The Time Machine — Page 65

Vocabulary

และ

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

บน

bon — Preposition meaning 'on' or 'above' a surface.

เนิน

noen — A small hill or gentle slope in terrain.

เขา

khao — He, she, or they; also means 'mountain'.

ฉัน

chan — First-person pronoun 'I', used informally.

คิด

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

ว่า

wa — Complementizer 'that'; used to introduce reported speech.

สามารถ

sa-mat — To be able to; expressing capability or possibility.

มอง

mong — To look at or gaze toward something.

เห็น

hen — To see or perceive something visually.

ผี

phi — A ghost or spirit in Thai folklore.

ได้

dai — Auxiliary indicating ability, possibility, or past action.

หลาย

lai — Many or several; indicating a large number.

ครั้ง

khrang — A time or instance; classifier for occurrences.

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at, or until a point.

สาม

sam — The number three.

ขณะ

kha-na — A moment or while; indicating simultaneous action.

ที่

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

สำรวจ

sam-rueat — To survey, explore, or investigate an area.

ดู

du — To look, watch, or appear a certain way.

ลาด

lat — A slope or incline on terrain.

ร่าง

rang — A figure, body, or draft of something.

สี

si — Color; also the number four in some contexts.

ขาว

khao — White; describing a pale or white color.

สอง

song — The number two.

นึก

nuek — To think of, recall, or imagine something mentally.

สิ่ง

sing — A thing, object, or entity in general.

มี

mi — To have or there is/are something.

ชีวิต

chi-wit — Life; the state of being alive.

คล้าย

khlai — Similar to or resembling something else.

ลิง

ling — A monkey or ape.

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals and some objects.

เดียว

diao — Alone, single, or only one.

กำลัง

kam-lang — Progressive aspect marker; currently doing an action.

วิ่ง

wing — To run at speed.

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up, rise, or increase.

ค่อนข้าง

khon-khang — Rather, quite, or fairly; moderately so.

เร็ว

reo — Fast, quick, or rapid in speed.

หนึ่ง

nueng — The number one.

ใกล้

klai — Near or close to something in distance.

ซาก

sak — Remains, ruins, or wreckage of something destroyed.

หัก

hak — Broken, snapped, or fractured into pieces.

พัง

phang — Collapsed, ruined, or fallen apart.

พวก

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

มัน

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

กลุ่ม

klum — A group or cluster of people or things.

แบก

baek — To carry something heavy on one's back or shoulders.

ดำ

dam — Black; describing a dark black color.

บาง

bang — Some; thin; or a certain unspecified amount.

อย่าง

yang — Type, kind, or manner; a way of doing.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away movement.

เคลื่อน

khluen — To move or shift position gradually.

เร่ง

reng — To speed up, accelerate, or urge faster.

รีบ

rip — To hurry or rush doing something quickly.

ไม่

mai — No or not; negation particle in Thai.

ไหน

nai — Where or which; interrogative word for location.

เหมือน

muean — Like, same as, or similar to something.

หาย

hai — To disappear, vanish, or recover from illness.

ใน

nai — In or inside a place or container.

พุ่ม

phum — A bush or shrub; dense low vegetation.

ไม้

mai — Wood or tree; material from trees.

รุ่ง

rung — Dawn or daybreak; the first light of day.

อรุณ

a-run — Dawn or sunrise; poetic word for early morning.

ยัง

yang — Still, yet, or still continuing an action.

คง

khong — Probably, likely, or to remain the same.

ชัดเจน

chat-chen — Clear, distinct, or obvious without ambiguity.

คุณ

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

ต้อง

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

เข้าใจ

khao-chai — To understand or comprehend something explained.

นะ

na — Sentence-final particle softening tone or seeking agreement.

รู้สึก

ru-suek — To feel or sense an emotion or sensation.

ความ

khwam — Nominalizing prefix creating abstract nouns from adjectives.

หนาวเย็น

nao-yen — Cold and chilly; describing low temperature sensation.

แน่ใจ

nae-chai — To be sure or certain about something.

ยาม

yam — A time period, moment, or watchman guard.

เช้า

chao — Morning; the early part of the day.

ตรู่

tru — Very early; used in 'early morning' (เช้าตรู่).

อาจ

at — Might or may; expressing possibility or uncertainty.

เคย

khoei — To have ever done or used to do.

รู้จัก

ru-chak — To know or be acquainted with someone or something.

สงสัย

song-sai — To doubt, wonder, or be curious about something.

สายตา

sai-ta — Vision, eyesight, or one's line of sight.

ของ

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

ตัวเอง

tua-eng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun meaning 'myself/yourself/himself'.

ท้องฟ้า

thong-fa — The sky above; open expanse overhead.

ทาง

thang — A way, path, direction, or means of travel.

ทิศ

thit — A cardinal direction such as north, south, east, west.

ตะวันออก

ta-wan-ok — East; the direction of sunrise.

สว่าง

sa-wang — Bright or illuminated; having light present.

แสง

saeng — Light or ray of light from a source.

กลางวัน

klang-wan — Daytime; the middle part of the day.

มา

ma — To come; directional particle indicating toward speaker.

พร้อม

phrom — Ready, prepared, or together with something.

กับ

kap — With, and, or together with someone or something.

สีสัน

si-san — Colors, hues, or vibrancy of colorful appearance.

อัน

an — General classifier for various objects; also 'which/that'.

สดใส

sot-sai — Bright, vivid, cheerful, or radiantly colorful.

กลับ

klap — To return, go back, or reverse direction.

คืน

khuen — Night; also to return or give back something.

สู่

su — To, toward, or into; directional preposition.

โลก

lok — World, earth, or globe; the planet we inhabit.

อีก

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

ทัศนียภาพ

that-sa-ni-ya-phap — Scenery or landscape; a visual view of surroundings.

ตั้งใจ

tang-chai — To intend, concentrate, or be determined to do.

แต่

tae — But, however, or only; a contrastive conjunction.

ร่องรอย

rong-roi — A trace, track, or evidence left behind.

ใดๆ

dai-dai — Any whatsoever; emphasizing complete lack or inclusiveness.

เหล่า

lao — Plural marker for groups of people or things.

นั้น

nan — That or those; a demonstrative pronoun pointing away.

เลย

loei — At all; so; then; particle emphasizing negation or result.

เป็น

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

เพียง

phiang — Only, merely, or just a small amount.

แห่ง

haeng — Of or at; classifier for places and locations.

สลัว

sa-lua — Dim, faint, or poorly lit; lacking brightness.

พูด

phut — To speak or talk; to say something aloud.

จาก

chak — From, away from, or departing a place.

ยุค

yuk — An era, age, or epoch in time.

ใด

dai — Which or any; interrogative or relative pronoun.

เพราะ

phro — Because or since; giving a reason or cause.

แปลก

plaek — Strange, odd, or unusual; different from the norm.

ประหลาด

pra-lat — Bizarre, peculiar, or surprisingly weird in nature.

ผุด

phut — To pop up, spring out, or suddenly appear.

หัว

hua — Head; the top part of a body or object.

ทำให้

tham-hai — To make or cause something to happen.

ขบขัน

khop-khan — Funny or amusing; causing laughter or amusement.

หาก

hak — If or in case; a conditional conjunction.

แต่ละ

tae-la — Each or every individual one separately.

รุ่น

run — Generation, model, or version of something.

ตาย

tai — To die or be dead; cessation of life.

ทิ้ง

thing — To abandon, discard, or leave something behind.

เอา

ao — To take or want; informal verb for getting.

ไว้

wai — To keep, place, or retain for future use.

โต้แย้ง

to-yaeng — To argue, dispute, or counter an argument.

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most or -est; superlative marker in Thai.

จะ

cha — Will or going to; future tense marker.

แออัด

ae-at — Crowded, congested, or packed with many people.

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with, or by means of something.

ตาม

tam — To follow, according to, or along something.

ทฤษฎี

thrit-sa-di — A theory or theoretical framework of ideas.

จำนวน

cham-nuan — A number, amount, or quantity of something.

นับ

nap — To count or enumerate items or numbers.

ไม่ถ้วน

mai-thuan — Countless or innumerable; too many to count.

แปด

paet — The number eight.

แสน

saen — One hundred thousand; an extremely large number.

ปี

pi — Year; a period of twelve months.

ข้างหน้า

khang-na — Ahead, in front of, or in the future.

ก็

ko — Also, then, or so; a filler or connective particle.

ใช่

chai — Yes, that's right; affirming something is correct.

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, or issue about something.

น่า

na — Should or deserves to be; expresses worthiness or likelihood.

อะไร

a-rai — What; interrogative word asking about something unknown.

นัก

nak — Very, excessively, or a skilled practitioner of something.

สี่

si — The number four.

คราว

khrao — A time, occasion, or instance of an event.

มุก

muk — A joke or punchline; also means pearl.

ตลก

ta-lok — Funny, comical, or a comedian; humorous.

พึงพอใจ

phueng-pho-chai — To be satisfied, pleased, or content with something.

คิดถึง

khit-thueng — To miss someone or think fondly of someone.

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout, all along, or the entire duration.

จน

chon — Until, up to, or so much that; also poor.

กระทั่ง

kra-thang — Until, even, or up to a point in time.

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix for actions or processes; '-ing' equivalent.

ช่วยเหลือ

chuai-luea — To help, assist, or support someone in need.

ลืม

luem — To forget or fail to remember something.