The Wind in the Willows — Page 150

Vocabulary

พวกเขา

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

ได้

dai — Auxiliary verb indicating ability, permission, or past action.

เดินทาง

doen thang — To travel or make a journey somewhere.

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward speaker.

หลาย

lai — Many, several, or numerous in quantity.

ต่อ

to — Per; to connect; to continue something onward.

ไมล์

mail — Mile, a unit of distance measurement.

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action or sequence.

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and' joining words or clauses.

กำลัง

kamlang — Currently doing; present continuous tense marker.

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or ponder something mentally.

อยู่

yu — To be located; aspect marker for ongoing state.

ว่า

wa — Complementizer 'that'; to say or think that.

จะ

cha — Future tense marker indicating intention or prediction.

กิน

kin — To eat or consume food or drink.

อะไร

arai — Question word meaning 'what' or 'anything'.

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition or status.

อาหารเย็น

ahan yen — Dinner; the evening meal eaten at night.

ทันที

than thi — Immediately, instantly, or right away without delay.

ที่

thi — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker.

กลับ

klap — To return or go back to a place.

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at, or up to a point.

บ้าน

ban — Home or house; one's place of residence.

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something occurred.

เขา

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

สังเกต

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

เห็น

hen — To see or visually perceive something.

คนขับ

khon khap — Driver; the person who operates a vehicle.

รถจักร

rot chak — Locomotive; the engine that pulls a train.

ไอน้ำ

ai nam — Steam; water vapor produced by boiling water.

มี

mi — To have; there is or there are.

สีหน้า

si na — Facial expression or the look on one's face.

ออก

ok — Out; to exit or move away from a place.

ไป

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

ทาง

thang — Way, direction, path, or route to somewhere.

ด้านข้าง

dan khang — The side; lateral area of an object or space.

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle in Thai.

ตั้งใจ

tang jai — To concentrate, be determined, or pay close attention.

ฟัง

fang — To listen to sounds or spoken words attentively.

จากนั้น

chak nan — After that; then; subsequently following an event.

ก็

ko — Then, also; connective particle linking clauses smoothly.

ปีน

peen — To climb up a surface using hands and feet.

ขึ้น

khuen — To go up; upward directional particle in Thai.

บน

bon — On top of; above a surface or object.

กอง

kong — A pile or heap of accumulated material.

ถ่านหิน

than hin — Coal; a black fossil fuel burned for energy.

มอง

mong — To look at or gaze toward something visually.

เหนือ

nuea — Above, north, or over a reference point.

หัว

hua — Head; the front or top part of something.

ขบวน

kha-buan — A convoy, procession, or formation of vehicles.

รถไฟ

rot fai — Train; a rail vehicle for passenger or cargo transport.

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, or say something verbally.

กับ

kap — With; to; preposition linking people or objects.

แปลก

plaek — Strange, odd, or unusual in an unexpected way.

มาก

mak — Very, much, or a lot; intensifier in Thai.

เลย

loei — At all; so; past; emphasizer or result marker.

เรา

rao — We, us, or I; inclusive first person pronoun.

สุดท้าย

sut thai — Last, final, or at the very end of something.

วิ่ง

wing — To run or move quickly on foot.

ใน

nai — In, inside, or within a space or container.

ทิศทาง

thit thang — Direction or the way something is heading toward.

นี้

ni — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing.

คืนนี้

khuen ni — Tonight; this particular night currently happening now.

แต่

tae — But; however; conjunction showing contrast or exception.

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first person pronoun used informally.

สาบาน

sa-ban — To swear an oath or vow solemnly.

ได้ยิน

dai yin — To hear; to perceive sound through the ears.

อื่น

uen — Other, another, or different from what is mentioned.

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; in pursuit of someone.

ข้างหลัง

khang lang — Behind, at the back or rear of something.

หยุด

yut — To stop, halt, or cease an action or movement.

พฤติกรรม

phruet-ti-kam — Behavior or conduct; how a person or animal acts.

กลาย

klai — To become or turn into a different state.

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings.

ความเจ็บปวด

khwam chep puat — Pain or suffering; physical or emotional discomfort.

บริเวณ

bo-ri-wen — Area, zone, or region of a particular space.

ส่วนล่าง

suan lang — Lower part or bottom section of something.

กระดูกสันหลัง

kra-duk san lang — Spine or backbone; the vertebral column of the body.

แผ่

phae — To spread out or radiate in various directions.

ลาม

lam — To spread gradually to other areas or people.

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; also; ongoing state or additional meaning.

ขา

kha — Leg; the limb used for standing and walking.

ทั้งสอง

thang song — Both; referring to two things or people together.

ข้าง

khang — Side; beside; a lateral part of something.

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause or make something happen to someone.

อยาก

yak — To want or desire to do something strongly.

นั่ง

nang — To sit down; to be in a seated position.

ลง

long — Down; downward directional particle; to decrease or descend.

พยายาม

pha-ya-yam — To try, attempt, or make an effort to do.

อย่าง

yang — In the manner of; a way or type of something.

สุด

sut — Utmost, extreme, or the very end of something.

ความสามารถ

khwam sa-mat — Ability, capability, or skill to perform something.

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle used before verbs.

คิดถึง

khit thueng — To think of or miss someone or something fondly.

ความเป็นไปได้

khwam pen pai dai — Possibility; the chance that something could happen.

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, entire, or the whole of something.

เวลา

we-la — Time; a particular moment or period of time.

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to distant thing.

ดวงจันทร์

duang chan — The moon; the natural satellite orbiting Earth.

ส่อง

song — To shine light; to illuminate or beam light upon.

แสง

saeng — Light; the visible illumination from a light source.

สว่าง

sa-wang — Bright, well-lit, or luminous; full of light.

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses together.

ยืน

yuen — To stand upright in an erect position.

ทรงตัว

song tua — To balance or maintain one's bodily equilibrium steadily.

สามารถ

sa-mat — Can, able to; expresses capability to do something.

มองเห็น

mong hen — To be able to see; to have visual sight of.

เส้นทาง

sen thang — Route, path, or track leading to a destination.

ไกล

klai — Far away; at a great distance from here.

ไม่นาน

mai nan — Not long; a short period of time elapsed.

ตะโกน

ta-kon — To shout or yell loudly to get attention.

ตอนนี้

ton ni — Now; at this present moment in time.

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for objects or animals.

ชัดเจน

chat chen — Clear, distinct, or obvious without any ambiguity.

ราง

rang — Rail or track that a train runs along.

แล่น

laen — To run or travel swiftly, as a vehicle does.

ด้วย

duai — With, also, by means of; inclusive particle.

ความเร็ว

khwam reo — Speed; the rate at which something moves forward.

สูง

sung — High, tall, or elevated above a normal level.

ดู

du — To look at, watch, or appear to be.

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, or resembling something else closely.

ถูก

thuk — Passive marker; correct; cheap; to be acted upon.

ไล่ตาม

lai tam — To chase or pursue someone trying to catch them.

ผู้

phu — Person who; a prefix indicating a doer of action.

ฝุ่น

fun — Dust; fine particles of dirt floating in air.

หา

ha — To look for, search, or seek something out.

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, or matter; a general noun classifier.

ทำ

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

ล้มเหลว

lom leo — To fail or be unsuccessful in an endeavor.

สิ้นเชิง

sin choeng — Completely, entirely, or totally without any exception.

พวกมัน

phuak man — They, them; third person plural for animals or things.

ไล่

lai — To chase, pursue, or drive something away forcefully.

ทัน

than — To catch up with; in time; keeping pace with.

รวดเร็ว

ruat reo — Fast, rapid, or swift in movement or action.

กลุ่มคน

klum khon — A group or crowd of people gathered together.

ประหลาด

pra-lat — Strange, bizarre, or surprising in an unusual way.

ที่สุด

thi sut — Most, superlative marker; the utmost degree of something.