The Story of Doctor Dolittle — Page 48

Vocabulary

และ

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

พา

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

สิงโต

sing-to — A lion, large wild cat of Africa.

ตัวอื่นๆ

tua-uen-uen — Other individuals or creatures, referring to others.

ไป

pai — To go, move away from current location.

ด้วย

duay — Also, too, with; used to include something additional.

รวมทั้ง

ruam-thang — Including, altogether encompassing various items listed.

พวก

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

เสือดาว

suea-dao — A leopard, large spotted wild cat.

โง่ๆ

ngo-ngo — Foolish, stupid; describing silly or dumb behavior.

นั้น

nan — That, those; a demonstrative pronoun for distant reference.

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then, after; indicating completion or sequence.

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action.

ทุก

thuk — Every, all; referring to each item in a group.

อย่าง

yang — Kind, type, way; used to describe manner or sort.

ที่

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

หมอ

mo — A doctor or physician who treats illness.

สั่ง

sang — To order, command, or instruct someone to do something.

ทำงาน

tham-ngan — To work, perform job duties or labor.

ขยัน

khayan — Hardworking, diligent, industrious in effort.

บางที

bang-thi — Sometimes, perhaps, possibly on some occasions.

เขา

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

อาจ

at — Might, may; expressing possibility or uncertainty.

กรุณา

ka-ru-na — Please; polite request word used in formal contexts.

มา

ma — To come, move toward the speaker's location.

ดู

du — To look, watch, or observe something.

ลูกสิงโต

luk-sing-to — A lion cub, young offspring of a lion.

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or container.

ภายหลัง

phai-lang — Afterward, later, in the future after an event.

ตอนนี้

ton-ni — Right now, at this moment, currently.

ได้

dai — Can, able to, or past tense marker in Thai.

เลย

loei — At all, so, therefore; intensifier or result marker.

รีบๆ

rip-rip — Hurriedly, quickly, rushing to do something fast.

เข้า

khao — To enter, go into, move inside a place.

ฉัน

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

บอก

bok — To tell, say, or inform someone of something.

แก

kae — You; informal second-person pronoun used among peers.

ไม่

mai — Not; negation word used before verbs or adjectives.

เหมาะ

mo — Suitable, appropriate, fitting for a purpose.

จะ

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

เป็น

pen — To be, to have a condition or state.

พ่อ

pho — Father, dad; male parent of a child.

สักนิด

sak-nit — Just a little bit, a tiny amount.

เธอ

thoe — You, she, her; pronoun used informally or affectionately.

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; connective particle in Thai speech.

เดิน

doen — To walk, move on foot from place to place.

ถ้ำ

tham — A cave, natural hollow underground chamber.

ห้อง

hong — A room inside a building or structure.

ถัด

that — Next, adjacent, the following one in sequence.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative clause connector in Thai.

ที่อยู่

thi-yu — Address, residence, place where someone lives.

ของ

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

แม่สิงโต

mae-sing-to — A lioness, female adult lion.

อีก

ik — More, again, another; indicating addition or repetition.

ตัว

tua — Classifier for animals, body, or self.

หนึ่ง

nueng — One, the number one; first in a sequence.

เล่า

lao — To narrate, tell a story or recount events.

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, or subject being discussed.

ทั้งหมด

thang-mot — All, entirely, the whole amount or group.

ให้

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

ฟัง

fang — To listen, hear attentively to sounds or speech.

ดังนั้น

dang-nan — Therefore, so, thus; indicating a logical conclusion.

จึง

chueng — Therefore, so, then; used after a cause or reason.

กลับ

klap — To return, go back to a previous place.

หา

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

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say something verbally.

ว่า

wa — That; complementizer introducing reported speech or thought.

บังเอิญ

bang-oein — By chance, accidentally, coincidentally happening unexpectedly.

ผ่าน

phan — To pass by, go through a place or time.

ทางนี้

thang-ni — This way, this direction, this path or route.

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought.

แวะ

wae — To stop by, drop in briefly at a place.

ได้รับ

dai-rap — To receive, obtain, or get something given.

ความช่วยเหลือ

khwam-chuay-luea — Help, assistance, aid provided to someone in need.

บ้าง

bang — Some, somewhat, any; partitive particle in Thai.

ไหม

mai — Question particle used at sentence end for yes/no questions.

กังวล

kang-won — To worry, feel anxious or concerned about something.

อย่างมาก

yang-mak — Very much, greatly, to a large extent.

การหา

kan-ha — The act of searching or looking for something.

ทุกวันนี้

thuk-wan-ni — Nowadays, these days, in the current period.

ยาก

yak — Difficult, hard, not easy to do or achieve.

มาก

mak — Very, much, a lot; intensifier for adjectives.

สัตว์

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

ต่างๆ

tang-tang — Various, different kinds, diverse types of things.

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, resembling something else.

อยาก

yak — To want, desire, wish to do something.

ต่อไป

to-pai — Continue, go on, proceed further ahead.

โทษ

thot — Blame, fault, punishment; also 'excuse me' politely.

มัน

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

ไม่ได้

mai-dai — Cannot, did not, unable to do something.

หรอก

rok — Particle softening negation or emphasizing disagreement politely.

แง่

ngae — Aspect, angle, perspective of a matter or issue.

เถอะ

thoe — Particle urging someone to go ahead or just do it.

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that something happened.

เห็น

hen — To see, notice, or visually perceive something.

มี

mi — To have, there is, there are something.

ปัญหา

pan-ha — Problem, issue, difficulty needing a solution.

ขัดข้อง

khat-khong — Obstacle, objection, hindrance; to have a problem or difficulty.

ช่วย

chuay — To help, assist, aid someone with something.

เท่าที่

thao-thi — As much as, to the extent that something allows.

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, just a limited amount.

เพื่อ

phuea — For, in order to achieve a purpose or goal.

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to, need to do something.

อาบน้ำ

ap-nam — To bathe, shower, wash the body with water.

นักล่า

nak-la — A hunter, predator that hunts other animals.

ส่วน

suan — Part, portion, section; as for, regarding.

น่า

na — Should, ought to; makes adjectives express impressions.

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; until, up to a point.

ไม่ช้า

mai-cha — Soon, before long, in a short time.

นี้

ni — This, these; demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects.

โอ้

o — Oh; exclamation expressing surprise or realization.

บ้าน

ban — House, home; a place where someone lives.

เรา

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

ป่วย

puay — To be sick, ill, unwell with a disease.

อยู่

yu — To be at, stay, live somewhere; continuous marker.

เอง

eng — Oneself, by itself; emphasizing self-action or identity.

อะไร

a-rai — What; question word asking about an unknown thing.

ผิดปกติ

phit-pa-ka-ti — Abnormal, unusual, not following the normal pattern.

กับ

kap — With, and; preposition joining nouns or people together.

แต่

tae — But, however; conjunction showing contrast between ideas.

ภรรยา

phan-ra-ya — Wife, a female spouse in a marriage.

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothetical situation.

ทาง

thang — Way, path, route, direction to somewhere.

คืนนี้

khuen-ni — Tonight, this evening, the current night.

หน่อย

noi — A little, slightly; softens requests or statements politely.