The Story of Doctor Dolittle — Page 24

Vocabulary

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses.

คืน

khuen — Night; or to return something to someone.

หนึ่ง

nueng — The number one; a single unit.

ใน

nai — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'.

เดือน

duean — Month; also means the moon.

ธันวาคม

than-wa-khom — December, the twelfth month of the year.

ขณะ

kha-na — A moment; while something is happening simultaneously.

ที่

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

ทุก

thuk — Every, all; applies to each member of a group.

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings.

นั่ง

nang — To sit down in a place or seat.

ล้อม

lom — To surround or encircle something or someone.

รอบ

rop — Around, surrounding; one round or cycle.

กอง

kong — A pile or heap; a military unit.

ไฟ

fai — Fire; also electricity or a light source.

อัน

an — General classifier for small or miscellaneous objects.

อบ

op — To bake or to fumigate; warm and enclosed feeling.

อุ่น

un — Warm, pleasantly heated, not too hot.

ครัว

khrua — Kitchen, the room used for cooking food.

หมอ

mo — Doctor, physician; a medical professional.

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently doing something; strength or power.

อ่าน

an — To read written text or books.

หนังสือ

nang-sue — Book, document, or written material.

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker meaning 'let' or 'for'.

พวก

phuak — Group, gang, or a bunch of people.

เขา

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

ฟัง

fang — To listen or pay attention to sound.

ดัง

dang — Loud, noisy; also means famous or well-known.

ๆ

mai yamok — Repetition mark indicating the preceding word is repeated.

จาก

chak — From, away from a place or source.

เขียน

khian — To write letters, words, or text.

เอง

eng — Oneself, by oneself; emphatic self-reference.

ภาษา

pha-sa — Language, tongue; a system of communication.

สัตว์

sat — Animal, creature; any living non-human organism.

นก

nok — Bird; a feathered, winged animal.

ชื่อ

chue — Name; what someone or something is called.

ก็

ko — Also, then, so; a connective discourse particle.

พูด

phut — To speak or talk to someone.

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up, rise; directional particle upward.

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward the speaker.

อย่าง

yang — Way, manner, type; like or as something.

กะทันหัน

ka-than-han — Suddenly, abruptly, without warning or expectation.

ว่า

wa — That; to say; introduces reported speech or content.

นั่น

nan — That, that one; demonstrative pronoun for distant objects.

มี

mi — To have; there is or there are.

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, noise made by someone or something.

อะไร

a-rai — What; used in questions asking for identification.

อยู่

yu — To be located; to live; continuous aspect marker.

ข้าง

khang — Side, beside; the area next to something.

นอก

nok — Outside, exterior; beyond a boundary or space.

ต่าง

tang — Different, various; each one separately.

หู

hu — Ear; the organ used for hearing.

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle in Thai.

ช้า

cha — Slow, slowly; not fast in movement or pace.

ได้ยิน

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

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai.

ใคร

khrai — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person.

บาง

bang — Some, certain; thin in physical dimension.

วิ่ง

wing — To run quickly on foot.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then, after that; completion marker.

ประตู

pra-tu — Door, gate; an entrance or exit barrier.

พัง

phang — To collapse, break down, or be destroyed.

เปิด

poet — To open; to turn on a device or door.

ออก

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

ลิง

ling — Monkey; a primate animal.

เข้า

khao — To enter, go in; inward directional particle.

หอบ

hop — To pant, breathe rapidly and heavily from exertion.

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly, barely able to do something.

หายใจ

hai-jai — To breathe; the act of inhaling and exhaling.

ทัน

than — In time, to catch up; not too late.

ร้อง

rong — To cry out, shout, or sing loudly.

ผม

phom — I, me; polite first-person pronoun used by males.

เพิ่ง

phoeng — Just, just now; recently completed an action.

รับ

rap — To receive, accept, or pick up something.

ข่าว

khao — News, information about recent events.

สาร

san — Message, substance, or informational content.

ญาติ

yat — Relative, family member; someone related by blood.

แอฟริกา

aef-ri-ka — Africa, the continent south of the Mediterranean Sea.

โรค

rok — Disease, illness, sickness affecting the body.

ร้าย

rai — Bad, evil, dangerous, or severe in nature.

แรง

raeng — Strong, hard, intense; physical force or power.

ระบาด

ra-bat — To spread, outbreak of disease across an area.

หมู่

mu — Group, community, cluster of people or things.

มัน

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

ติด

tit — To be stuck, infected, or attached to something.

กัน

kan — Together, each other; reciprocal or collective marker.

ทั้ง

thang — All, both, entire; inclusive of everything mentioned.

หมด

mot — All gone, finished, completely used up or exhausted.

ตาย

tai — To die; dead, no longer alive.

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as something; can, able.

ร้อย

roi — One hundred; a hundred units of something.

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects.

คุณ

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

ขอ

kho — To request, ask for, or beg something politely.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle moving away from speaker.

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for the purpose of doing something.

หยุด

yut — To stop, halt, cease an action or movement.

ยั้ง

yang — To restrain, hold back, or prevent something.

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, or take someone somewhere.

ถาม

tham — To ask a question to someone.

พลาง

phlang — While simultaneously doing another action; at the same time.

ถอด

thot — To remove, take off clothing or accessories.

แว่น

waen — Glasses, spectacles worn to correct vision.

ตา

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

วาง

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

ลง

long — Down, downward; to descend or decrease in level.

นาง

nang — Woman, lady; a female title or third-person pronoun.

ตอบ

top — To answer, reply to a question or statement.

บน

bon — On top of, above a surface or object.

ถัง

thang — Bucket, barrel, or cylindrical container for liquids.

รอง

rong — To catch or hold liquid; secondary, deputy.

น้ำ

nam — Water; liquid; also used in compound words.

ฝน

fon — Rain; water falling from clouds in the sky.

พา

pha — To take or bring someone along somewhere.

ใกล้

klai — Near, close to in distance or proximity.

ด้วย

duay — Also, too, with; accompaniment or addition marker.

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expresses obligation or necessity.

หนาว

nao — Cold weather; feeling cold or chilly.

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker in Thai.

สิ้น

sin — To end, expire, run out of something completely.

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind, spirit; center of emotions and feelings.

บิน

bin — To fly through the air like a bird or plane.

ทาง

thang — Way, path, road, direction toward somewhere.

ใต้

tai — Under, below, south; beneath a surface or place.

ตั้ง

tang — To set up, establish, or place upright firmly.

หก

hok — The number six; also means to spill or fall.

อาทิตย์

a-thit — Week; the sun; Sunday in Thai calendar.

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative for something mentioned before.

จึง

chueng — Therefore, so, thus; indicating a logical result.

ถูก

thuk — Correct, cheap; or passive marker meaning 'to be done to'.

งอ

ngo — To bend, curve, or be crooked in shape.

สั่น

san — To shake, tremble, or vibrate from cold or fear.

แม้

mae — Even though, although, even if; concessive conjunction.

ตอน

ton — Time period, part, episode; a section of time.

แรก

raek — First, initial; the very beginning of something.

กลัว

klua — To be afraid, scared, or fearful of something.

นิด

nit — A little bit, a tiny amount of something.

หน่อย

noi — A little, slightly; softening particle in requests.

แต่

tae — But, however; introduces a contrasting statement.

ขอบ

khop — Edge, border, rim; also used in 'thank you'.

ชั้น

chan — Floor, level, shelf; a layer or tier of something.

เหนือ

nuea — Above, north; higher in position or direction.

เตา

tao — Stove, furnace, or oven used for cooking or heating.

เริ่ม

roem — To begin, start an action or event.

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that something occurred.

จบ

chop — To finish, end, conclude something completely.

กล่าว

klao — To say, state, or declare something formally.

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun used by females or casually.

ยินดี

yin-di — Glad, pleased, delighted; willingness to do something.

โดย

doi — By, by means of; indicates agent or method.

เฉพาะ

cha-pho — Specifically, especially, particularly; restricted to one thing.

สภาพ

sa-phap — Condition, state, or situation of something.

อากาศ

a-kat — Weather, air, atmosphere; the climate outside.

เย็น

yen — Cool, cold; also means evening in Thai.

นี้

ni — This, these; demonstrative for something nearby.

เกรง

kreng — To fear, be concerned, or worry about something.

เรา

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

เงิน

ngoen — Money, silver; currency used for buying things.

พอ

pho — Enough, sufficient; just right in amount or degree.

ซื้อ

sue — To buy, purchase something with money.

ตั๋ว

tua — Ticket for travel, event, or admission somewhere.

เอา

ao — To take, get, or want something; casual particle.

กล่อง

klong — Box, carton; a rectangular container for storing things.