The Time Machine — Page 97

Vocabulary

สำหรับ

sam-rap — Preposition meaning 'for' or 'intended for someone'

ฉัน

chan — First-person pronoun 'I' used by females or casually

อย่างน้อย

yang noi — At least; a minimum amount or number

ใน

nai — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'

สถานการณ์

sa-than-kan — Situation; set of circumstances at a given time

ปัจจุบัน

pat-ju-ban — Present; current time or era

ของ

khong — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'

สิ่ง

sing — Thing; object or matter in general

เหล่า

lao — Plural marker indicating a group of things or people

นี้

ni — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'

จะ

ja — Future tense auxiliary verb meaning 'will' or 'shall'

น่า

na — Prefix expressing that something seems or deserves attention

สนใจ

son-jai — To be interested in something

กว่า

kwa — Comparative particle meaning 'more than' or 'rather than'

มาก

mak — Much; many; a lot of something

เมื่อ

muea — When; conjunction referring to a past time

เทียบ

thiap — To compare; to measure against something else

กับ

kap — With; together with; compared to

ภาพ

phap — Image; picture; visual representation of something

สมัย

sa-mai — Era; period or age in history

เก่า

kao — Old; aged; not new or recent

ที่

thi — Relative pronoun or place marker meaning 'that' or 'where'

กำลัง

kam-lang — Progressive aspect marker meaning 'currently doing something'

เสื่อม

sueam — To deteriorate; to decline in quality or condition

สลาย

sa-lai — To disintegrate; to break apart or dissolve

ขณะ

kha-na — While; during a particular moment or period

สำรวจ

sam-ruat — To explore; to survey or investigate an area

อยู่

yu — To be located; continuous aspect marker or 'to stay'

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative referring to something previously mentioned

พบ

phop — To find; to discover or encounter something

ทาง

thang — Path; way; direction or route somewhere

เดิน

doen — To walk; to move on foot

สั้น

san — Short; brief in length or duration

อีก

ik — Another; more; additionally or again

แห่ง

haeng — Classifier for places or locations

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number one or a single item

ตัด

tat — To cut; to sever or intersect something

ขวาง

khwang — To block; to cross or obstruct a path

แรก

raek — First; the earliest or initial occurrence

ดู

du — To look; to watch or observe something

เหมือน

muean — Similar to; to resemble or seem like something

ว่า

wa — Complementizer meaning 'that'; used before reported speech

นี่

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun pointing to nearby thing

ถูก

thuk — Passive marker; or cheap; or to be correct

จัด

jat — To arrange; to organize or set something in order

ไว้

wai — Aspect marker indicating something done and kept in place

แร่ธาตุ

rae-that — Mineral; naturally occurring inorganic substance in earth

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

เห็น

hen — To see; to visually perceive something

ก้อน

kon — Lump; chunk; classifier for solid rounded objects

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer prefix turning adjectives into abstract nouns

คิด

khit — To think; to consider or have an opinion

ก็

ko — Then; also; discourse particle showing logical connection

แล่น

laen — To run; to flow or move swiftly

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away

ถึง

thueng — To reach; to arrive at; until a point

ดิน

din — Soil; earth; ground material

ปืน

puen — Gun; firearm or shooting weapon

แต่

tae — But; however; conjunction showing contrast

หา

ha — To look for; to search for something

ไม่

mai — Negation particle meaning 'not' or 'no'

จริง

jing — Real; true; genuine or factual

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; aspect marker for completed action

ชนิด

cha-nit — Type; kind; category of something

ใด

dai — Any; which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

เลย

loei — At all; emphatic particle; not even slightly

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; expressing necessity or obligation

สงสัย

song-sai — To wonder; to doubt or be curious about something

ได้

dai — Can; able to; or past tense marker

ละลาย

la-lai — To dissolve; to melt into liquid form

ดูด

dut — To absorb; to suck up moisture or liquid

ชื้น

chuen — Damp; slightly wet or humid

นาน

nan — Long time; for an extended duration

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing to do something

คง

khong — Probably; likely; to remain or stay constant

วน

won — To circle; to revolve or go around repeatedly

เวียน

wien — To circulate; to rotate or cycle around

ก่อ

ko — To cause; to create or build up something

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker meaning 'to make someone do'

เกิด

koet — To occur; to happen; to be born

กระบวน

kra-buan — Process; procedure; series of steps or actions

ขึ้น

khuen — To rise; upward directional particle or to increase

มา

ma — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward speaker

ชุด

chut — Set; collection; suit or outfit of items

เหลือ

luea — To remain; leftover; still existing after use

แม้

mae — Even though; even if; concessive conjunction

โดย

doi — By; through; by means of something

รวม

ruam — To combine; to include; altogether in total

รับ

rap — To receive; to accept something given

การ

kan — Nominalizer prefix for actions or processes

อนุรักษ์

a-nu-rak — To conserve; to preserve natural or cultural resources

ดี

di — Good; fine; of high quality or virtue

ที่สุด

thi-sut — Most; superlative marker indicating the highest degree

บรรดา

ban-da — All of; referring to a whole group collectively

ทั้งหมด

thang-mot — All; everything; the entire amount or group

แทบ

thaep — Almost; nearly; barely; very close to something

มี

mi — To have; there is or there are something

ไม่ใช่

mai-chai — Is not; negation of identity or classification

ผู้

phu — Person; one who; prefix indicating a doer or role

เชี่ยวชาญ

chiao-chan — Expert; highly skilled or proficient in a field

ด้าน

dan — Side; aspect; field or area of something

วิทยา

wit-tha-ya — Science or study of a particular academic field

แร่

rae — Mineral ore; raw mineral material from the ground

ต่อ

to — Per; against; to continue or connect something

ตาม

tam — According to; to follow; along with something

ทรุด

trut — To sink; to collapse downward gradually

โทรม

throm — Dilapidated; run-down; in poor deteriorated condition

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; relative pronoun linking clauses

ขนาน

kha-nan — Parallel; running side by side without meeting

ห้อง

hong — Room; enclosed space inside a building

โถง

thong — Hall; large open corridor or lobby space

เข้า

khao — To enter; inward directional particle

ส่วน

suan — Part; portion; section of a whole

เคย

khoei — Used to; ever; having done something before

ประวัติศาสตร์

pra-wat-sat — History; the study or record of past events

ธรรมชาติ

tham-ma-chat — Nature; the natural world and environment

ทุก

thuk — Every; each; all without exception

สภาพ

sa-phap — Condition; state or situation of something

จน

jon — Until; so much that; poor or destitute

จำ

jam — To remember; to memorize something

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just a small amount

ซาก

sak — Remains; ruins; remnant of something destroyed

เหี่ยว

hiao — Withered; shriveled; dried and wrinkled from age

ย่น

yon — Wrinkled; shrunken; crinkled surface

ดำ

dam — Black; dark-colored

เกรียม

kriam — Scorched; charred; burned dark by heat

เป็น

pen — To be; linking verb indicating identity or state

สัตว์

sat — Animal; living creature of the animal kingdom

แห้ง

haeng — Dry; lacking moisture or water

กรอบ

krop — Crispy; brittle; easily crumbled or broken

ขวด

khuat — Bottle; container for liquids

โหล

lo — Jar; glass container with wide mouth

บรรจุ

ban-ju — To contain; to pack or fill a container

แอลกอฮอล์

aen-ko-hon — Alcohol; chemical liquid used as preservative or drink

ผง

phong — Powder; fine granular substance

สี

si — Color; hue; paint or shade of something

น้ำตาล

nam-tan — Brown; also meaning sugar in Thai

พืช

phuet — Plant; vegetation; flora

สูญ

sun — To lose; to be lost or extinct

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to distant thing

คือ

khue — Is; means; equating or defining something

รู้สึก

ru-suek — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation

เสีย

sia — To lose; broken; unfortunate; wasted

ใจ

jai — Heart; mind; emotions or inner feelings

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; topic or issue about something

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; reason for something

ยินดี

yin-di — Glad; pleased; willing to do something

ติดตาม

tit-tam — To follow; to track or monitor progress of something

ปรับ

prap — To adjust; to adapt or fine-tune something

ตัว

tua — Body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

อย่าง

yang — Type; way; manner of doing something

อดทน

ot-thon — Patient; to endure hardship with perseverance

หนทาง

hon-thang — Way; path; means to achieve a goal

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human being; person; mankind

พิชิต

phi-chit — To conquer; to overcome or defeat a challenge

ชีวิต

chi-wit — Life; existence; one's living being

สำเร็จ

sam-ret — To succeed; to accomplish a goal or task

จาก

jak — From; originating from a place or source

เรา

rao — We; us; first-person plural pronoun

ขนาด

kha-nat — Size; dimension; scale of something

ใหญ่

yai — Big; large in size or scale

โต

to — Grown; large; to grow bigger in size

มโหฬาร

ma-ho-lan — Enormous; gigantic; tremendously large in scale

แสง

saeng — Light; ray of illumination or brightness

สว่าง

sa-wang — Bright; well-lit; shining with light

น้อย

noi — Little; few; small in amount or quantity

ผิด

phit — Wrong; incorrect; to make a mistake

ปกติ

pok-ka-ti — Normal; usual; ordinary circumstances or condition

พื้น

phuen — Floor; ground; surface or base area

มัน

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

ลาด

lat — Slope; inclined surface or gradient

ลง

long — To descend; downward directional particle

มุม

mum — Corner; angle; a meeting point of two edges

เล็ก

lek — Small; little; tiny in size

ปลาย

plai — Tip; end; the far end of something