The war of the worlds — Page 62

Vocabulary

พวกเขา

phuak khao — Third person plural pronoun meaning 'they' or 'them'

แค่

khae — Only, just, merely; limits scope or quantity

รีบเร่ง

rib reng — To hurry, rush, or act with urgency

ไป

pai — To go; also used as a directional verb particle

ทำงาน

tham ngan — To work, to do one's job or labor

ฉัน

chan — First person pronoun 'I' or 'me', informal feminine

เคย

khoei — To have ever done something; past experience marker

เห็น

hen — To see, to visually perceive something

หลาย

lai — Many, several, numerous; indicates plurality

ร้อย

roi — One hundred; numerical unit

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

ถือ

thue — To hold, carry, or regard something in hand

ขนมปัง

khanom pang — Bread; a baked dough food item

มื้อเช้า

mue chao — Breakfast; the morning meal of the day

ติดมือ

tit mue — Held in hand; something carried along conveniently

วิ่ง

wing — To run, move quickly on foot

พล่าน

phlan — To rush about frantically or scramble around chaotically

และ

lae — And; a conjunction connecting words or clauses

สดใส

sot sai — Bright, cheerful, lively, and fresh in manner

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for the purpose of doing something

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up, board, or increase; directional particle upward

รถไฟ

rot fai — Train; a rail-based passenger or freight vehicle

ตั๋ว

tua — Ticket; a pass for travel or entry

รายปี

rai pi — Annual, yearly; occurring or calculated per year

ขบวน

khabuan — Convoy, procession, or train service/route

เล็กๆ

lek lek — Very small, tiny; reduplication emphasizes smallness

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle or thing

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject

เพราะ

phro — Because; a conjunction giving a reason or cause

กลัว

klua — To fear, be afraid of something or someone

ว่า

wa — That; introduces a subordinate clause or reported speech

จะ

cha — Future tense marker; will, going to do something

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to an action; also means cheap

ไล่ออก

lai ok — To fire, dismiss, or expel someone from a position

หาก

hak — If, in case; a conditional conjunction

ไม่ทัน

mai than — Not in time, unable to make it before deadline

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; a preposition of location

กิจการ

kit cha kan — Business, enterprise, or organizational affairs

ที่

thi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or location marker

เสีย

sia — To waste, lose, or spend unnecessarily; also broken

เวลา

we la — Time; a period or moment in the day

ทำความเข้าใจ

tham khwam khao chai — To try to understand or comprehend something thoroughly

รีบรุด

rib rut — To dash off hurriedly, rush away quickly

กลับบ้าน

klap ban — To return home, go back to one's house

ไม่

mai — No, not; a negation particle

ทัน

than — In time, on time; to be able to catch up

มื้อเย็น

mue yen — Dinner, the evening meal of the day

อยู่

yu — To be, stay, reside; indicates ongoing state or location

แต่

tae — But, however; a contrastive conjunction

บ้าน

ban — House, home; a place of residence

หลัง

lang — Behind, after; also classifier for houses

อาหาร

a han — Food, meal; general term for things to eat

ตรอก

trok — Alley, narrow lane between buildings

ซอกซอย

sok soi — Narrow nooks and lanes; small alleys and side streets

นอน

non — To sleep, lie down and rest

กับ

kap — With, together with; a preposition of accompaniment

ภรรยา

phan ra ya — Wife; a man's female spouse

แต่งงาน

taeng ngan — To marry, get married; enter into matrimony

ด้วย

duai — Also, too, with; indicates inclusion or accompaniment

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — Is not, are not; negates identity or classification

ต้องการ

tong kan — To want, need, require something

มี

mi — To have, there is/are; indicates existence or possession

เงิน

ngoen — Money; also silver; medium of financial exchange

เล็กน้อย

lek noi — A little, a small amount; slightly

สร้าง

sang — To build, create, or construct something

ความมั่นคง

khwam man khong — Stability, security; a state of being firmly established

การ

kan — Nominalizer prefix turning verbs into abstract nouns

ดิ้นรน

din ron — To struggle, strive hard to survive or succeed

อย่าง

yang — In a manner of; like, as, in the way of

น่าสมเพช

na som phet — Pitiful, pathetic, deserving of pity or contempt

ครั้งเดียว

khrang diao — Only once, a single time

โลก

lok — World, earth; the globe or realm of existence

ทำ

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

ประกันชีวิต

pra kan chi wit — Life insurance; policy protecting against death financially

ลงทุน

long thun — To invest money in something expecting returns

อุบัติเหตุ

u bat ti het — Accident; an unexpected harmful event or incident

วัน

wan — Day; a 24-hour period or calendar day

อาทิตย์

a thit — Sunday; also means sun or week contextually

ก็

ko — Also, then, well; discourse particle showing logical flow

ชีวิต

chi wit — Life; one's existence or way of living

ความตาย

khwam tai — Death; the state or concept of dying

ราวกับ

rao kap — As if, just like; used for comparisons or similes

นรก

na rok — Hell; the underworld or a place of great suffering

มา

ma — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward speaker

กระต่าย

kra tai — Rabbit; a small furry long-eared mammal

เลย

loei — At all, so, therefore; emphatic or resultative particle

ทีเดียว

thi diao — Quite, indeed, very much; emphasizes degree or completeness

เอาล่ะ

ao la — Alright then, okay; expresses acceptance or moving on

พวก

phuak — Group, gang, bunch; classifier for groups of people

ชาว

chao — People of a place or group; citizen, inhabitant

อังคาร

ang khan — Tuesday; also the planet Mars

เป็น

pen — To be, to have a state or condition; is/am/are

พระคุณ

phra khun — Grace, kindness, virtue; beneficence especially from superiors

อัน

an — Classifier for small items; also a relative pronoun

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying yai — Great, grand, magnificent, of immense importance

สำหรับ

sam rap — For, intended for; indicates a recipient or purpose

พวกนี้

phuak ni — These ones, this group; near demonstrative plural

กรง

krong — Cage; an enclosure for animals or birds

กว้างขวาง

kwang khwang — Spacious, wide, roomy; having ample space

สวยงาม

suai ngam — Beautiful, lovely, aesthetically pleasing

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause, make something happen; causative construction

อนุบาล

a nu ban — Kindergarten; early childhood education level

พิถีพิถัน

phi thi phi than — Meticulous, careful, particular, fastidiously attentive to detail

ไม่ต้อง

mai tong — Don't have to, need not; absence of obligation

เป็นห่วง

pen huang — To worry, be concerned about someone or something

สิ่งใด

sing dai — Anything, whatever thing; used in questions or negatives

หลังจาก

lang chak — After, following; indicates sequence of events in time

วนเวียน

won wian — To circle around, wander repeatedly, linger aimlessly

ตาม

tam — To follow, along, according to; prepositional or verbal use

ทุ่งนา

thung na — Rice field, paddy field; open agricultural farmland

แผ่นดิน

phaen din — Land, ground, earth; also refers to the realm or nation

ท้องว่าง

thong wang — Empty stomach; having not eaten, feeling hungry

สัก

sak — Just, at least, some; softens requests or quantities

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1

สัปดาห์

sap da — Week; a period of seven days

ยอม

yom — To yield, allow, accept, or submit to something

ให้

hai — To give; also causative particle meaning 'let' or 'for'

จับ

chap — To catch, grab, hold, or arrest someone or something

ยินดี

yin di — To be glad, pleased, willing; welcome or congratulations

มาก

mak — Very, much, a lot; intensifier indicating high degree

นั้น

nan — That, those; distal demonstrative pronoun or adjective

ไม่นาน

mai nan — Not long, shortly; a brief period of time

สงสัย

song sai — To wonder, doubt, be suspicious or curious about something

ผู้คน

phu khon — People, persons; general reference to human beings

อะไร

a rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking for identification

กัน

kan — Together, each other; reciprocal or collective particle

ก่อน

kon — Before, first, prior to; indicates temporal precedence

ดูแล

du lae — To take care of, look after, tend to someone

เกียจคร้าน

kiat khran — Lazy, idle, unwilling to work or make effort

ร้านเหล้า

ran lao — Liquor store or bar selling alcoholic beverages

หนุ่ม

num — Young man; a male in youth or early adulthood

เจ้าชู้

chao chu — Flirtatious person; someone who pursues many romantic interests

นักร้อง

nak rong — Singer; a professional or performing vocalist

ทั้งหลาย

thang lai — All, every one of; refers to an entire group collectively

พอ

pho — Enough, sufficient; also 'just when' as temporal conjunction

นึกภาพ

nuek phap — To imagine, picture in one's mind

ออก

ok — Out, to exit, to come out; directional particle outward

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her; third person singular pronoun

กล่าว

klao — To say, speak, state; formal term for speaking

ความ

khwam — Nominalizer prefix creating abstract nouns from adjectives or verbs

พึงพอใจ

phueng pho chai — Satisfied, content, pleased with a situation or result

หม่นหมอง

mon mong — Gloomy, sullen, dispirited, feeling sad and downcast

ความรู้สึก

khwam ru suek — Feeling, emotion, sensation experienced internally

อ่อนไหว

on wai — Sensitive, emotionally susceptible, easily moved or affected

ศาสนา

sat sa na — Religion; a system of spiritual belief and practice

หลั่งไหล

lang lai — To flow, stream, pour in abundance continuously

เต็มเปี่ยม

tem piam — Full to the brim, overflowing, completely filled

หมู่

mu — Group, cluster, community; classifier for groups or villages

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter; general classifier for abstract items

ตา

ta — Eye; also maternal grandfather depending on context

นับ

nap — To count, to regard as, consider since a point in time

เพิ่ง

phoeng — Just, recently; indicates an action completed very recently

เริ่ม

roem — To begin, start, commence an action or process

มองเห็น

mong hen — To be able to see, to catch sight of something

ได้

dai — Can, could, to get; ability or past tense marker

ชัดเจน

chat chen — Clear, distinct, obvious, unambiguous

ช่วง

chuang — Period, span, interval of time or space

ไม่กี่

mai ki — Only a few, not many; small indefinite number

ผ่านมา

phan ma — Past, gone by; referring to a period that has elapsed

นี้

ni — This; proximal demonstrative pronoun or adjective