The Story of Doctor Dolittle — Page 18

Vocabulary

ทำไม

tham-mai — Why; used to ask the reason for something

เชียว

chiao — Indeed, really; emphasizes certainty or affirmation

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun used informally

เคย

khoei — To have ever done something; past experience marker

รู้จัก

ru-jak — To know or be acquainted with someone or something

นก

nok — Bird; any feathered flying animal

มาคอว์

ma-khaw — Macaw; a large colorful parrot species

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1

ที่

thi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker

สามารถ

sa-mat — To be able to, can; expresses capability

พูด

phut — To speak, talk; to express words verbally

ว่า

wa — That; introduces a clause or reported speech

สวัสดี

sa-wat-di — Hello, goodbye; a common Thai greeting

ตอน

ton — Period, time, episode; refers to a specific moment

เช้า

chao — Morning; the early part of the day

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past tense or success

เจ็ด

jet — Seven; the number 7

แบบ

baep — Style, type, pattern; way or manner of something

แตกต่าง

taek-tang — Different, distinct; not the same as another

กัน

kan — Together, each other; mutual or reciprocal action

โดย

doi — By, through; indicates means or agent

ไม่

mai — Not, no; negation particle

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expresses necessity or obligation

อ้า

a — To open wide; often used for opening the mouth

ปาก

pak — Mouth; the opening used for eating and speaking

เลย

loei — At all, so, therefore; intensifier or consequence word

สัก

sak — Just, even a little; indicates a small amount

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance; classifier for occurrences or events

มัน

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

ทุก

thuk — Every, all; refers to each one without exception

ภาษา

pha-sa — Language; system of spoken or written communication

และ

lae — And; conjunction linking words or clauses

กรีก

krik — Greek; relating to Greece or its language

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; indicates addition or accompaniment

ศาสตราจารย์

sat-tra-jan — Professor; a senior academic teacher at university

แก่

kae — Old, elderly; aged in years; also means 'to'

คน

khon — Person, people; human classifier

มี

mi — To have, there is/are; indicates existence or possession

เครา

khrao — Beard; facial hair growing on the chin and cheeks

ยาว

yao — Long; extended in length or duration

สี

si — Color; also the number four

เทา

thao — Gray; a neutral color between black and white

ซื้อ

sue — To buy, purchase; to exchange money for goods

ไป

pai — To go; movement away from speaker

แต่

tae — But, however; conjunction showing contrast

ก็

ko — Also, then, even so; connective or concessive particle

อยู่

yu — To be located, to live; indicates continuous state

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun pointing to distant thing

นาน

nan — Long time; extended duration of time

บอก

bok — To tell, inform; to convey information to someone

ชาย

chai — Male, man; the masculine gender

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative adjective for a specific thing

ถูก

thuk — Correct, cheap; also passive voice marker

ทน

thon — To endure, tolerate; to bear something difficult

ฟัง

fang — To listen; to pay attention to sounds or speech

เขา

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

สอน

son — To teach, instruct; to impart knowledge to others

ผิดๆ

phit-phit — Wrongly, incorrectly; doing things in an erroneous way

มัก

mak — Often, tend to; indicates habitual action

สงสัย

song-sai — To wonder, doubt, suspect; feeling of curiosity or uncertainty

บ่อยๆ

boi-boi — Often, frequently; happening many times repeatedly

จะ

ja — Will, going to; future tense marker

เป็น

pen — To be, to have a condition; linking verb

ยังไง

yang-ngai — How, in what way; informal question about manner

บ้าง

bang — Some, any, at all; implies variety or asking for examples

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby thing

ภูมิศาสตร์

phu-mi-sat — Geography; study of the earth's lands and features

มาก

mak — Very, much, many; indicates a large degree

กว่า

kwa — More than, compared to; comparative marker

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human being; a person belonging to mankind

รู้

ru — To know; to have knowledge or understanding

เสีย

sia — Broken, wasted, lost; indicates something gone wrong

อีก

ik — More, again, another; indicates addition or repetition

น่ะ

na — Particle softening or emphasizing a statement

หรือ

rue — Or; conjunction presenting alternatives or yes/no question

โอ้โห

o-ho — Wow, oh my; exclamation of surprise or admiration

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothetical

พวก

phuak — Group, bunch; collective for people or things

เรียน

rian — To study, learn; to receive education

การ

kan — Nominalizer; turns verbs into abstract nouns

บิน

bin — To fly; to move through the air

ซัก

sak — To wash; to clean clothes with water

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, same as; indicates resemblance

กระจอก

kra-jok — Sparrow; small ordinary bird; also means insignificant

ธรรมดา

tham-ma-da — Ordinary, normal, plain; nothing special

เรา

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

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expresses probability or assumption

ได้ยิน

dai-yin — To hear; to perceive sound through the ears

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic; subject of discussion

หยุด

yut — To stop, halt; to cease an action or movement

หย่อน

yon — To lower, relax; slightly lacking or to drop down

ที

thi — Time, turn, once; classifier for instances

เดียว

diao — Single, alone, only one; indicates uniqueness

เจ้า

jao — You; informal second-person pronoun or lord/owner

ฉลาด

cha-lat — Smart, clever, intelligent; having sharp mental ability

หมอ

mo — Doctor, physician; a medical professional

แก

kae — You; informal second-person pronoun for older persons

อายุ

a-yu — Age; the number of years someone has lived

เท่า

thao — Equal to, as much as; indicates equivalence

ไหร่

rai — How much, how many; used in questions about quantity

แน่

nae — Sure, certain; indicates confidence or certainty

แก้ว

kaew — Glass, cup; also means gemstone or crystal

ช้าง

chang — Elephant; large gray mammal native to Asia and Africa

บาง

bang — Some, thin; a small number or thin in thickness

ยืน

yuen — To stand; to be in an upright position

มากๆ

mak-mak — Very much, a lot; emphasizes a large degree

แน่ใจ

nae-jai — To be sure, certain; feeling confident about something

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

เอง

eng — Self, oneself; by itself or emphasizes the subject

ร้อย

roi — Hundred; the number 100

แปด

paet — Eight; the number 8

สิบ

sip — Ten; the number 10

สาม

sam — Three; the number 3

สอง

song — Two; the number 2

ปี

pi — Year; a twelve-month period

มา

ma — To come; movement toward the speaker

นี่

ni — Here, this; demonstrative for nearby thing or place

จาก

jak — From; indicates origin or starting point

แอฟริกา

aep-fri-ka — Africa; the large continent south of Europe

แรก

raek — First; the earliest in order or time

พระเจ้า

phra-jao — God, Lord; a divine being or deity

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates ongoing state or action

ซ่อน

son — To hide, conceal; to keep something out of sight

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; indicates location inside something

ต้น

ton — Tree, origin, beginning; classifier for trees and plants

โอ๊ก

ok — Oak; a large hardwood tree species

เพราะ

phro — Because; gives the reason for something

เห็น

hen — To see, notice; to perceive with the eyes

พระองค์

phra-ong — Royal personage; pronoun for royalty or a deity

ตา

ta — Eye; the organ of sight; also means maternal grandfather

ดู

du — To look, watch; to observe visually

ตก

tok — To fall, drop; to descend from a higher position

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind; seat of feelings and emotions

กลัว

klua — To fear, be afraid; to feel frightened of something

บท

bot — Lesson, chapter, role; a section of text or performance

ปัญหา

pan-ha — Problem, issue; a difficult situation needing solution

เงิน

ngoen — Money, silver; currency used for transactions

ช้า

cha — Slow; not moving or happening quickly

เริ่ม

roem — To start, begin; to commence an action

หา

ha — To look for, seek; to search for something

น้อง

nong — Younger sibling; a brother or sister who is younger

สาว

sao — Young woman, girl; a female of young age

ชุด

chut — Set, outfit, uniform; a matched collection of items

ใหม่

mai — New, fresh; recently made or not used before

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer for abstract nouns; turns adjectives into nouns

สุข

suk — Happiness, well-being; a state of joy and comfort

สัตว์

sat — Animal; a living creature that is not a plant

ป่วย

puai — Sick, ill; experiencing poor health or disease

หนัก

nak — Heavy, serious; having great weight or severity

จน

jon — Until, so much that; also means poor or destitute

พัก

phak — To rest, stay temporarily; to take a break

บ้าน

ban — Home, house; a place where one lives

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; indicates reaching a destination

สัปดาห์

sap-da — Week; a period of seven consecutive days

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that; temporal conjunction

หาย

hai — To disappear, recover; to get better or vanish

ดี

di — Good, well, fine; of a positive quality

ขึ้น

khuen — To rise, go up; upward movement or improvement

นั่ง

nang — To sit; to rest in a seated position

บน

bon — On, above, upon; indicates position on top

เก้าอี้

kao-i — Chair; a seat with a back for one person

สนาม

sa-nam — Field, ground, court; an open outdoor area

หญ้า

ya — Grass; green plants covering lawns and fields