The Story of Doctor Dolittle — Page 15

Vocabulary

ความจริง

khwam jing — truth; the state of being true or real

แล้ว

laeo — already; then; indicates completed action

การ

gaan — nominalizing prefix indicating an action or process

จะ

ja — future tense marker; will; going to

เป็น

pen — to be; to exist as something

หมอ

mor — doctor; medical physician

สัตว์

sat — animal; any living creature

ที่

thi — at; place; relative pronoun marker

ดี

di — good; fine; of high quality

นั้น

nan — that; those; referring to something distant

ต้องการ

tong gaan — to want; to need; to require something

คน

khon — person; human being; people

ฉลาด

chalaat — smart; clever; intelligent

กว่า

gwaa — more than; comparative degree marker

รักษา

raksaa — to treat; to heal; to cure illness

เสีย

sia — broken; spoiled; to lose something

อีก

ik — more; again; another; additionally

เด็กหนุ่ม

dek num — young man; teenage or young adult male

ลูก

luuk — child; offspring; also a classifier for fruit

ชาวนา

chaao naa — farmer; rice farmer; agricultural worker

ของ

khong — of; belonging to; possessive particle

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun informal

คิด

khit — to think; to consider; to have an opinion

ว่า

waa — that; to say; quotative or complementizer particle

ตัวเอง

tua eng — oneself; myself; yourself; reflexive pronoun

รู้

ruu — to know; to be aware of something

เรื่อง

rueang — matter; story; topic; about something

ม้า

maa — horse; a large hoofed mammal

ทุก

thuk — every; all; each without exception

อย่าง

yaang — kind; type; way; manner of doing

อยาก

yaak — to want; to desire; to wish for

ให้

hai — to give; causative marker; for someone

คุณ

khun — you; polite second-person pronoun

ได้

dai — can; able to; to get; past tense marker

เห็น

hen — to see; to visually perceive something

หน้า

naa — face; front; next; page

เขา

khao — he; she; they; third-person pronoun

อ้วน

uan — fat; overweight; chubby in appearance

จน

jon — until; so much that; poor; destitute

ดู

duu — to look; to watch; to appear; to seem

เหมือน

mueан — like; similar to; resembling something else

ไม่

mai — not; negation particle for verbs

มี

mii — to have; there is; to possess

ตา

taa — eye; also maternal grandfather

และ

lae — and; connecting words or clauses together

สมอง

samoong — brain; the organ for thinking and cognition

น้อย

noi — little; few; small amount of something

พอๆ

pho pho — about equal; roughly the same as

กับ

gap — with; and; together; compared to

ด้วง

duang — beetle; type of insect with hard shell

มัน

man — it; he/she informal; also potato or yam

ฝรั่ง

farang — Western foreigner; guava fruit; Western person

อาทิตย์

aathit — week; also Sunday; also the sun

พยายาม

phayaayaam — to try; to make an effort; to attempt

แปะ

pae — to stick on; to paste; to attach flatly

ยา

yaa — medicine; drug; medication for treatment

บน

bon — on; above; on top of a surface

ตัว

tua — body; self; classifier for animals and clothes

ไหน

nai — where; which; interrogative location word

ถาม

thaam — to ask; to question someone

โอ้

oo — oh; exclamation of surprise or realization

เลย

loei — so; therefore; at all; went past

พูด

phuut — to speak; to talk; to say something

แค่

khae — only; just; merely; no more than

เท่านั้น

thao nan — only that; just that; nothing more

ถีบ

thiip — to kick; to kick with the foot forcefully

ตก

tok — to fall; to drop; to descend downward

ลง

long — down; downward; to descend; directional particle

ไป

pai — to go; away; directional particle forward

ใน

nai — in; inside; within a place or container

บ่อ

bo — pond; pit; well; a hole with water

เป็ด

pet — duck; a common waterfowl bird

โอ้โฮ

oo hoo — wow; exclamation of great surprise or amazement

ปกติ

pokati — normal; usual; ordinary; typically

ค่อนข้าง

khon khaang — rather; quite; fairly; somewhat more than average

สงบ

sangop — calm; peaceful; quiet; tranquil

อดทน

ot thon — patient; to endure; to tolerate difficulties

มาก

maak — much; many; a lot; very

ค่อย

khoi — gradually; slowly; gently; then eventually

สร้าง

saang — to build; to create; to cause or make

ปัญหา

panhaa — problem; issue; difficulty; trouble

แต่

tae — but; however; yet; contrasting conjunction

สัตวแพทย์

satawa phaet — veterinarian; animal doctor; vet

ผิด

phit — wrong; incorrect; to make a mistake

ก็

go — also; then; well; discourse particle connector

แย่

yae — bad; terrible; awful; not good at all

พอ

pho — enough; sufficient; just as; when

เมื่อ

mueа — when; at the time that; ago

หน้าแดง

naa daeng — red-faced; flushed with embarrassment or anger

เริ่ม

roem — to start; to begin something

มา

maa — to come; toward the speaker; directional particle

ยุ่ง

yung — busy; messy; complicated; tangled

ทน

thon — to endure; to tolerate; to withstand pain

ไหว

wai — able to manage; capable of; can bear

ต่อ

to — against; to; next; per; to connect

ทำให้

tham hai — to cause; to make something happen

ได้รับ

dai rap — to receive; to obtain; to get something

บาดเจ็บ

baat jep — injured; wounded; hurt physically

ไหม

mai — question particle; right?; yes/no question marker

ตำแหน่ง

tamnaeng — position; rank; job title; location

เหมาะสม

mhо sasom — appropriate; suitable; fitting for a purpose

ตอนนี้

ton nii — now; at this moment; currently

กำลัง

gamlang — currently; in the process of; strength; power

ดูแล

duu lae — to take care of; to look after someone

อยู่

yuu — to be at; to stay; to live somewhere

แว่นตา

waen taa — eyeglasses; spectacles worn for vision

เสร็จ

set — finished; done; completed successfully

ไหร่

rai — when; what time; interrogative time word

เตรียม

triam — to prepare; to get ready for something

ไว้

wai — to keep; to put aside; in advance

สัปดาห์

sapdaa — week; a period of seven days

แวะ

wae — to stop by; to drop in briefly somewhere

ใหม่

mai — new; again; fresh; recently made

วัน

wan — day; a 24-hour period of time

อังคาร

angkhaan — Tuesday; second day of the week

โชคดี

chook dii — good luck; fortunate; luckily

ภาพประกอบ

phaap prakop — illustration; image; picture accompanying text

มองเห็น

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

เดิม

doem — original; former; previous; as before

จากนั้น

jaak nan — after that; then; subsequently; following that

จัดหา

jat haa — to provide; to procure; to find and supply

สีเขียว

sii khiao — green; the color green

ขนาดใหญ่

khanaat yai — large size; big; of great dimensions

สวยงาม

suay ngaam — beautiful; lovely; attractive in appearance

คู่

khuu — pair; couple; partner; a set of two

หนึ่ง

neung — one; the number one; a single item

ไถนา

thai naa — to plow a field; to till rice paddy

หยุด

yut — to stop; to halt; to cease an action

ตาบอด

taa bot — blind; unable to see; loss of sight

ข้าง

khaang — side; beside; next to something

สามารถ

saamat — can; able to; capable of doing something