The Tale of Two Bad Mice — Page 5

Vocabulary

และ

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

ทุก

thuk — Every, all; used before nouns to indicate totality.

เช้า

chao — Morning; the early part of the day.

ตรู่

tru — Very early; used with เช้า to mean 'early morning'.

ก่อน

kon — Before; earlier than a specified time or event.

ที่

thi — That, which; relative pronoun or place marker.

ใคร

khrai — Who, whoever; interrogative or indefinite pronoun.

จะ

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

ตื่น

tuen — To wake up; to become awake from sleep.

นอน

non — To sleep or lie down; resting position.

ก็

ko — Also, then; discourse particle indicating continuation or emphasis.

มา

ma — To come; directional verb indicating movement toward speaker.

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared; together with someone or something.

กับ

kap — With, together with; preposition linking nouns.

แปรง

praeng — Brush; a tool used for cleaning or grooming.

ปัด

pat — To sweep or brush away; to flick off dust.

ฝุ่น

fun — Dust; fine particles of dirt or debris.

ไม้กวาด

mai kwat — Broom; a tool used for sweeping floors.

ของ

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

เธอ

thoe — She, her, you; pronoun for female or familiar address.

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for the purpose of; purpose conjunction.

กวาด

kwat — To sweep; to clean a surface using a broom.

บ้าน

ban — House, home; a place where people live.

เหล่า

lao — Group of, the (plural marker); indicating a collection.

ตุ๊กตา

tuk-ka-ta — Doll; a small toy figure resembling a person.

จบ

chop — To finish, end; conclusion of something.

พิมพ์

phim — To print or publish; also means typography or print.

โดย

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

สำนักพิมพ์

sam-nak phim — Publishing house; a company that publishes books.