The war of the worlds — Page 1

Vocabulary

การ

gaan — Nominalizing prefix; indicates an action or process

มา

maa — To come; movement toward the speaker

ถึง

theung — To reach; until; as far as

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ชาว

chaao — People of; inhabitants of a place or group

ดาว

daao — Star; celestial body in the sky

อังคาร

ang-khaan — Mars; also Tuesday in Thai

คืน

kheun — Night; to return something to someone

ก่อน

gon — Before; prior to an event or time

สงคราม

song-khraam — War; armed conflict between groups or nations

ไม่มี

mai mii — There is none; to not have something

ใคร

khrai — Who; anyone; referring to a person

เชื่อ

cheuua — To believe; to trust or have faith in

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

ช่วง

chuuang — Period; interval of time or space

ปี

pii — Year; a unit of time (12 months)

สุดท้าย

sut-thaai — Last; final; at the very end

ศตวรรษ

sata-wat — Century; a period of one hundred years

ที่

thii — At; place; relative pronoun marker

สิบเก้า

sip-gaao — Nineteen; the number 19

ว่า

waa — That; to say; introduces a quoted clause

โลก

look — World; Earth; the planet we live on

ใบ

bai — Leaf; classifier for flat objects like leaves

นี้

nii — This; referring to something near the speaker

กำลัง

gamlang — Currently; in the process of doing something

ถูก

thuuk — To be subjected to; correct; cheap in price

จับตา

jap-taa — To watch closely; to keep an eye on

มอง

mong — To look at; to gaze toward something

อย่าง

yaang — In a manner; type; kind of something

เฉียบคม

chiiap-khom — Sharp; keen; highly intelligent or incisive

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

ใกล้ชิด

glai-chit — Close; intimate; in a near relationship

โดย

dooi — By; through; by means of something

สติปัญญา

sati-panya — Intelligence; wisdom; mental faculty and awareness

เหนือ

neuua — Above; north; superior to something else

กว่า

gwaa — More than; comparative particle in Thai

มนุษย์

manut — Human being; humankind; a person

กระนั้น

gra-nan — Nevertheless; even so; despite that fact

ก็

go — Also; then; particle indicating continuation or concession

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing a current state

ต้อง

tong — Must; have to; it is necessary to

ตาย

taai — To die; to be dead; death

เช่น

chen — Such as; for example; like

เดียวกัน

diao-gan — The same; identical; alike in nature

ขณะ

kha-na — While; at the moment; during a time

ต่าง

taang — Different; various; each respectively

ยุ่ง

yung — Busy; tangled; preoccupied with many things

อยู่

yuu — To be; to stay; to reside somewhere

กับ

gap — With; and; together with someone or something

กิจการ

git-ja-gaan — Affairs; business operations; activities or enterprise

ต่างๆ

taang-taang — Various; diverse; many different kinds

ตน

ton — Oneself; a formal reflexive pronoun

พวกเขา

phuuak-khao — They; them; referring to a group of people

ดู

duu — To watch; to look at; to observe

ศึกษา

seuk-saa — To study; to learn; to investigate a subject

บางที

baang-thii — Sometimes; perhaps; on some occasions

อาจ

aat — May; might; expressing possibility or likelihood

ถี่ถ้วน

thii-thuuan — Thorough; careful; painstakingly detailed in examination

พอๆ

phoo-phoo — About as much; roughly equivalent in degree

นักวิทยาศาสตร์

nak-wit-tha-yaa-saat — Scientist; a person who studies science

ส่อง

song — To shine light; to peer through; to illuminate

กล้อง

glong — Camera; lens instrument for viewing or photographing

จุลทรรศน์

jun-la-tat — Microscope; instrument for viewing tiny objects

ตรวจ

truat — To inspect; to examine; to check something

สิ่งมีชีวิต

sing-mii-chii-wit — Living organism; any creature that is alive

ชั่วคราว

chuua-khraao — Temporary; provisional; for a limited time only

ว่าย

waai — To swim; moving through water using body

วน

won — To circle; to revolve; to go around repeatedly

เพิ่ม

phoem — To increase; to add more to something

จำนวน

jam-nuuan — Number; quantity; amount of something counted

หยด

yot — Drop; a small amount of liquid

น้ำ

naam — Water; liquid; general term for fluid

ด้วย

duuai — Also; with; by means of something

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix indicating a state or quality

พึงพอใจ

pheung-phoo-jai — Satisfied; content; pleased with an outcome

อัน

an — Classifier for general objects; a certain thing

หา

haa — To search for; to look for something

ขอบเขต

khop-khet — Boundary; limit; the scope of something

มิได้

mi-dai — Did not; formal negative past tense marker

ดำเนิน

dam-noen — To proceed; to carry out; to conduct

ชีวิต

chii-wit — Life; existence; the state of being alive

ไปมา

pai-maa — Back and forth; to and fro; coming and going

บน

bon — On; above; on top of a surface

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of something

กิจธุระ

git-thu-ra — Personal business; errands; one's own affairs

เล็กๆ

lek-lek — Very small; tiny; diminutive in size

น้อยๆ

noi-noi — Very little; a tiny amount of something

สงบสุข

sa-ngop-suk — Peaceful; calm and happy; tranquil in life

มั่นใจ

man-jai — Confident; certain; sure about something

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; am/is/are

ใหญ่

yai — Big; large; great in size or importance

สรรพสิ่ง

sap-sing — All things; everything that exists in the universe

ไปได้

pai-dai — Can go; able to proceed or function

เซลล์

sel — Cell; the basic biological unit of organisms

เดียว

diao — Single; alone; only one of something

ใต้

tai — Under; below; south; beneath something

ทำ

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

นึก

neuk — To think; to recall; to imagine something

เก่าแก่

gao-gae — Ancient; very old; having existed for long

อวกาศ

a-wa-gaat — Outer space; the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere

แหล่ง

laeng — Source; place; origin of something

ที่มา

thii-maa — Origin; source; where something comes from

อันตราย

an-ta-raai — Danger; hazard; something harmful or threatening

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; intended for a specific person or purpose

หรือ

ruue — Or; a conjunction offering an alternative choice

หาก

haak — If; in the event that; a conditional conjunction

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to have a thought

เพียง

phiang — Only; merely; just a small amount

ปัด

pat — To brush off; to sweep away; to dismiss

ทิ้ง

thing — To throw away; to discard; to abandon

ความคิด

khwaam-khit — Thought; idea; an opinion or concept

เรื่อง

ruueang — Story; matter; topic; subject of discussion

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something previously mentioned

ไป

pai — To go; away from the speaker; onward

ไม่ได้

mai-dai — Cannot; did not; unable to do something

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle used before verbs

น่า

naa — Should; likely; worth doing or feeling

จะ

ja — Will; going to; future tense marker

มัน

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

ประหลาด

pra-laat — Strange; odd; surprising and unusual

หวน

wuan — To return; to revert; to go back again

นิสัย

ni-sai — Habit; character; a person's natural tendency

ทาง

thaang — Way; path; direction; means of doing something

บาง

baang — Some; a few; thin in thickness

ยุค

yuk — Era; age; epoch of history or time

สมัย

sa-mai — Period; era; a particular time in history

ล่วง

luuang — To pass; to elapse; to go beyond

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action

มาก

maak — Much; many; a large amount or degree

ที่สุด

thii-sut — Most; the extreme degree of a quality

แต่

tae — But; however; except; a contrastive conjunction

จินตนาการ

jin-ta-naa-gaan — Imagination; creativity; ability to envision things

มี

mii — To have; there is; to possess something

อื่น

ueun — Other; another; different from this one

อาศัย

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

ด้อย

doi — Inferior; lacking; below standard in some way

ตนเอง

ton-eng — Oneself; by themselves; reflexive self-reference

พร้อม

phrom — Ready; prepared; along with something or someone

ต้อนรับ

ton-rap — To welcome; to greet guests warmly

เผยแผ่

phoei-phae — To spread; to propagate beliefs or information

ศาสนา

saat-sa-naa — Religion; a system of spiritual belief and practice

ทว่า

tha-waa — However; but; a formal contrastive conjunction

ข้าม

khaam — To cross over; to pass across something

ห้วง

huuang — Expanse; vast stretch of space or water

กว้างใหญ่

gwaang-yai — Vast; spacious; wide and large in extent

เปรียบ

priiap — To compare; to liken to something else

เรา

rao — We; us; first-person plural pronoun

ดัง

dang — Like; as; loud; resembling something

สัตว์

sat — Animal; a living creature; fauna

ปัญญา

pan-yaa — Wisdom; intellect; mental knowledge and understanding

กว้างขวาง

gwaang-khwaang — Spacious; broad-minded; extensive in scope

เยือกเย็น

yeuuak-yen — Cool-headed; calm; composed under pressure

ไร้

rai — Without; lacking; devoid of something

เห็น

hen — To see; to notice; to perceive visually

อก

ok — Chest; breast; the front torso area

เห็นใจ

hen-jai — To sympathize; to understand and feel for someone

จ้อง

jong — To stare; to gaze intently at something

ดวงตา

duuang-taa — Eyes; the pair of eyes on a face

อิจฉา

it-chaa — To envy; to be jealous of someone else

ค่อยๆ

khoi-khoi — Gradually; slowly; little by little

วาง

waang — To place; to put down; to set something

แผนการ

phaen-gaan — Plan; scheme; a strategy or organized intention

โจมตี

joom-tii — To attack; to assault; to strike aggressively

มั่นคง

man-khong — Stable; firm; secure and well-established

ต้น

ton — Beginning; trunk; start of something; tree trunk

ยี่สิบ

yii-sip — Twenty; the number 20

ผิดหวัง

phit-wang — Disappointed; let down; expectations not fulfilled

ครั้ง

khrang — Time; occasion; classifier for number of times