enter; go into; inward direction

พูด

phut — To speak; to talk; to say words

ข้าว

khao — Rice; cooked rice; staple Thai food

กลืน

kluen — To swallow; ingest food or liquid down throat

พวก

phuak — Group; bunch; a collection of people

นี้

ni — This; referring to something nearby or present

ซะ

sa — Emphatic particle indicating completion or urging action

ออก

ok — To exit; go out; outward direction

อย่าง

yang — Way; manner; type; kind of something

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast; quick; rapid in movement or action

สิบ

sip — Ten; the number ten

เอ็ด

et — One; used in eleven (สิบเอ็ด); colloquial number

ก้าว

kao — Step; stride; one movement of the foot

โดย

doi — By; through; by means of something

หลับ

lap — To sleep; to be asleep; eyes closed

ตา

ta — Eye; the organ of sight; also maternal grandfather

หมุน

mun — To spin; rotate; turn around in circles

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

สาม

sam — Three; the number three

รอบ

rop — Round; time; rotation; circle around something

กลับ

klap — To return; go back to a previous place

บ้าน

ban — House; home; place where one lives

ไม่

mai — No; not; negation particle in Thai

กับ

kap — With; together with; and; accompanying someone

ใคร

khrai — Who; whoever; anyone; interrogative pronoun

ทั้ง

thang — All; both; entire; the whole of something

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something distant or previously mentioned

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; the reason for something

ถ้า

tha — If; in the case that; conditional conjunction

คาถา

kha-tha — Magic spell; incantation; mystical chant or charm

จะ

cha — Will; going to; future tense marker

ใช้

chai — To use; to utilize; to employ something

ได้

dai — Can; able to; to get; to obtain

ผล

phon — Result; fruit; outcome of an action

อืม

uem — Hmm; interjection expressing thought or hesitation

ฟัง

fang — To listen; to hear attentively to something

ดู

du — To look; to watch; to observe something

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; resembling something else

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; to become something

วิธี

wi-thi — Method; way; procedure for doing something

ดี

di — Good; well; of high quality or character

แต่

tae — But; however; except; contrastive conjunction

นั่น

nan — That; that one over there; demonstrative pronoun

ใช่

chai — Yes; correct; that's right; affirmative answer

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action

หรอก

rok — Particle softening denial or dismissal of statement

ครับ

khrap — Polite particle used by male speakers in Thai

วาง

wang — To place; put down; set something somewhere

ใจ

chai — Heart; mind; inner feelings or spirit

เลย

loei — At all; so; then; emphatic or resultative particle

เขา

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

เด็ก

dek — Child; kid; young person of small age

ผู้ชาย

phu chai — Man; male person; adult male human

มาก

mak — Much; many; a lot; very; in large quantity

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most; the most extreme degree of something

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or thing

เมือง

mueang — City; town; urban settlement or municipality

คง

khong — Probably; likely; presumably; expressing assumption

ติด

tit — To stick; be attached; be addicted to something

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun used informally

เอา

ao — To take; get; want; to bring or grab

จาก

chak — From; away from; originating at a place

นับ

nap — To count; to number; to enumerate items

พัน

phan — Thousand; the number one thousand

ด้วย

duai — Also; too; with; as well as something

แหละ

lae — Emphatic particle confirming or stressing a statement

เล่น

len — To play; to perform; to engage in fun

กบ

kop — Frog; a small amphibian living near water

จน

chon — Until; poor; up to the point of

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; rise; increase; move in upward direction

เยอะ

yoe — A lot; many; much; large quantity colloquially

อยู่

yu — To live; to stay; to be located somewhere

เสมอ

sàmoe — Always; equal; even; consistently without exception

บาง

bang — Some; thin; certain; not all of something

ที

thi — Time; occasion; once; a single instance

มัน

man — It; he/she informally; also means potato or fat

ถั่ว

thua — Bean; nut; legume used in Thai cooking

นะ

na — Softening particle seeking agreement or adding friendliness

เคย

khoei — To have ever done; used to do something

แบบ

baep — Style; type; pattern; kind or manner of something

จริง

ching — True; real; genuine; actually the case

หรือ

rue — Or; whether; question particle in Thai

ไง

ngai — How; why; informal question or emphasis particle

มา

ma — To come; move toward the speaker's location

ผ่า

pha — To split; cleave; cut open something forcefully

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of something

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative or purposive marker

เลือด

lueat — Blood; the red fluid in living bodies

ทา

tha — To apply; spread onto a surface; to smear

ลง

long — Down; descend; move in downward direction

บน

bon — On; above; on top of a surface

ชิ้น

chin — Piece; chunk; classifier for pieces of things

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one; a single unit

ขุด

khut — To dig; excavate; burrow into the ground

หลุม

lum — Hole; pit; a hollow dug in ground

ฝัง

fang — To bury; to embed something into the ground

ตอน

ton — When; at the time of; episode or period

สี่แยก

si yaek — Intersection; crossroads; four-way road junction

แสง

saeng — Light; ray; beam of illumination or brightness

จันทร์

chan — Moon; Monday; the lunar celestial body

เผา

phao — To burn; to cremate; to set on fire

เหลือ

luea — To remain; leftover; having something left over

ทิ้ง

thing — To throw away; discard; abandon something or someone