The war of the worlds — Page 93

Vocabulary

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or context

ตอน

tɔɔn — Period, moment, or episode of time

แรก

rɛɛk — First, earliest, initial occurrence

เขา

khao — He, she, or they (third person pronoun)

ตั้งใจ

tâng jai — To intend, focus, or pay careful attention

ฟัง

fang — To listen, hear someone speaking

แต่

tɛɛ — But, however, yet (conjunction)

เมื่อ

mʉ̂a — When, at the time that something occurred

ฉัน

chǎn — I, me (first person pronoun, informal)

พูด

phuût — To speak, talk, say something

ต่อ

tɔ̀ɔ — To continue, connect, or extend further

ไป

pai — To go, move away from current location

ความ

khwaam — Prefix forming abstract nouns from adjectives

สนใจ

sǒn jai — To be interested in something or someone

ที่

thîi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker

เริ่ม

rôem — To begin, start an action or process

ปรากฏ

praa kot — To appear, become visible or evident

ดวงตา

duang taa — Eyes, referring to the eyes as a pair

ของ

khɔ̌ɔng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

ก็

kɔ̂ɔ — Also, then, well (discourse particle)

ค่อยๆ

khɔ̂i khɔ̂i — Gradually, slowly, little by little

จาง

jaang — To fade, become pale or less vivid

หาย

hǎai — To disappear, vanish, or recover from illness

กลับ

klàp — To return, go back to a previous state

คืน

khuun — To return something; also means night

สู่

sùu — Toward, to, in the direction of

สายตา

sǎai taa — Gaze, eyesight, one's line of vision

เหม่อลอย

mɔ̀ lɔɔi — Daydreaming, having a blank distant stare

เหมือน

mʉ̌an — Like, similar to, resembling something else

เดิม

doem — Original, former, same as before

และ

lɛ́ — And, connecting words or clauses together

ออก

ɔ̀ɔk — Out, to exit or emerge from somewhere

จาก

jàak — From, away from a place or person

นี่

nîi — This, here (demonstrative pronoun, near speaker)

ต้อง

tɔ̂ng — Must, have to, be required to do

เป็น

pen — To be, to exist as something

จุด

jùt — Point, dot, spot, or starting location

เริ่มต้น

rôem tôn — Beginning, starting point of something

จบ

jòp — To end, finish, conclude something

แล้ว

lɛ́ɛo — Already, then, after completing an action

กล่าว

klàao — To say, state, declare formally

ขึ้น

khʉ̂n — Up, to rise, increase, or occur

พร้อม

phrɔ́ɔm — Ready, along with, together with

กับ

kàp — With, together with, and (joining nouns)

ขัด

khàt — To interrupt, obstruct, or contradict

จังหวะ

jang wà — Rhythm, timing, beat, or opportune moment

วัน

wan — Day, a 24-hour period of time

อัน

an — Classifier for items; one (general classifier)

ยิ่งใหญ่

yîng yài — Great, grand, magnificent, awe-inspiring

น่า

nâa — Worthy of, deserving (prefix before emotions)

สะพรึงกลัว

sa phrʉng klua — Terrifying, dreadful, causing intense fear

พระเจ้า

phrá jâo — God, Lord (religious deity)

มนุษย์

ma nút — Human being, humankind, person

จะ

jà — Will, going to (future tense marker)

ร้องขอ

rɔ́ɔng khɔ̌ɔ — To beg, plead, request urgently from someone

ให้

hâi — To give; to allow, for (causative marker)

ภูเขา

phuu khao — Mountain, large elevated landform

ก้อนหิน

kɔ̂ɔn hǐn — Rock, stone, a lump of rock

พัง

pang — To collapse, fall apart, be destroyed

ทับ

tháp — To crush, cover over, press down upon

พวกเขา

phûak khao — They, them (third person plural pronoun)

ซ่อน

sɔ̂ɔn — To hide, conceal something or oneself

ไว้

wái — To keep, retain, place aside for later

พระ

phrá — Sacred, holy; prefix for royal or religious terms

ผู้

phûu — Person who, one who (nominalizing prefix)

บน

bon — On, on top of, above a surface

เข้าใจ

khâo jai — To understand, comprehend a situation or meaning

สถานการณ์

sa thǎan kaan — Situation, circumstances, current state of affairs

หยุด

yùt — To stop, halt, cease an action

การ

kaan — Prefix nominalizing verbs into action nouns

เถียง

thǐang — To argue, dispute, contradict someone

อย่าง

yàang — In a manner, type, kind, way of doing

เหน็ดเหนื่อย

nèt nʉ̀ai — Exhausted, weary, worn out from effort

ฝืน

fʉ̌n — To force oneself, act against one's will

ลุก

lúk — To get up, rise from a seated position

ยืน

yʉʉn — To stand, remain standing upright

ขณะ

kha nà — While, during, at the moment that

อยู่

yùu — To be located, stay, live somewhere

เหนือ

nʉ̌a — Above, over, north of something

วาง

waang — To place, put down, set something somewhere

มือ

mʉʉ — Hand, the hand of a person

ลง

long — Down, to descend, go downward

บ่า

bàa — Shoulder, the upper part of the arm

จง

jong — Let, shall, imperative command marker

ผู้ชาย

phûu chaai — Man, male person

มา

maa — To come, move toward the speaker

หน่อย

nɔ̀i — A little, please (softening particle)

คุณ

khun — You (polite second person pronoun)

กำลัง

gam lang — Currently doing, in the process of (progressive)

หวาดกลัว

wàat klua — To be afraid, fearful, terrified of something

จน

jon — Until, to the point of, so much that

สติ

sa ti — Consciousness, mindfulness, mental awareness

แตก

tɛ̀ɛk — To break, crack, shatter, fall apart

ศาสนา

sàat sa nǎa — Religion, a system of religious belief

มี

mii — To have, there is, exist

ประโยชน์

pra yòot — Benefit, use, advantage, usefulness

อะไร

a rai — What, whatever, anything (question word)

ถ้า

thâa — If, in the condition that something occurs

มัน

man — It (third person pronoun for things/animals)

ทลาย

tha laai — To collapse, crumble, be destroyed completely

ต่อหน้า

tɔ̀ɔ nâa — In front of, in the presence of someone

หายนะ

hǎai ya ná — Disaster, catastrophe, calamity, ruin

ลอง

lɔɔng — To try, attempt, test something out

คิด

khít — To think, consider, reflect on something

ดู

duu — To look, watch; try (softening verb particle)

สิ

sì — Go ahead, do it (encouraging particle)

ว่า

wâa — That (complementizer), to say, to think

แผ่นดินไหว

phɛ̀n din wǎi — Earthquake, seismic ground shaking event

น้ำท่วม

náam thûam — Flood, inundation of land by water

สงคราม

sǒng khraam — War, armed conflict between groups or nations

ภูเขาไฟ

phuu khao fai — Volcano, mountain that erupts fire and lava

เคย

khəəi — Ever, used to, have previously experienced

กระทำ

kra tham — To do, commit, carry out an action

อย่างไร

yàang rai — How, in what way, in what manner

ก่อน

kɔ̀ɔn — Before, first, prior to something else

หรือ

rʉ̌ʉ — Or, question particle at end of sentence

ยกเว้น

yók wén — Except, unless, to exclude from something

ไม่ใช่

mâi châi — Not, is not, that is incorrect

นายหน้า

naai nâa — Agent, broker, middleman in transactions

ประกันภัย

pra kan phai — Insurance, coverage against risk or disaster

ชั่ว

chûa — Evil, wicked; a duration of time

หนึ่ง

nʉ̀ng — One, the number one

นั่ง

nâng — To sit, be seated

นิ่ง

nîng — Still, motionless, not moving or reacting

เงียบ

ngîap — Quiet, silent, making no sound

ไม่มี

mâi mii — There is not, to not have, none

ปฏิกิริยา

pa ti ki ri yaa — Reaction, response to a stimulus or event

ใดๆ

dai dai — Any, whatsoever, of any kind at all

เรา

rao — We, us, I (inclusive first person pronoun)

หนี

nǐi — To flee, escape, run away from something

ได้

dâi — Can, able to; did (past/ability marker)

ถาม

thǎam — To ask, inquire, question someone

กะทันหัน

ka than hǎn — Suddenly, abruptly, without warning

พวก

phûak — Group, gang, plural marker for people

ทาง

thaang — Way, path, direction, means of doing

ทำลาย

tham laai — To destroy, ruin, damage, demolish something

ไร้

rái — Without, lacking, devoid of something

ปรานี

praa nii — Mercy, compassion, pity toward others

อาจ

àat — May, might, possibly could happen

ทั้ง

tháng — Both, all, entirely, the whole of

สอง

sɔ̌ɔng — Two, the number two

ตอบ

tɔ̀ɔp — To answer, reply, respond to a question

ยิ่ง

yîng — Even more, increasingly, the more that

เข้มแข็ง

khêm khɛ̌ng — Strong, resilient, tough, mentally or physically

มาก

mâak — Very, much, a lot, many

เท่าไร

thâo rai — How much, how many (question of quantity)

ระวังตัว

ra wang tua — To be careful, watch out, protect oneself

เท่า

thâo — As much as, equal to, same degree

นั้น

nán — That, those (demonstrative, farther from speaker)

ถูก

thùuk — To be, correct; passive marker for bad events

สังหาร

sǎng hǎan — To kill, slay, murder someone

โน่น

nôon — That over there, yonder (far demonstrative)

ไม่ถึง

mâi thʉ̌ng — Not yet reaching, less than, not amounting to

สาม

sǎam — Three, the number three

ชั่วโมง

chûa moong — Hour, a unit of sixty minutes

ผ่านมา

phàan maa — Passed, gone by, elapsed (time)

นี้

níi — This, these (near demonstrative pronoun)

พลาง

phlaang — While simultaneously doing another action

มอง

mɔɔng — To look at, gaze, observe something

เหม่อ

mɔ̀ — To stare blankly, gaze vacantly into space

รอบๆ

rɔ̂ɔp rɔ̂ɔp — Around, surrounding, all around an area

บรรดา

ban daa — All of, the various, all those (collective)

ทูต

thûut — Ambassador, envoy, diplomatic representative

เห็น

hěn — To see, notice, observe visually

เกิดขึ้น

gôet khʉ̂n — To happen, occur, take place, arise

ด้วย

dûai — Also, too, with, by means of

ตา

taa — Eye; maternal grandfather (depending on context)

ตัวเอง

tua eeng — Oneself, personally, by themselves

จึง

jʉng — Therefore, so, consequently, as a result

เล่า

lâo — To tell, narrate; then, so (particle)