The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle — Page 7

Vocabulary

และ

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

ชุด

chut — Set, suit, or outfit; a matching collection of items.

ของ

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

เธอ

thoe — She, her, or you (informal, often feminine).

กระโปรง

kra-prong — Skirt; a garment worn around the lower body.

ชั้น

chan — Layer, floor, or level of a building or structure.

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; a preposition of location.

ภาพประกอบ

phap-pra-kop — Illustration or picture accompanying a text.

_ช่าง_

chang — How (exclamatory); skilled worker or craftsman.

เล็ก

lek — Small, little in size or amount.

ลง

long — To go down, descend, or decrease in level.

เสีย

sia — Broken, ruined, or used as an aspect particle.

จริง

jing — True, real, genuine; used to affirm something.

คล้ำ

khlam — Dark, dim, or deeply toned in color.

เต็ม

tem — Full, complete, filled to capacity.

ไป

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

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; accompaniment or addition particle.

หนาม

nam — Thorn or spine on a plant.

นี่

ni — This, here; proximal demonstrative pronoun or particle.

นา

na — Rice field; also a sentence-final softening particle.

นาง

nang — Mrs., woman, lady; formal feminine title or pronoun.

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — Is not, am not; negation of identity or type.

อะไร

a-rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about a thing.

เลย

loei — At all, ever; intensifying or emphatic particle.

นอกจาก

nok-jak — Except, besides, apart from; exclusionary conjunction.

เม่น

men — Hedgehog or porcupine; a small spiny animal.

ตัว

tua — Body, self; classifier for animals and clothing.

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Very small, tiny; reduplication intensifying smallness.

บัดนี้

bat-ni — Now, at this moment; a formal or literary term.

มี

mi — To have, there is/are; verb of possession or existence.

บางคน

bang-khon — Some people, someone; referring to an unspecified person.

บอกว่า

bok wa — To say that, tell that; introduces reported speech.

น้อย

noi — Few, little, small in quantity or amount.

นั้น

nan — That, those; distal demonstrative pronoun or determiner.

หลับ

lap — To sleep, to be asleep; eyes closed in sleep.

อยู่

yu — To be, to stay, to live; continuative aspect marker.

บน

bon — On top of, above, upper; preposition of location.

บันได

ban-dai — Staircase, ladder, steps for climbing up or down.

ข้าม

kham — To cross over, pass across a boundary or obstacle.

รั้ว

rua — Fence, railing, or barrier around a property.

แต่

tae — But, however; contrastive conjunction between clauses.

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then; past aspect marker or sequence marker.

จะ

ja — Will, shall; future tense marker in Thai.

พบ

phop — To meet, find, or encounter someone or something.

ผ้า

pha — Cloth, fabric, textile material.

เช็ดหน้า

chet-na — Handkerchief or face cloth for wiping the face.

สะอาด

sa-at — Clean, neat, tidy; free from dirt or mess.

สาม

sam — Three; the number 3 in Thai.

ผืน

phuen — Classifier for flat fabric items like cloth or mats.

กันเปื้อน

kan-puean — Apron; garment worn to protect clothes from dirt.

ที่

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

ติด

tit — To attach, stick, or be fastened to something.

เข็มกลัด

khem-klat — Pin, brooch, or safety pin used to fasten things.

เงิน

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

ได้

dai — Can, able to, get; ability or past tense marker.

อย่างไร

yang-rai — How, in what way; interrogative adverb of manner.

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more, increasingly; comparative intensifier adverb.

กว่า

kwa — More than, than; comparative particle in Thai.

_ฉัน_

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

เคย

khoei — Ever, used to; marker of past experience or habit.

เห็น

hen — To see, to witness visually with one's eyes.

ประตู

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

นำ

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

สู่

su — To, toward; preposition indicating direction or destination.

ด้าน

dan — Side, aspect, or face of an object or direction.

หลัง

lang — Back, behind, rear; also after in time sequence.

เนิน

noen — Hill, mound, or gently rising ground elevation.

เขา

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

เรียกว่า

riak wa — Called, named; to refer to something by a name.

รู้จัก

ru-jak — To know, be acquainted with a person or thing.

รัก

rak — To love; feeling deep affection for someone.

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating identity or condition.

อย่าง

yang — Like, as, in the manner of; comparative adverb.

ดี

di — Good, well, nice; positive quality or approval.

จบ

jop — To end, finish, conclude; completion of something.

โครงการ

khrong-kan — Project, program, or planned initiative or scheme.

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, or subject of discussion.

นิทาน

ni-than — Folktale, fable, fairy tale; traditional story for children.