The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 3

Vocabulary

เขา

khao — He, she, or they (third person pronoun)

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle in Thai

เคย

khoei — Ever, used to; indicating past experience

ตั้งใจ

tang jai — To intend, be determined, pay attention

ทำร้าย

tham raai — To harm, hurt, or injure someone

ใคร

khrai — Who, anyone, someone (interrogative pronoun)

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

เขา

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

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating state or identity

เด็ก

dek — Child, kid, young person

ผู้ชาย

phu chaai — Man, male person, boy

ที่

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

มี

mii — To have, there is, there are

จิตใจ

jit jai — Mind, heart, spirit, inner feelings

ดี

dii — Good, kind, fine, excellent

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most, the most; superlative intensifier

เท่าที่

thao thi — As much as, to the extent that

มา

maa — To come; directional particle toward speaker

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, after that; completion marker

เธอ

thoe — You, she; second or third person pronoun

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; conjunctive particle

เริ่ม

roem — To begin, start doing something

ร้องไห้

rong hai — To cry, weep, shed tears

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ฉัน

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

แบบ

baep — Style, type, kind, manner, pattern

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun (farther)

แหละ

lae — Exactly, that's it; emphatic particle

ซน

son — Naughty, mischievous, playfully disobedient

เต็มที่

tem thi — Fully, to the fullest extent, completely

อยู่

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

เสมอ

saamoe — Always, consistently, equally, regularly

คิด

khit — To think, consider, contemplate

แต่

tae — But, only, however; contrastive conjunction

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, issue, affair

ซุกซน

suk son — Mischievous, naughty, restlessly playful

คน

khon — Person, people, human being

เห็น

hen — To see, notice, perceive visually

แก่ตัว

kae tua — Selfish, self-centered, thinking only of oneself

ใจดี

jai dii — Kind-hearted, generous, good-natured

จะ

ja — Will, shall; future tense marker

ได้

dai — Can, could, to get; ability or past marker

พระเจ้า

phra jao — God, Lord; divine supreme being

ช่วย

chuai — To help, assist, aid someone

นึก

nuek — To think, recall, imagine, wonder

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at, about, regarding

ตอน

ton — Period, time, episode, section, when

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle away from speaker

ตี

tii — To hit, strike, beat someone or something

เพราะ

phro — Because, since, due to; causal conjunction

เอา

ao — To take, get, want; general action verb

ครีม

khriim — Cream; a thick smooth cosmetic or food substance

โดย

doi — By, by means of, through; instrumental preposition

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot, did not, unable to do something

เลย

loei — At all, so, therefore; emphatic or resultative particle

สัก

sak — Even one, just a; indefinite small quantity marker

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance, occasion (counter for times)

ว่า

waa — That, to say; complementizer introducing reported speech

เอง

eng — Self, myself, yourself; reflexive or emphatic particle

ทิ้ง

thing — To abandon, discard, throw away, leave behind

มัน

man — It, that; third person pronoun for things or animals

เปรี้ยว

priao — Sour, tart; used also to mean flirtatious

วัน

wan — Day; a unit of time equal to 24 hours

อีก

iik — More, again, another, additionally

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition of location

โลก

look — World, earth, globe, universe

นี้

nii — This, these; demonstrative pronoun (nearer)

น้อย

noi — Few, little, small amount, less

ผู้

phu — Person, one who; nominal prefix indicating a person

น่า

naa — Should, worthy of; prefix expressing deserving feeling

สงสาร

song saan — To pity, feel sorry for someone

คุณนาย

khun naai — Mrs., Madam; polite title for a married woman

สะอึก

sa-uek — To hiccup; involuntary spasm of the diaphragm

สะอื้น

sa-uen — To sob, cry with heaving breaths

ราวกับว่า

raao kap waa — As if, as though; expressing comparison or supposition

หัวใจ

hua jai — Heart; center of emotion and feeling

แตก

taek — To break, crack, shatter, split apart

สลาย

salaai — To dissolve, disintegrate, fall apart completely

หวัง

wang — To hope, wish, expect something to happen

กิน

kin — To eat, consume food or drink

กว่า

kwaa — More than, over, compared to; comparative particle

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say something

ถ้า

thaa — If, in case; conditional conjunction

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, to rise, increase; directional particle upward

บาง

baang — Some, certain; or thin (depending on context)

ด้าน

daan — Side, aspect, dimension, direction

รู้สึก

ruu suek — To feel, sense, perceive emotionally

แวว

waeo — Glint, spark in the eyes; indication of expression

ตา

taa — Eye; also maternal grandfather

จ้อง

jong — To stare, gaze fixedly at something

เขม็ง

khameng — Intently, fixedly, with a piercing stare

คุณป้า

khun paa — Aunt; polite term for older woman or father's sister

แม้ว่า

mae waa — Even though, although; concessive conjunction

มอง

mong — To look at, gaze, observe

ก็ตาม

ko taam — Even so, regardless, no matter what

คำพูด

kham phut — Words, speech, utterance, what was said

ใด

dai — Any, which; indefinite or interrogative determiner

ว่าร้าย

waa raai — To speak ill of, slander, defame someone

บัดนี้

bat nii — Now, at this moment (formal or literary)

จาก

jaak — From, away from; preposition of origin or departure

ดูแล

duu lae — To take care of, look after, tend to

อย่า

yaa — Don't; negative imperative particle

กังวล

kang won — To worry, be anxious, feel concerned

_ท่าน_

than — You (respectful); honorific second/third person pronoun

โอ้

o — Oh! Exclamation of surprise or emotion

รู้

ruu — To know, understand, be aware of

ปล่อย

ploi — To release, let go, free, allow

วาง

waang — To place, put down, set something somewhere

อย่างไร

yaang rai — How, in what way; interrogative of manner

กำลังใจ

kamlang jai — Encouragement, morale, emotional strength or support

มาก

maak — Much, many, very, a lot

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause, make, cause something to happen

แก่ๆ

kae kae — Old, aged (reduplicated for emphasis)

เจ็บปวด

jep puat — To hurt, ache, feel pain physically or emotionally

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly, hardly; intensifier of near-limit

ทน

thon — To endure, tolerate, bear, withstand

ประทาน

pra thaan — To give, grant (formal/royal register)

ให้

hai — To give; causative or benefactive particle

ทรง

song — To maintain, hold; royal verb prefix

คืน

khuen — Night; or to return/give back something

สาธุการ

saa thu kaan — Blessing, amen, expression of religious approval

แด่

dae — To, for; preposition in formal or dedicatory context

พระนาม

phra naam — Royal or sacred name (honorific term)

ช่าง

chaang — How (exclamatory), such a; expresses strong quality

ยาก

yaak — Difficult, hard, challenging to do

เหลือ

lueha — To remain, be left over, exceed

เกิน

koen — Exceeding, too much, over a limit

เพิ่ง

phoeng — Just, just now, recently did something

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time of; temporal conjunction

เสาร์

sao — Saturday; second day of the Thai weekend

ที่แล้ว

thi laeo — Last (time), previous; referring to past period

นี่เอง

nii eng — Right here, this very thing; emphatic demonstrative

จุด

jut — To light, ignite; also a point or dot

ประทัด

pra that — Firecracker; small explosive used in celebrations

ใต้

tai — Under, beneath, below; preposition of location

จมูก

ja muuk — Nose; the organ of smell on the face

พอดี

pho dii — Just right, exactly, fitting perfectly

จน

jon — Until, so that; also poor (financially)

ล้ม

lom — To fall down, topple, collapse

ระเนระนาด

ra-ne ra-naat — Scattered everywhere, strewn about in disorder