The war of the worlds — Page 24

Vocabulary

และ

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

ไม่

mai — Negation word meaning 'not' or 'no'.

เพียง

phiang — Meaning 'only' or 'merely', indicating limitation.

แต่

tae — Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'only'.

ชาว

chaow — Prefix meaning 'people of' or 'native of'.

อังคาร

ang-khan — Tuesday; also the planet Mars.

จะ

ja — Future tense marker indicating 'will' or 'going to'.

รู้จัก

ruu-jak — To know or be acquainted with someone or something.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'that'.

เป็น

pen — To be; used to link subject to predicate.

เรื่อง

rueang — Topic, story, or matter being discussed.

เหลือ

luea — To remain, be left over, or have surplus.

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe or trust in something or someone.

หรือ

rue — Conjunction meaning 'or'; also used in questions.

งด

ngot — To abstain from, stop, or cancel something.

เว้น

wen — To exempt, skip, or make an exception.

จาก

jaak — Preposition meaning 'from' indicating origin or separation.

การ

kaan — Nominalizing prefix turning verbs into abstract nouns.

ใช้

chai — To use or make use of something.

ล้อ

lo — A wheel, as on a vehicle or machine.

เท่า

thao — Equal to; as much as; used in comparisons.

นั้น

nan — Demonstrative meaning 'that' referring to something distant.

ใน

nai — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside' a place.

อุปกรณ

up-pa-korn — Equipment, tool, or device used for a purpose.

ของ

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

พวก

phuak — A group or bunch of people or things.

เขา

khao — Third-person pronoun meaning 'he', 'she', or 'they'.

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also used to mean 'also'.

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly, or barely achieving something.

มี

mii — To have or there is/are something present.

จุด

jut — A point, dot, or spot; also to ignite.

หมุน

mun — To rotate, spin, or revolve around an axis.

ที่

thii — Place, location; also a relative pronoun 'that/which'.

ตรึง

trueng — To fix firmly in place; to pin or fasten.

อยู่

yuu — To stay, live, or be located somewhere.

กับ

kap — Preposition meaning 'with' or 'and' connecting nouns.

ค่อน

khon — Rather, quite, or somewhat; used before adjectives.

ข้าง

khaang — Side, direction, or beside something.

เลย

loei — At all; completely; past a point; intensifier.

โดย

doi — By means of; by; used to indicate agent or method.

เคลื่อน

khluean — To move or shift position slowly.

วง

wong — A circle, ring, or group of people.

กลม

klom — Round or circular in shape.

รอบ

rop — Around; a round or cycle; surrounding something.

จำกัด

jam-kat — To limit, restrict, or confine within boundaries.

เดียว

diao — Single, alone, or only one of something.

ข้อ

kho — Joint; item; clause; point in a list.

ต่อ

to — To connect, continue, or per unit of measure.

เกือบ

kueap — Almost or nearly reaching a certain state.

ทั้ง

thang — All, both, or entirely including everything.

หมด

mot — All gone, finished, or completely used up.

เครื่อง

khrueang — Machine, device, or engine; classifier for machines.

จักร

jak — Wheel, gear, or machine; also cycle or chakra.

ระบบ

ra-bop — A system or organized structure of components.

ซับ

sap — To absorb; complex (in ซับซ้อน); subtitles.

ซ้อน

son — To overlap, stack, or layer on top of.

ชิ้น

chin — A piece or chunk; classifier for pieces of things.

ส่วน

suan — Part, portion, or component of a whole.

เลื่อน

luean — To slide, postpone, or move something along a surface.

ไถล

thalai — To slide or slip unintentionally across a surface.

บน

bon — Preposition meaning 'on' or 'on top of'.

รับ

rap — To receive, accept, or bear something.

แรง

raeng — Force, strength, or power; strongly or hard.

เสียด

siat — To rub against causing friction; to feel friction.

ทาน

thaan — To resist or withstand; also to eat (polite).

ขนาด

kha-nat — Size, dimension, or scale of something.

เล็ก

lek — Small or little in size.

ความ

khwaam — Nominalizing prefix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.

โค้ง

khong — A curve or bend; curved in shape.

งาม

ngaam — Beautiful, elegant, or graceful in appearance.

ขณะ

kha-na — A moment or while; at the time that.

กล่าว

klaao — To say, mention, or state formally.

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at, or about; until.

รายละเอียด

raai-la-iat — Details or specifics of a subject or topic.

นี้

nii — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' near the speaker.

น่า

naa — Prefix meaning 'worth' or '-able'; worthy of feeling.

สังเกต

sang-ket — To observe, notice, or pay attention to something.

ว่า

waa — Complementizer 'that'; to say; introduces a clause.

คาน

khaan — A beam, lever, or bar used as support.

งัด

ngat — To pry open or lever something using force.

ยาว

yaao — Long in length or duration.

กรณี

kora-nii — A case, instance, or situation being considered.

ใหญ่

yai — Big, large, or great in size.

ถูก

thuuk — To be correct; cheap; passive voice marker.

ขับ

khap — To drive, propel, or expel something forward.

ด้วย

duay — With, by means of, also, or too.

กล้าม

klaam — Muscle tissue in the body; muscular.

เนื้อ

nuea — Meat, flesh, or the substance of something.

เทียม

thiam — Artificial, fake, or man-made imitation of something.

ชนิด

cha-nit — Type, kind, or species of something.

หนึ่ง

nueng — The number one; a, an (indefinite article use).

แผ่น

phaen — A flat sheet, plate, or disc-shaped object.

ดิสก์

dit — A disk, as in a storage or mechanical disc.

ปลอก

plok — A sleeve, sheath, or outer casing covering something.

ยืด

yuet — To stretch, extend, or elongate something.

หยุ่น

yun — Elastic, flexible, or springy in nature.

เหล่า

lao — Plural marker for groups of people or things.

ทำ

tham — To do, make, or perform an action.

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker meaning 'to make/let'.

ขั้ว

khua — Pole, terminal, or extreme end of something.

ดึง

dueng — To pull or tug something toward oneself.

เข้า

khao — To enter or go into; inward direction.

หา

haa — To look for, seek, or find something.

กัน

kan — Together; each other; mutual reciprocal action.

อย่าง

yaang — Way, manner, type, or kind of something.

แน่น

naen — Tight, firm, or packed closely together.

ทรง

song — Shape, form, or to maintain; royal prefix.

พลัง

phalang — Energy, power, or force driving action.

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happened.

กระแส

kra-sae — Current, flow, or stream of electricity or water.

ไฟฟ้า

fai-faa — Electricity or electrical power.

ผ่าน

phaan — To pass through, go past, or flow through.

วิธี

wi-thii — A method, way, or approach to doing something.

จึง

jueng — Therefore, so, then; indicating result or consequence.

ได้

dai — To get, obtain, or can; past tense marker.

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating toward speaker.

คล้าย

khlaai — Similar to or resembling something else.

ประหลาด

pra-laat — Strange, odd, or surprising in an unusual way.

ไหว

wai — To be able to; to move or sway gently.

สัตว์

sat — Animal, creature, or living beast.

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, or entity in general.

ตื่น

tuen — To wake up or become alert and excited.

ตะลึง

ta-lueng — To be stunned, amazed, or dumbfounded by something.

วิตก

wi-tok — To worry or feel anxious about something.

กังวล

kang-won — To be anxious, concerned, or troubled about something.

สำหรับ

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

ผู้

phu — Person or one who does; nominalizing prefix for people.

เห็น

hen — To see or perceive visually something.

มาก

maak — A lot, many, or very; indicating large quantity.

มาย

maai — Many, various; used in มากมาย meaning 'a great many'.

จัดการ

jat-kaan — To manage, handle, or deal with a situation.

ลักษณะ

lak-sa-na — Characteristic, feature, or nature of something.

ปู

puu — A crab; also to spread out or lay flat.

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, occasion, or instance of an event occurring.

แรก

raek — First or the earliest of something.

ฉัน

chan — First-person pronoun 'I' used by women or informally.

แอบ

aep — To sneak, hide, or do something secretly.

มอง

mong — To look at or gaze toward something.

ออก

ok — To exit, go out, or outward direction.

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating away from speaker.

ทาง

thaang — Way, path, direction, or route somewhere.

ช่อง

chong — A gap, opening, slot, or channel.

แคบ

khaep — Narrow or tight in width or space.

เฝ้า

fao — To watch over, guard, or keep an eye on.

ดู

duu — To watch, look at, or observe something.

มัน

man — It; informal third-person pronoun; also oily/starchy.

แกะ

kae — A sheep; also to unwrap, peel, or pick apart.

กระบอก

kra-bok — A cylinder, tube, or cylindrical container.

ชีวิต

chii-wit — Life, existence, or the state of being alive.

ชีวา

chii-waa — Vitality, liveliness, or animated spirit of life.

กว่า

kwaa — More than; comparatively exceeding something else.

ตัว

tua — Body, self; classifier for animals and clothing.

จริง

jing — True, real, or genuine; really, actually.

นอน

non — To lie down or sleep.

เบื้อง

bueang — Side, direction, or aspect of something.

หลัง

lang — Back, behind, or after something in time/position.

แสง

saeng — Light or a ray of light.

อาทิตย์

aa-thit — The sun; also week; Sunday.

ยาม

yaam — A period of time; guard; watch; at the time of.

ตะวัน

ta-wan — The sun; poetic or informal word for sun.

ลับ

lap — Secret; to disappear below horizon; to sharpen.

ขอบ

khop — Edge, rim, border, or boundary of something.

ฟ้า

faa — Sky; light blue color.

เทียบ

thiap — To compare or place side by side for comparison.

หอบ

hop — To breathe heavily, pant, or gasp for air.

ขยับ

kha-yap — To move slightly or shift position a little.

หนวด

nuat — Mustache or whiskers on the face.

เคราย

khrao — Beard or facial hair on the chin/jaw.

ไร้

rai — Without, lacking, or devoid of something.

ประโยชน์

pra-yot — Benefit, use, or advantage of something.

อ่อน

on — Soft, tender, weak, or gentle in nature.

เดิน

doen — To walk or move on foot.

อัน

an — General classifier for small objects; one thing.

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree.

ข้าม

khaam — To cross over or traverse something.

ห้วง

huang — Expanse, stretch, or vast space of something.

อวกาศ

a-wa-kat — Outer space or the space beyond Earth's atmosphere.

คง

khong — Probably, likely, or to remain constant.

เชื่อง

chueng — Tame, docile, or domesticated; slow and gentle.

ช้า

chaa — Slow or slowly in speed or pace.

แดด

daet — Sunlight or sunshine; direct sun rays.

แปลก

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

แต่ละ

tae-la — Each or every individual one of something.

รูป

ruup — Shape, form, image, or photograph.

ร่าง

raang — Body, figure, frame, or draft of something.

บาท

baat — Thai currency unit; also foot (body part).

หลวง

luang — Royal, grand, or belonging to the state/king.

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; connective particle in speech.

เตือน

tuean — To warn, remind, or alert someone about something.

นึก

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

แขน

khaen — Arm, the limb extending from shoulder to hand.

รุน

run — To push forcefully or shove something along.

หัน

han — To turn around or face a different direction.

พบ

phop — To meet, encounter, or find something or someone.

ใบ

bai — Leaf; classifier for flat objects like leaves, cards.

หน้า

naa — Face, front, page, or next in sequence.

ขมวด

kha-muat — To furrow or knit the brows together; to scrunch.

คิ้ว

khiu — Eyebrow on the face above the eye.

ริม

rim — Edge, side, or border of something; beside.

ฝีปาก

fii-paak — Lips; also eloquence or verbal skill in speaking.

เงียบ

ngiap — Quiet, silent, or calm without noise.

เปี่ยม

piam — Full to the brim, brimming, or overflowing with something.

หมาย

maai — To mean, intend, or aim at something; a warrant.