The Story of Doctor Dolittle — Page 50

Vocabulary

บางที

bang thee — Sometimes; perhaps; occasionally possible

ถ้า

thaa — If; used to introduce a conditional clause

เรา

rao — We; us; also used as 'I' informally

สร้าง

saang — To build; to create; to construct something

บ้าน

baan — House; home; dwelling place

หลัง

lang — Behind; back; also classifier for buildings

ใหม่

mai — New; fresh; recently made or acquired

และ

lae — And; used to connect words or clauses

เตียง

tiang — Bed; a piece of furniture for sleeping

ที่

thee — At; place; relative pronoun; classifier

ใหญ่

yai — Big; large; great in size

กว่า

gwaa — More than; used in comparisons

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative marker

เขา

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

สัญญา

san-yaa — Promise; contract; to vow or pledge

ว่า

waa — That; to say; quotative and complementizer particle

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker; going to

มี

mee — To have; there is/are; to exist

ลิง

ling — Monkey; primate animal

รับใช้

rap chai — To serve; to wait on someone obediently

มากมาย

maak maai — Many; a lot; abundantly numerous

คอย

khoi — To wait; to await; to keep watching for

ทำงาน

tham ngaan — To work; to perform a job or task

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause; to make something happen

ชีวิต

chee-wit — Life; existence; one's living experience

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

สุขสบาย

suk sa-baai — Comfortable and happy; at ease contentedly

ก็

gaw — Also; then; discourse particle softening statements

อาจ

aat — Might; may; expressing possibility or uncertainty

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle before verbs/adjectives

อยาก

yaak — To want; to desire; to wish for

จาก

jaak — From; away from; departing a place

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away

จากนั้น

jaak nan — After that; then; subsequently in sequence

ลุก

luk — To rise; to stand up; to get up

ขึ้น

kheun — Up; to rise; directional particle upward

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; collective pronoun for people

อื่นๆ

uen uen — Others; other ones; various other things

กระซิบ

gra-sip — To whisper; to speak softly and secretly

กัน

gan — Together; each other; mutual action particle

ดูสิ

duu si — Look!; Hey, look at that!

นักเดินทาง

nak doen-thaang — Traveler; one who travels frequently

ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่

phuu ying yai — Great person; one who is mighty and powerful

กำลัง

gam-lang — Currently; in the process of; doing now

พูด

phuut — To speak; to talk; to say something

แล้ว

laew — Already; then; past completion particle

กับ

gap — With; and; together with someone

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals/clothing

เพื่อนๆ

pheuan pheuan — Friends; one's group of companions

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun (informal/female)

เกรง

greng — To fear; to be apprehensive or worried about

การ

gaan — Nominalizer; act of; process or affair

ขอ

kho — To ask for; to request; to beg

หมอ

mo — Doctor; physician; medical professional

พัก

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

อยู่

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

นั้น

nan — That; those; demonstrative pronoun (distant)

คง

khong — Probably; likely; presumably will happen

ไม่มี

mai mee — There is no; to not have something

ประโยชน์

pra-yoot — Benefit; use; advantage; usefulness

ติดหนี้

tit nee — To be in debt; to owe money to someone

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver; currency used for payment

บอก

bok — To tell; to inform; to say to someone

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; be required to do

กลับ

glap — To return; to go back; to come back

ชำระหนี้

cham-ra nee — To repay a debt; to settle what is owed

ถาม

thaam — To ask; to question; to inquire about

คือ

khue — Is; means; to be equal or defined as

อะไร

a-rai — What; what is it; interrogative pronoun

พวกเขา

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

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or container

ดินแดน

din daen — Land; territory; region; a geographic area

คน

khon — Person; people; human being; classifier for humans

ผิวขาว

phiw khao — White-skinned; fair complexion; Caucasian person

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun; honorific

ได้

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

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; emphatic particle

หาก

haak — If; in the event that; conditional conjunction

ทำ

tham — To do; to make; to perform an action

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot; unable to; not able to do

แทบ

thaep — Almost; hardly; nearly; barely possible

เป็นไป

pen pai — To be possible; to go on; to happen

มีชีวิต

mee chee-wit — To be alive; to have life; living

โดย

doi — By; via; by means of; through

บาง

baang — Some; certain; thin; a few of something

แต่

tae — But; however; yet; contrasting conjunction

แม้แต่

mae tae — Even; not even; used for strong emphasis

กิน

gin — To eat; to consume food or drink

ดื่ม

duem — To drink; to consume a liquid beverage

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; still continuing action

จ่าย

jaai — To pay; to spend money; to disburse funds

ด้วย

duai — Also; too; with; as well; additionally

หรือ

rue — Or; whether; question particle at sentence end

ส่าย

saai — To shake; to sway; to move side to side

หัว

hua — Head; top; chief; beginning of something

เอง

eng — Oneself; by oneself; on one's own accord

ตอน

ton — When; time; episode; period or moment

หมุน

mun — To turn; to spin; to rotate around

ถูก

thuuk — To be forced; cheap; correct; passive marker

บังคับ

bang-khap — To force; to compel; to control someone

เด็กๆ

dek dek — Children; kids; young ones collectively

หัวหน้า

hua-naa — Leader; chief; head of a group

ชิมแปนซี

chim-paen-see — Chimpanzee; a great ape from Africa

หัน

han — To turn; to face; to look toward something

ไปหา

pai haa — To go to see; to approach someone

อุรังอุตัง

u-rang-u-tang — Orangutan; large tree-dwelling ape of Asia

อาวุโส

aa-wu-soo — Senior; elder; senior in rank or age

ที่สุด

thee sut — The most; superlative degree marker

เพื่อน

pheuan — Friend; companion; close acquaintance

ร่วม

ruam — Together; to join; to share; mutual participation

ตระกูล

tra-guun — Family; clan; lineage; ancestral group

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human; human being; mankind

พวกนี้

phuak nee — These people; this group here

ช่าง

chaang — How; what a; skilled worker; technician

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition; to become

สิ่งมีชีวิต

sing mee chee-wit — Living organism; creature; living being

แปลก

plaek — Strange; unusual; odd; different from normal

ประหลาด

pra-laat — Weird; bizarre; surprisingly strange or odd

จริงๆ

jing jing — Really; truly; genuinely; used for emphasis

ใคร

khrai — Who; whoever; someone; interrogative pronoun

อาศัย

aa-sai — To live; to reside; to depend on something

เช่น

chen — Such as; for example; like; for instance

โอ้โห

oh ho — Wow; an exclamation of surprise or amazement

ต่ำต้อย

tam toi — Lowly; humble; of low social status

นัก

nak — Expert; very; a person skilled in something

เดินทาง

doen thaang — To travel; to make a journey somewhere

มาหา

maa haa — To come to see; to come visit someone

เรือ

ruea — Boat; ship; watercraft for traveling on water

ข้าม

khaam — To cross; to go across; to traverse something

ทะเล

tha-lee — Sea; ocean; large body of salt water

ซื้อ

sue — To buy; to purchase; to acquire by payment

อาหาร

aa-haan — Food; meal; nourishment; things to eat

ระหว่าง

ra-waang — Between; during; among; in the middle of