The Scarlet Letter — Page 27

Vocabulary

เนื่องจาก

nueang jaak — because, due to, owing to a reason

เขา

khao — he, she, they (third person pronoun)

ไม่มี

mai mee — there is not, to lack, to have none

คุณสมบัติ

khun sombat — quality, qualification, characteristic, property

อัน

an — classifier for small objects; which, that

สูงส่ง

soong song — lofty, noble, elevated in status or morality

กว่า

gwaa — more than, comparative particle indicating degree

นี้

nee — this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

และ

lae — and, also, as well as (conjunction)

ไม่ได้

mai dai — did not, cannot, was not able to

สละ

sala — to sacrifice, give up, renounce something willingly

หรือ

rue — or, whether (conjunction or question particle)

ทำให้

tham hai — to cause, make, render something a certain way

ทาง

thaang — way, path, direction, means, channel

จิตวิญญาณ

jit winyaan — spirit, soul, spiritual essence of a being

ใด

dai — any, which, whichever (interrogative/relative pronoun)

เสื่อมทราม

sueam saam — degraded, corrupted, morally depraved, degenerate

ด้วย

duay — with, also, too, by means of

การ

gaan — nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process

ทุ่มเท

thum the — to dedicate, devote oneself wholeheartedly to something

พลังงาน

phalang ngaan — energy, power, force used for activity

ความคิดสร้างสรรค์

khwaam khit saang san — creativity, creative thinking, imaginative thought

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — all, everything, the whole amount or total

เพื่อ

phuea — in order to, for the purpose of (conjunction)

รับใช้

rap chai — to serve, attend to, work for someone

ความปีติยินดี

khwaam peeti yindee — joy, delight, happiness, elation, jubilation

ผลประโยชน์

phon prayot — benefit, interest, gain, advantage from something

ของ

khong — of, belonging to, possessive particle

ท้อง

thong — stomach, belly, abdomen of a person

ตน

ton — oneself, one's own self (reflexive pronoun)

ได้

dai — can, to be able to, to get, to obtain

ฟัง

fang — to listen, to hear attentively

พูด

phoot — to speak, talk, say something verbally

อย่าง

yaang — in a manner, way, kind, sort, type

ละเอียด

la-iat — detailed, thorough, fine, meticulous, precise

ยืดยาว

yuet yaaw — lengthy, prolonged, drawn out, long-winded

เกี่ยวกับ

giao gap — about, concerning, related to a topic

ปลา

plaa — fish (as an animal or food)

สัตว์ปีก

sat peek — bird, poultry, winged animal

เนื้อ

nuea — meat, flesh, body tissue

จาก

jaak — from, away from, originating at a place

ร้านขายเนื้อ

raan khaai nuea — butcher shop, place selling meat

รวมถึง

ruam thueng — including, encompassing, as well as, also covering

วิธีการ

withi gaan — method, procedure, way of doing something

ปรุง

prung — to cook, prepare, season food

อาหาร

aahaan — food, meal, nourishment

เหล่านั้น

lao nan — those, referring to previously mentioned items

สำหรับ

samrap — for, intended for, meant for someone

โต๊ะอาหาร

to aahaan — dining table, table used for eating meals

ที่

thee — that, which, at, place, relative pronoun

เหมาะสม

mo som — appropriate, suitable, fitting, proper for context

ที่สุด

thee sut — most, superlative marker, the most extreme degree

จึง

jueng — therefore, consequently, so, as a result

ฉัน

chan — I, me (first person pronoun, often feminine)

พึงพอใจ

phueng pho jai — satisfied, content, pleased with a situation

อิ่มเอมใจ

im em jai — fulfilled, gratified, emotionally satisfied and happy

เสมอ

samer — always, consistently, ever, at all times

ความทรงจำ

khwaam song jam — memory, recollection of past events or experiences

งานเลี้ยง

ngaan liang — banquet, feast, party, celebratory gathering

สนุกสนาน

sanuk sanaan — fun, enjoyable, entertaining, lively and amusing

ไม่ว่า

mai waa — regardless of, no matter, whether or not

เลี้ยง

liang — to host a feast, raise, feed, entertain guests

นั้น

nan — that, those (demonstrative pronoun for distant things)

จะ

ja — will, shall, future tense marker in Thai

เกิดขึ้น

gert khuean — to occur, happen, take place, arise

นาน

naan — long time, for a long duration

เพียงใด

phiang dai — how much, to what extent, however much

ดูเหมือน

doo muean — seems like, appears as though, looks as if

นำ

nam — to bring, lead, carry, introduce something

กลิ่นรส

klin rot — aroma and flavor, smell and taste combined

หมู

moo — pig, pork (as an animal or food)

ไก่งวง

gai nguang — turkey, a large domestic bird eaten as food

มา

maa — to come, directional particle toward speaker

อยู่

yoo — to be, stay, live, remain at a place

ใต้

tai — under, below, beneath, south direction

จมูก

ja mook — nose, the organ used for smelling

ผู้ฟัง

phoo fang — listener, audience, one who listens

แทบ

taep — almost, nearly, barely, hardly at all

สัมผัส

samphat — to touch, sense, feel, experience physically

จริง

jing — real, true, genuine, actually, indeed

มี

mee — to have, there is, there are

รสชาติ

rot chaat — taste, flavor, the sensory quality of food

บน

bon — on, on top of, above a surface

เพดานปาก

phedaan paak — palate, roof of the mouth

ยังคง

yang khong — still, continue to, remain in a state

ไม่

mai — not, no, negation particle in Thai

น้อยกว่า

noi gwaa — less than, fewer than, not as much

หกสิบ

hok sip — sixty, the number 60

เจ็ดสิบ

jet sip — seventy, the number 70

ปี

pee — year, years (unit of time)

สดใหม่

sot mai — fresh, newly made, not stale or old

ราวกับ

raao gap — as if, as though, just like, seemingly

ชิ้นเนื้อแกะ

chin nuea gae — piece of lamb, cut of sheep meat

เพิ่ง

phoeng — just, recently, having just done something

รับประทาน

rap prathan — to eat, consume food (formal or polite usage)

เป็น

pen — to be, to exist as, to become something

อาหารเช้า

aahaan chao — breakfast, the morning meal of the day

เคย

khoei — used to, ever, have had the experience of

ได้ยิน

dai yin — to hear, to perceive sound aurally

จับลิ้น

jap lin — to tantalize the palate, make the tongue tingle

เมื่อ

muea — when, at the time of, upon (conjunction)

นึกถึง

nuek thueng — to think of, recall, bring to mind someone

อาหารค่ำ

aahaan kham — dinner, the evening meal of the day

ซึ่ง

sueng — which, that (relative pronoun linking clauses)

แขก

khaek — guest, visitor, invited person at an event

ทุกคน

thuk khon — everyone, everybody, all people present

ร่วม

ruam — to join, share, participate together in something

โต๊ะ

to — table, a piece of furniture with a flat top

ยกเว้น

yok wen — except, excluding, apart from, with exception of

ตัว

tua — body, self, classifier for animals or clothing

เอง

eng — self, oneself, by oneself, emphasizing pronoun

ต่าง

taang — different, various, each one, separately, distinct

กลายเป็น

glaai pen — to become, turn into, transform into something else

หนอน

non — worm, maggot, larva of an insect

ไป

pai — to go, away, directional particle away from speaker

แล้ว

laeo — already, then, after that, completion marker

เรื่อง

rueang — story, matter, topic, issue, subject

น่าอัศจรรย์

naa atsajan — wonderful, amazing, marvelous, astonishing, remarkable

สังเกตเห็น

sangket hen — to notice, observe, detect something by looking

ว่า

waa — that (complementizer), to say, that clause marker

ภูตผี

phoot phee — ghost, spirit, phantom, supernatural being

มื้ออาหาร

mue aahaan — meal, a single occasion of eating food

ใน

nai — in, inside, within a place or time

อดีต

adeet — past, the former time, history, bygone era

ผุด

phut — to emerge, pop up, surface suddenly upward

ขึ้น

khuean — to rise, go up, increase, upward direction

เบื้องหน้า

bueang naa — in front of, before one's eyes, ahead

ตลอดเวลา

talot welaa — all the time, constantly, throughout the entire time

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — is not, not, negating identity or category

ความโกรธแค้น

khwaam grot khaen — anger, resentment, grudge, feeling of deep fury

แก้แค้น

gae khaen — to take revenge, retaliate, get back at someone

แต่

tae — but, however, only, except (conjunction)

พวกมัน

phuak man — they, them, referring to non-human or informal group

กตัญญู

ga tan yoo — grateful, filial, showing gratitude to benefactors

ต่อ

to — toward, per, toward, against, to continue

ความชื่นชม

khwaam chuen chom — admiration, appreciation, fondness, a sense of praise

ให้

hai — to give, to allow, for, causative marker

ครั้งก่อน

khrang gon — previously, last time, on a former occasion

พยายาม

phayaayaam — to try, attempt, make an effort to do

ปลุก

pluk — to wake up, arouse, stir someone from sleep

ฟื้นคืน

fuean khuean — to revive, restore, bring back to life

ความสุขสำราญ

khwaam suk samraan — happiness, pleasure, merry enjoyment, jolly contentment

สิ้นสุด

sin sut — to end, finish, conclude, come to a stop

ทั้ง

thang — both, all, the entirety of, together with

เงา

ngao — shadow, reflection, silhouette, shade

เลือนราง

luean raang — faint, dim, blurry, vague, barely perceptible

เต็มไป

tem pai — filled with, full of, covered by something

ความรู้สึก

khwaam roo suek — feeling, emotion, sensation, sense of something

ผัสสะ

phatsa — sensory contact, sense impression, physical sensation

เวลา

welaa — time, moment, period, occasion

เดียวกัน

diao gan — same, the very same, identical, at the same time