The war of the worlds — Page 12

Vocabulary

ยัง

yang — still, yet; indicating ongoing state or action

คง

khong — probably, likely; to remain or stay

เป็น

pen — to be; indicates state or identity

เวลา

we-la — time; a period or moment in time

กลางวัน

klang-wan — daytime; the middle part of the day

และ

lae — and; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun (informal)

มองเห็น

mong-hen — to see, to be able to visually perceive something

เขา

khao — he, she, they; third-person pronoun

อยู่

yu — to be located; to stay or reside somewhere

อีก

ik — another, more, again; additional amount or instance

ฝั่ง

fang — side, bank; edge of a river or area

ของ

khong — of, belonging to; possessive particle

ห้อง

hong — room; an enclosed space within a building

นอน

non — to sleep, to lie down

พิง

phing — to lean against something for support

กับ

kap — with, and; together with someone or something

ช่อง

chong — opening, gap, channel; a narrow passage or slot

สามเหลี่ยม

sam-liam — triangle; a three-sided geometric shape

ที่

thi — at, which, that; place or relative pronoun

มอง

mong — to look at, to gaze toward something

ออกไป

ok-pai — to go out, outward; away from a location

พวก

phuak — group, bunch; a collective group of people or things

ไหล่

lai — shoulder; the joint connecting arm to torso

ห่อ

ho — to wrap; a bundle or package of something

ตัว

tua — body, self; classifier for animals and some objects

จน

jon — until, so that; up to a point in time

ทำให้

tham-hai — to cause, to make something happen or change

ศีรษะ

si-sa — head; the uppermost part of the body

ถูก

thuk — to be acted upon; correct; cheap

ซ่อน

son — to hide, to conceal something from view

พ้น

phon — past, beyond; to be free or clear of something

จาก

chak — from; indicating origin or separation point

สายตา

sai-ta — eyesight, line of sight; one's visual range

ได้ยิน

dai-yin — to hear; to perceive sound with the ears

เสียง

siang — sound, voice, noise; an audible vibration

ต่างๆ

tang-tang — various, diverse; many different kinds of things

มากมาย

mak-mai — many, a great deal; an abundance of something

แทบ

thaep — almost, nearly, hardly; just barely

จะ

cha — will, going to; future tense marker

เหมือน

muean — like, similar to; resembling something else

ใน

nai — in, inside, within a place or thing

โรง

rong — building, shed, hall; large enclosed structure

เก็บ

kep — to keep, collect, store; to put something away

เครื่องจักร

khrueang-chak — machine, machinery; mechanical equipment or apparatus

สถานที่

sa-than-thi — place, location, site; a specific physical location

นั้น

nan — that, those; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something

สั่นสะเทือน

san-sa-thuean — to vibrate, tremble, shake with force

ไป

pai — to go; directional particle indicating movement away

ตี

ti — to hit, strike, beat something or someone

กระแทก

kra-thaek — to slam, smash, collide with great force

ผ่าน

phan — to pass through; to go by or across

เปิด

poet — to open, turn on; to make accessible

กำแพง

kam-phaeng — wall; a vertical structure enclosing or dividing space

ยอด

yot — top, tip, peak; the highest point of something

ต้นไม้

ton-mai — tree; a large woody plant with branches

แสง

saeng — light; illumination from a source

ทอง

thong — gold; the precious yellow metal or its color

แต่ง

taeng — to decorate, compose, dress; to adorn or create

แต้ม

taem — to dot, paint, spot; add small marks of color

สี

si — color; a visual property of objects

ฟ้า

fa — sky, sky-blue; the atmosphere above the earth

อบอุ่น

op-un — warm, cozy; pleasantly warm in temperature or feeling

ท้องฟ้า

thong-fa — sky; the expanse of atmosphere seen from earth

ยาม

yam — guard, watchman; a period or time of watching

เย็น

yen — evening; cool or cold in temperature

อัน

an — classifier for various objects; one unit of something

สงบ

sa-ngop — calm, peaceful, quiet; free from disturbance

ชั่ว

chua — evil, wicked; also used in time expressions briefly

ครู่

khru — a moment, a short while; brief period of time

หนึ่ง

nueng — one; the number one or a single unit

จ้องมอง

chong-mong — to stare, gaze fixedly at something or someone

บาทหลวง

bat-luang — priest, Catholic father; a Christian religious clergyman

แล้ว

laeo — already, then; indicates completion or sequence

จึง

chueng — therefore, then; as a result of something prior

เคลื่อน

khluean — to move, shift; to change position slowly

ข้างหน้า

khang-na — in front, ahead; the forward direction

โดย

doi — by, through, via; indicates method or agent

ย่อ

yo — to crouch, abbreviate, reduce; to make smaller

เดิน

doen — to walk; to move on foot

อย่าง

yang — way, manner, type; in the style of something

ระมัดระวัง

ra-mat-ra-wang — careful, cautious; taking care to avoid mistakes

ยิ่ง

ying — even more, increasingly; to a greater degree

ท่ามกลาง

tham-klang — amid, in the middle of; surrounded by something

เศษ

set — fragment, remnant, scrap; leftover piece of something

กระจัดกระจาย

kra-chat-kra-chai — scattered, dispersed; spread out in many directions

บน

bon — on, above, on top of a surface

พื้น

phuen — floor, ground, surface; the base level of a space

แตะ

tae — to touch lightly, tap; brief contact with surface

ขา

kha — leg; the limb used for standing and walking

สะดุ้ง

sa-dung — to flinch, startle; sudden involuntary movement from surprise

รุนแรง

run-raeng — violent, severe, intense; strong and forceful impact

ปูน

pun — cement, plaster; building material used in construction

ก้อน

kon — lump, chunk, piece; a solid mass of material

ใหญ่

yai — big, large; of great size or magnitude

ไหล

lai — to flow, stream; to move continuously like liquid

ลง

long — down, downward; to descend or go lower

ด้านนอก

dan-nok — outside, exterior; the outer side of something

ตก

tok — to fall, drop; to descend under gravity

ลงมา

long-ma — to come down, fall down toward the speaker

พร้อม

phrom — ready, prepared; also means along with or together

ดัง

dang — loud, famous; making a lot of noise

กุม

kum — to grasp, hold, clutch; grip tightly with hands

แขน

khaen — arm; the upper limb of the human body

ไว้

wai — to keep, hold in place; retaining something

ด้วย

duai — also, with, by means of; accompaniment or addition

ความ

khwam — abstract noun prefix; indicating a quality or state

กลัว

klua — to fear, be afraid; feeling of dread or worry

ว่า

wa — that; introduces a reported speech or clause

อาจ

at — might, may, possibly; expressing possibility or uncertainty

ร้อง

rong — to cry out, shout, sing; to emit a sound

ออก

ok — out, outward; to exit or emerge from somewhere

มา

ma — to come; directional particle toward the speaker

เรา

rao — we, us, I; first-person pronoun inclusive

ก็

ko — also, then, too; connecting filler or emphasis particle

นั่ง

nang — to sit; to be in a seated position

นิ่ง

ning — still, motionless, quiet; not moving at all

นาน

nan — long time; for an extended duration of time

หัน

han — to turn, to face; rotating toward a direction

ดู

du — to watch, look at; to observe something

แนว

naeo — line, direction, style; a row or guideline

ป้องกัน

pong-kan — to protect, defend, prevent; guard against harm

เหลือ

luea — remaining, left over; what is still available

มาก

mak — much, many, a lot; large in quantity

แค่

khae — just, only, merely; limiting to a small amount

ไหน

nai — where, which; interrogative asking about location

การ

kan — action noun prefix; nominalization of a verb or process

หลุด

lut — to slip off, come loose; detach from position

ทิ้ง

thing — to throw away, abandon, drop; to discard something

ซาก

sak — ruin, wreck, remains; what is left after destruction

ยก

yok — to lift, raise; to pick something up

ข้าม

kham — to cross over; to go from one side to another

คาน

khan — beam, bar; a structural support in construction

สามารถ

sa-mat — to be able to, can; expressing capability

สิ่ง

sing — thing, object, matter; a general noun for entities

เมื่อ

muea — when, at the time; referring to a past moment

คืน

khuen — night; the dark period of the day

ถนน

tha-non — road, street; a paved path for vehicles

ชานเมือง

chan-mueang — suburb; outskirts of a city or town

เงียบสงบ

ngiap-sa-ngop — quiet and peaceful; calm without noise or disturbance

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying-yai — great, grand, magnificent; impressively large or important

นัก

nak — very, intensely; also a suffix meaning expert or person

คือ

khue — is, means, that is; identifying or defining something

เปลี่ยนแปลง

plian-plaeng — to change, transform; to become different over time

ได้

dai — to get, can, able to; past tense marker

พบเห็น

phop-hen — to encounter, come across; to see or meet something

กระบอก

kra-bok — cylinder, tube; also a classifier for cylindrical objects

ห้า

ha — five; the number 5

ตรง

trong — straight, direct, exact; right at a specific point

กลาง

klang — middle, center; the central part of something

บ้าน

ban — house, home; a place where people live

เยือน

yuean — to visit; to go to see a place or person

ครั้ง

khrang — time, instance, occasion; classifier for occurrences

แรก

raek — first; earliest in order or sequence

อาคาร

a-khan — building, structure; a constructed edifice or facility

หาย

hai — to disappear, vanish; to recover from illness

ทุบ

thup — to smash, pound, beat; to hit repeatedly with force

ทำลาย

tham-lai — to destroy, demolish; to ruin or wreck something

บด

bot — to grind, crush; to reduce to powder or paste

ผง

phong — powder, dust; fine particles of a substance

แรง

raeng — strong, force, hard; physical strength or intensity