The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 3

Vocabulary

พระเจ้า

phra jao — God; exclamation expressing surprise or reverence

ฉัน

chan — I; first-person pronoun used informally

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; perceive sound with ears

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They; third-person plural pronoun

พูด

phut — To speak; say words aloud

ว่า

wa — That; conjunction introducing reported speech

เขา

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

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating state or identity

คนร้าย

khon rai — Criminal; villain; bad person

ที่

thi — At; which; relative pronoun or location marker

ดู

du — To look; watch; appear to be

โหดเหี้ยม

hot hiam — Cruel; brutal; extremely savage and merciless

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most; superlative marker indicating extreme degree

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or thing

ประเทศ

prathet — Country; nation; sovereign state

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

แปลกใจ

plaek jai — Surprised; astonished; feeling unexpectedly startled

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — Never; have never done something before

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to; passive marker; correct

แขวนคอ

khwaen kho — To hang by the neck; execute by hanging

มา

ma — To come; move toward the speaker

ก่อน

kon — Before; prior to; earlier in time

ใช่

chai — Yes; correct; affirmative response

แบบ

baep — Style; type; pattern; manner of doing

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant thing

ตลอดเวลา

talot wela — All the time; constantly; continuously without stopping

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis

ได้รับ

dai rap — To receive; obtain; get something given

อิสรภาพ

itsaraphap — Freedom; liberty; state of being free

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker indicating intention

ทำ

tham — To do; make; perform an action

ด้วย

duai — Also; with; too; together with something

เด็กๆ

dek dek — Children; kids; young persons collectively

พูดคุย

phut khui — To chat; converse; talk casually with someone

กัน

kan — Together; each other; mutual action marker

นาน

nan — Long time; for a lengthy duration

แต่

tae — But; however; conjunction showing contrast

ก็

ko — Also; then; particle adding emphasis or continuity

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot; did not; negates ability or past action

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; make something happen; result in

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel; sense an emotion or sensation

สบายใจ

sabai jai — At ease; comfortable in mind; feeling relieved

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; increase; rise; directional particle upward

เท่าไรนัก

thao rai nak — Much at all; not particularly; not very much

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurred

ยาม

yam — Time period; guard; watch; period of night

พลบค่ำ

phlop kham — Dusk; twilight; the time when daylight fades

ใกล้

klai — Near; close; not far in distance

เข้ามา

khao ma — To come in; enter; approach toward speaker

พบ

phop — To find; meet; encounter someone or something

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; himself; herself; reflexive pronoun

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently; in the process of; progressive marker

เดิน

doen — To walk; move on foot

วนเวียน

won wian — To wander around; circle aimlessly; roam about

อยู่

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

แถว

thaeo — Area around; row; vicinity; neighborhood

บริเวณ

boriwен — Area; surrounding zone; vicinity of a place

คุก

khuk — Prison; jail; place of confinement

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Small; tiny; diminutive in size

โดดเดี่ยว

dot diao — Lonely; isolated; alone without companionship

บางที

bang thi — Sometimes; perhaps; possibly on some occasions

อาจ

at — Might; may; expressing possibility or probability

ความหวัง

khwam wang — Hope; expectation; desire for positive outcome

มี

mi — To have; there is; to exist

บางอย่าง

bang yang — Something; some thing; an unspecified item

เกิดขึ้น

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

ช่วย

chuai — To help; assist; aid someone in need

ขจัด

khajat — To eliminate; get rid of; remove a problem

ปัญหา

panha — Problem; issue; difficulty needing a solution

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ได้

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

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is none; to not have; lacking

อะไร

arai — What; anything; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

ดูเหมือน

du muean — Seems like; appears to be; looks as though

ทูตสวรรค์

thut sawan — Angel; heavenly messenger from the divine realm

หรือ

rue — Or; whether; conjunction offering an alternative

นางฟ้า

nang fa — Fairy; female angel; heavenly female being

สนใจ

son jai — To be interested in; pay attention to something

นักโทษ

nak thot — Prisoner; convict; person serving a sentence

ผู้

phu — Person who; one who; agent noun prefix

โชคร้าย

chok rai — Unlucky; unfortunate; having bad luck

คน

khon — Person; human being; people

เลย

loei — At all; ever; particle for emphasis or result

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; resembling something else

เคย

khoei — Used to; have ever done; past experience marker

บ่อยๆ

boi boi — Often; frequently; happening many times

ก่อนหน้า

kon na — Before; previously; earlier than current time

นั่นคือ

nan khue — That is; meaning; in other words

ไป

pai — To go; move away from speaker; directional marker

ลูกกรง

luk krong — Prison bars; bars of a cage or cell

ห้องขัง

hong khang — Prison cell; small room for confining prisoners

มอบ

mop — To give; hand over; present something to someone

ยาสูบ

ya sup — Tobacco; smoking material used in pipes or cigarettes

ไม้ขีดไฟ

mai khit fai — Match; small stick used to light fire

ให้

hai — To give; for; causative or beneficiary marker

ชั้นล่าง

chan lang — Lower floor; ground floor; bottom level of building

เฝ้า

fao — To guard; watch over; keep vigil

ความกตัญญู

khwam kata nyu — Gratitude; thankfulness; appreciation especially toward benefactors

ต่อ

to — Toward; per; against; connecting preposition

ของขวัญ

khong khwan — Gift; present; something given to someone

มักจะ

mak ja — Usually; tend to; often inclined to do

ทิ่มแทง

thim thaeng — To stab; prick; pierce causing sharp pain

มโนธรรม

mano tham — Conscience; moral sense; inner ethical judgment

อยู่เสมอ

yu sámoe — Always; consistently; at all times without fail

ครั้งนี้

khrang ni — This time; on this particular occasion

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for non-human subjects

เจ็บปวด

jep puat — Painful; hurting; experiencing physical or emotional pain

ลึก

luek — Deep; profound; extending far inward

กว่า

kwa — More than; comparative particle for comparison

ขี้ขลาด

khi khlat — Cowardly; timid; lacking bravery or courage

ทรยศ

thorayot — To betray; act treacherously against someone trusted

อย่าง

yang — Way; manner; type; like; in the manner of

พวกแก

phuak kae — You guys; your group; informal plural second person

ใจดี

jai di — Kind-hearted; generous; having a good heart

กับ

kap — With; and; together with; preposition of accompaniment

มาก

mak — Very; much; a lot; to a great degree

นะ

na — Softening particle seeking agreement or adding friendliness

ดี

di — Good; well; of high quality or virtue

คนอื่นๆ

khon uen uen — Other people; others; different individuals

เมือง

mueang — City; town; country; urban settlement

เสียอีก

sia ik — Yet again; furthermore; on top of that

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle for verbs and adjectives

ลืม

luem — To forget; fail to remember something

สิ่งนี้

sing ni — This thing; this matter; this particular object

บ่อยครั้ง

boi khrang — Often; many times; on frequent occasions

ซ่อม

som — To repair; fix; restore something to working condition

ว่าว

wao — Kite; a flying toy controlled by string

ต่างๆ

tang tang — Various; different kinds; assorted types of things

ทุกคน

thuk khon — Everyone; everybody; all people without exception

บอก

bok — To tell; inform; say to someone directly

ที่ไหน

thi nai — Where; which place; interrogative of location

แหล่ง

laeng — Source; area; spot associated with an activity

ตกปลา

tok pla — To fish; catch fish using rod or net

เป็นเพื่อน

pen phuean — To be friends; keep company with someone

เท่าที่

thao thi — As much as; to the extent that; insofar

ทำได้

tham dai — Can do; able to accomplish; capable of doing

ตอนนี้

ton ni — Now; at this moment; currently

แก่ๆ

kae kae — Old; aged; elderly; quite old in appearance

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; after; completion marker

ความ

khwam — Abstract noun prefix indicating a state or quality

ลำบาก

lambak — Difficult; hardship; experiencing trouble or suffering

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; a set of people together