The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 7

Vocabulary

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun in Thai.

ได้

dâi — Can, able to; also marks past or successful action.

พบ

phop — To meet or encounter someone.

เธอ

thoe — She, her, or informal 'you' for females.

วันนี้

wan níi — Today; the current day.

ไหม

mǎi — Question particle used at the end of yes/no questions.

ถาม

thǎam — To ask a question.

ส่าย

sàai — To shake or sway from side to side.

หัว

hǔa — Head; the uppermost part of the body.

ฉัน

chǎn — I, me; informal first-person pronoun.

ทิ้ง

thíng — To abandon, leave behind, or discard.

ไว้

wái — To keep, place, or retain something for later.

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or time.

ป่า

pàa — Forest, jungle, or wilderness area.

แต่

tàe — But, however; a contrastive conjunction.

จะ

jà — Will, going to; future tense marker.

อีกครั้ง

ìik khráng — Once more, again; repeating an action.

สวน

sǔan — Garden, orchard, or park area.

ผลไม้

phǒn-lamáai — Fruit; edible sweet produce from plants.

แห่ง

hàeng — Of, at; classifier/preposition for places.

จิบ

jìp — To sip a drink in small amounts.

ของ

khǎawng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle.

เขา

khǎo — He, him, she, her; third-person pronoun.

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner of; type, kind, or way.

ใคร่ครวญ

khrâi-kruan — To ponder or contemplate something carefully and thoughtfully.

แล้ว

láaeo — Already; indicates completed action or 'then'.

พูดถึง

phûut thǔeng — To mention or talk about something or someone.

คำ

kham — Word; a unit of spoken or written language.

ว่า

wâa — That; introduces reported speech or a clause.

แต่งงาน

tàeng-ngaan — To get married; the act of marriage.

ขึ้นมา

khûen maa — To come up; arise or emerge into mention.

ตอน

toon — Period, episode, or time; when (conjunction).

ไหน

nǎi — Where, which; used in questions about place or choice.

กัน

kan — Together, each other; reciprocal particle.

ล่ะ

lâ — Particle adding emphasis or mild inquiry at sentence end.

ตอบ

tòop — To answer or reply to a question.

อย่างไร

yàang-rai — How; in what manner or way.

บางที

baang-thii — Sometimes, perhaps; indicating possibility or uncertainty.

อาจ

àat — Might, may; expressing possibility or likelihood.

ลืม

luem — To forget something or someone.

เรื่อง

rûeang — Story, matter, topic, or issue.

นั้น

nán — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.

ไป

pai — To go; also a directional particle meaning 'away'.

หมด

mòt — All gone, finished, exhausted, or used up.

ก็

kô — Also, then, well; a connective or softening particle.

ที่

thîi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker.

รัก

rák — To love; feeling of deep affection or fondness.

ไม่ได้

mâi dâi — Cannot, did not; negates ability or past action.

ปฏิบัติ

pà-tì-bàt — To practice, treat, or handle in a certain way.

กับ

kàp — With, and; connects nouns or indicates accompaniment.

มัน

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

เหมือน

mǔean — Like, similar to, resembling something else.

เป็น

pen — To be; links subject to state, identity, or occupation.

การ

kaan — Prefix nominalizing verbs; the act or process of doing.

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action.

ธุรกิจ

thú-rá-kìt — Business; commercial or professional enterprise activity.

และ

láe — And; conjunction connecting words, phrases, or clauses.

ขอ

khǎaw — To request, ask for, or seek permission.

ทางการ

thaang-kaan — Official, formal; relating to official matters or authorities.

บอก

bòok — To tell, say, or inform someone of something.

ไม่

mâi — No, not; general negation particle in Thai.

คู่ควร

khûu-khuan — Worthy, deserving; suitable or appropriate for someone.

ภรรยา

phan-rá-yaa — Wife; a married woman in relation to her husband.

โลก

lôok — World, earth, or globe; the entire inhabited planet.

ทั้ง

tháng — All, both, entire; encompassing the whole amount or group.

ใบ

bai — Leaf; also a classifier for flat objects.

นี้

níi — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.

ช่าง

châang — How very; intensifier expressing strong degree or craftsman.

มี

mii — To have, there is/are; indicating existence or possession.

ความหมาย

khwaam-mǎai — Meaning, significance; what something represents or signifies.

อะไร

à-rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things.

สำหรับ

sǎm-ràp — For; intended for a person, purpose, or use.

เลย

loei — At all, so, therefore; intensifier or resultative particle.

เมื่อ

mûea — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction.

เทียบ

thîap — To compare or measure against something else.

ผู้หญิง

phûu-yǐng — Woman, female; an adult female person.

ความ

khwaam — Abstract noun prefix; state, condition, or quality of something.

จริง

jing — True, real, genuine; corresponding to fact or reality.

จัง

jang — Intensifier expressing strong degree; very, so much.

น่า

nâa — Worth doing, deserving; prefix expressing worthiness or impressiveness.

ทึ่ง

thûeng — To be amazed, astonished, or deeply impressed by something.

พึมพำ

phuem-pham — To mumble or mutter softly to oneself.

ใจจริง

jai-jing — Sincerely, genuinely; from the heart with true feelings.

กว่า

kwàa — More than, rather than; comparative degree marker.

พวก

phûak — Group, bunch; a collective pronoun or group marker.

เรา

rao — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.

เสีย

sǐa — To lose, waste, or spoil; also intensifies negative outcomes.

อีก

ìik — More, another, again; indicating addition or repetition.

สถานการณ์

sà-thǎan-kaan — Situation, circumstances; the current state of affairs.

เช่น

chên — Such as, for example; introducing examples or instances.

มัก

mák — Often, usually, tend to; indicating habitual behavior.

คอย

khooi — To wait for or keep doing something continuously.

เตือน

tʉean — To warn, remind, or caution someone about something.

เสมอ

sà-mǒe — Always, regularly, ever; indicating consistent frequency.

วาง

waang — To put down, place, or set something somewhere.

มือ

muue — Hand; the body part at the end of the arm.

บน

bon — On, upon, above; preposition indicating surface position.

แขน

khǎaen — Arm; the limb connecting shoulder to hand.

อย่า

yàa — Don't; imperative negative telling someone not to do.

ทำให้

tham-hâi — To make, cause, or render someone feel a certain way.

รำคาญ

ram-khaan — Annoyed, bothered, irritated; feeling of nuisance.

ผู้ชาย

phûu-chaai — Man, male; an adult male person.

คน

khon — Person, people; human being; also classifier for people.

อื่น

ùen — Other, another; referring to a different person or thing.

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period of time.

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, or carry toward a destination.

ความทุกข์

khwaam-thúk — Suffering, sorrow, misery; a state of unhappiness.

มา

maa — To come; directional particle meaning toward the speaker.

สู่

sùu — To, toward; preposition indicating direction or destination.

ใคร

khrai — Who, whom; interrogative pronoun asking about a person.

จิตใจ

jìt-jai — Mind, heart, spirit; inner emotional and mental state.

สูงส่ง

sǔung-sòng — Lofty, noble, elevated; of high moral or intellectual standing.

เกิน

koen — Too much, over, exceeding; surpassing a limit or amount.

มอง

moong — To look at, gaze at, or observe something visually.

ข้าม

khâam — To cross over, skip, or overlook something.

โต๊ะ

tó — Table; a piece of furniture with a flat surface.

เคย

khoei — Ever, used to; indicates past experience or habitual action.

คำถาม

kham-thǎam — Question; an inquiry seeking information or an answer.

ด้วย

dûai — Also, with, by means of; connective or instrumental particle.

เหตุผล

hèet-phǒn — Reason, rationale; logical basis or justification for something.

ดี

dii — Good, fine, nice; positive quality or condition.

ที่สุด

thîi-sùt — Most, best, extreme; superlative degree marker.

เท่า

thâo — As much as, equal to; indicating equivalence or degree.

ซึ่ง

sûeng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses.

แท้จริง

tháe-jing — Truly, genuinely, in reality; expressing authentic truth.

เดียว

diao — Only, single, alone; indicating singularity or exclusivity.

อภัย

à-phai — To forgive, pardon; granting forgiveness for a wrongdoing.

ให้

hâi — To give; also causes or allows someone to do something.

แก่

kàe — To, for; preposition indicating recipient; also means old.

ใดๆ

dai-dai — Any, any kind of; referring to any unspecified thing.

นั่น

nân — That; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something farther away.

คือ

khuue — Is, namely, that is; equative verb linking subject and complement.

อยากรู้อยากเห็น

yàak-rúu yàak-hěn — Curious, inquisitive; eager to know or discover things.

เรียบง่าย

rîap-ngâai — Simple, plain, uncomplicated; easy to understand or do.

ทฤษฎี

thrít-sà-dii — Theory; a systematic set of ideas explaining something.

ผู้

phûu — Person who; prefix indicating a person with a role.

ฝ่าย

fàai — Side, faction, party; a group holding a particular position.

ไม่ใช่

mâi-châi — Is not, no; negates identity or classification.

ยกเว้น

yók-wén — Except, unless, excluding; marking an exception to a rule.

แน่นอน

nâe-nɔɔn — Certainly, of course, definitely; expressing strong confidence.

ชีวิต

chii-wít — Life; the state of being alive or one's existence.

ชน

chon — People, group, tribe; a collective term for a community.

ชั้น

chán — Class, level, floor; a tier or stratum in a hierarchy.

กลาง

klaang — Middle, center, mid; the central position of something.