The Scarlet Letter — Page 330

Vocabulary

จิตใจ

jit jai — Mind or heart; one's inner emotional state

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to someone or something

เธอ

thoe — She, her, or you (informal)

จม

jom — To sink or be submerged in something

ดิ่ง

ding — To plunge or dive straight downward

ลง

long — To go down; downward directional particle

ด้วย

duay — With; also; by means of

ความคิด

khwam khit — Thought, idea, or mental concept

ที่

thi — That, which; at; a relative pronoun or preposition

ว่า

wa — That; to say; introduces a clause or quote

ทุกสิ่ง

thuk sing — Everything; all things without exception

ทุกอย่าง

thuk yang — Everything; every kind of thing

นั้น

nan — That; those; refers to something previously mentioned

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; is required to

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just a small amount

ภาพ

phap — Image, picture, or visual representation

ลวงตา

luang ta — Optical illusion; something that deceives the eyes

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

แม้ว่า

mae wa — Even though; although; despite the fact that

จะ

ja — Will; future tense or intentional action marker

ได้

dai — Can; able to; indicates past or possibility

ฝัน

fan — To dream; a dream during sleep or daydream

ถึง

thueng — To reach; about; until; a preposition of arrival

มัน

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

อย่าง

yang — Way, manner; a kind or type of something

แจ่มชัด

jaem chat — Vivid, clear, and distinct in perception

เพียงใด

phiang dai — How much; to whatever extent or degree

ก็

ko — Also; then; still; a connective particle

ไม่อาจ

mai at — Cannot; is not able or permitted to

มี

mi — To have; there is or there are

สายสัมพันธ์

sai samphan — Bond, tie, or connection between people

แท้จริง

thae jing — True, genuine, real, or authentic

ระหว่าง

rawang — Between; among; during a period of time

นักบวช

nak buad — A clergyman, monk, or ordained religious person

ผู้นั้น

phu nan — That person; referring to a specific individual

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone or something

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

เธอเอง

thoe eng — Herself; she herself; emphasis on the subject

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix indicating an abstract quality or state

หญิง

ying — Woman, female, or girl

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or concept

มาก

mak — Much, many, very; indicates a large degree

พอ

pho — Enough; sufficient; just as soon as

ทำให้

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

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly, barely; close to a threshold

ให้อภัย

hai aphai — To forgive; to grant pardon to someone

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her; third-person pronoun

โดยเฉพาะ

doi chaphaw — Especially; particularly; in a specific regard

อย่างยิ่ง

yang ying — Extremely; very much; to a great degree

บัดนี้

bat ni — Now; at this present moment (formal/literary)

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurred

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, or noise

ก้าวย่าง

kao yang — Footstep; the act of stepping or walking

อัน

an — A general classifier; one; a certain thing

หนักหน่วง

nak nuang — Heavy, weighty, or burdensome in nature

โชคชะตา

chok chata — Fate, destiny, or fortune determining life's course

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; strength; power or force

ใกล้

klai — Near, close, nearby in distance or time

เข้ามา

khao ma — To come in; to approach inward toward speaker

ดัง

dang — Loud; like; as; famous (multiple meanings)

ให้

hai — To give; causes or allows something to happen

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; to perceive sound with the ears

ใกล้เข้ามา

klai khao ma — Drawing nearer; approaching closer and closer

เรื่อยๆ

rueai rueai — Continuously, steadily, on and on without stopping

สามารถ

samat — To be able to; capable of doing something

ถอนตัว

thon tua — To withdraw oneself; to pull back or disengage

ออก

ok — Out, outward; to exit or emerge from somewhere

จาก

jak — From; away from a place or origin point

โลก

lok — World, earth, or realm of existence

ร่วมกัน

ruam kan — Together; jointly sharing or doing something collectively

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; a group of other people

สิ้นเชิง

sin choeng — Completely, entirely, totally, without any remainder

ขณะ

khana — While, during, at the moment that something happens

ลอง

long — To try, attempt, or test doing something

คลำหา

khlam ha — To grope or feel around searching for something

ความมืด

khwam muet — Darkness; the state or quality of being dark

เหยียด

hiat — To stretch or extend outward; to discriminate

มือ

mue — Hand; the human hand used for grasping

เย็นชา

yen cha — Cold and indifferent; emotionally distant and numb

ออกไป

ok pai — To go out; outward away from a place

แต่

tae — But; however; yet; introduces a contrasting idea

กลับ

klap — To return; on the contrary; unexpectedly instead

หา

ha — To look for, seek, or search for something

ไม่พบ

mai phop — Not found; unable to find or locate something

หรือ

rue — Or; whether; used in questions or alternatives

มองเห็น

mong hen — To see; to be able to perceive visually

ตอบสนอง

top sanong — To respond or react to something or someone

ต่อ

to — Toward; per; to continue; against; next to

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — Feeling, emotion, or sensation experienced internally

แม่

mae — Mother; mom; female parent

ไม่ก็

mai ko — Or else; otherwise; if not then alternatively

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel; to sense or experience an emotion

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; by oneself; self-referential pronoun

ห่างเหิน

hang hoen — Distant, estranged, or emotionally remote from someone

จับต้องไม่ได้

jap tong mai dai — Intangible; unable to be physically touched or grasped

แผ่ปกคลุม

phae pok khlum — To spread over and cover a wide area

อยู่

yu — To be at; to stay; to exist in a place

รอบ

rop — Around; surrounding; a round or cycle

ขบวนแห่

khabuan hae — A procession or parade moving through a place

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through or by; past something

ไป

pai — To go; away from speaker; directional particle

เด็กหญิง

dek ying — A young girl; female child

กระวนกระวาย

krawan kraway — Restless, anxious, fidgety, and distressed in behavior

ดิ้นรน

din ron — To struggle, strive, or writhe with effort

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; upward; to rise or increase

ดุจดัง

dut dang — Just like; similar to; as if (literary)

นก

nok — Bird; any winged feathered creature

กระโจน

krajon — To leap, spring, or jump suddenly forward

โบยบิน

boi bin — To soar or fly freely through the air

ผ่านพ้น

phan phon — To pass through and beyond; to get past

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; done; past completion marker

เงยหน้า

ngoei na — To raise one's face or look upward

มอง

mong — To look at or gaze toward something

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; indicates ongoing action

ใบหน้า

bai na — Face; the front of a person's head

แม่จ๋า

mae ja — Mommy; affectionate childlike address to mother

กล่าว

klao — To say, speak, or state (formal register)

นั่น

nan — That; that thing over there; pointing at something

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

เดียวกับ

diao kap — The same as; identical with something or someone

จูบ

jup — To kiss; a kiss on the face or lips

หนู

nu — Mouse; I/me used by children or women humbly

ริม

rim — Edge, bank, or side of a water body

ลำธาร

lam than — A stream, brook, or small flowing waterway

ใช่ไหม

chai mai — Right? Isn't it? A tag question seeking confirmation

เงียบ

ngiap — Quiet, silent, still, making no noise

ไว้

wai — To keep, hold, or retain; indicates ongoing state

น้อย

noi — Little, few, small in quantity or degree

ที่รัก

thi rak — Dear, beloved; a term of endearment

กระซิบ

krasip — To whisper; to speak very quietly to someone

เรา

rao — We, us, I; first-person pronoun (singular or plural)

ไม่ควร

mai khuan — Should not; ought not to do something

พูดถึง

phut thueng — To mention, talk about, or refer to something

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, or matter of any kind

เกิดขึ้น

koet khuen — To happen, occur, or take place; to arise

ป่า

pa — Forest, jungle, or wild wooded area

ตลาด

talat — Market, marketplace where goods are bought and sold

เสมอไป

sameor pai — Always; at all times without exception

ไม่แน่ใจ

mai nae jai — Unsure, uncertain, not confident about something

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; past (location particle)

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; due to a reason

ดู

du — To look, watch, or appear to be something

แปลก

plaek — Strange, odd, unusual, or foreign

ประหลาด

pralaht — Weird, bizarre, or surprisingly unusual in nature

เหลือเกิน

luea koen — Excessively, extremely, beyond a normal degree

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, or say something verbally

ไม่อย่างนั้น

mai yang nan — Otherwise; if not that way; or else instead

คง

khong — Probably; likely; remains; still (modal particle)

วิ่ง

wing — To run; to move quickly on foot

ขอ

kho — To ask for, request, or beg something

ตอนนี้

ton ni — Now, at this current moment in time

ต่อหน้า

to na — In front of; in the presence of someone

ทุกคน

thuk khon — Everyone, everybody, all people present

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, resembling something else

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action

โน่น

non — Over there; that thing or place far away

ท่ามกลาง

tham klang — In the midst of; surrounded by; among things

ต้นไม้

ton mai — Tree; a large woody plant growing upward

เก่าแก่

kao kae — Ancient, very old, long-established over time

อะไร

arai — What; anything; used in questions or indefinite reference