The Wind in the Willows — Page 243

Vocabulary

ไป

pai — To go; indicates movement away from speaker

เถอะ

thoe — Particle urging or suggesting an action gently

จัด

jat — To arrange, organize, or set up something

งาน

ngan — Work, job, or an organized event or party

เลี้ยง

liang — To host a feast; to raise or feed someone

ซะ

sa — Particle emphasizing completion or urging action

สั่ง

sang — To order, instruct, or command someone to act

อะไร

a-rai — What; used to ask about something unknown

ก็

ko — Also, then, or anyway; connective particle

ได้

dai — Can, able to; indicates possibility or achievement

ที่

thi — Place, location; relative pronoun marker

เจ้า

jao — You (informal/familiar); lord or owner

ชอบ

chop — To like or enjoy something or someone

แล้ว

laeo — Already; indicates completed action or then

ร่วม

ruam — To join together; participate jointly with others

สนุก

sa-nuk — Fun, enjoyable; having a good time

กับ

gap — With; together with; and (connecting nouns)

เพื่อน

phuean — Friend; companion or close associate

หนุ่มๆ

num-num — Young men; youthful guys (plural reduplication)

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

เรา

rao — We, us, or I (informal first person)

ข้าง

khang — Side, beside; next to something or someone

นอก

nok — Outside; exterior; beyond a boundary

โน่น

non — Over there; that thing or place far away

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or container

ความ

khwam — Abstract noun prefix indicating a state or quality

รื่นเริง

ruen-roeng — Merry, festive, cheerful; full of joyful celebration

บริสุทธิ์

bo-ri-sut — Pure, innocent, clean; free from contamination

พวก

phuak — Group, bunch; classifier for groups of people

เขา

khao — He, she, they; third person pronoun

โดย

doi — By, by means of; through an agent or method

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle for present/future tense

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; indicates necessity or obligation

สนใจ

son-jai — To be interested in something or someone

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

กังวล

kang-won — To worry, be anxious about something

เหนื่อย

nuеai — Tired, weary, exhausted from effort or stress

ยาก

yak — Difficult, hard; not easy to do or understand

สละ

sa-la — To sacrifice, relinquish, or give something up

เช้า

chao — Morning; early part of the day

อัน

an — Classifier for small objects; one item (general)

แสน

saen — Extremely, very; one hundred thousand

งดงาม

ngot-ngam — Beautiful, elegant, gracefully attractive in appearance

นี้

ni — This; refers to something near the speaker

บน

bon — On top of; above a surface

แท่น

thaen — Pedestal, altar base, or raised platform

บูชา

bu-cha — To worship, venerate, or pay homage to

แห่ง

haeng — Of, at; classifier for places or locations

หน้าที่

na-thi — Duty, responsibility, or official function

มิตรภาพ

mit-tra-phap — Friendship; the bond between close friends

จ้อง

jong — To stare at, gaze fixedly at something

มอง

mong — To look at, observe, or glance at something

ด้วย

duai — Also, too; with; by means of

สงสัย

song-sai — To suspect, doubt, or be curious about something

อย่าง

yang — In a manner; kind, type, or way of something

มาก

mak — Very, much, a lot; high degree of quantity

แต่

tae — But, however; introduces a contrasting clause

ใบหน้า

bai-na — Face; the front part of a person's head

เปิดเผย

poet-phoei — To reveal, disclose, or be open and transparent

ตรงไปตรงมา

trong-pai-trong-ma — Straightforward, direct, frank in communication

ทำให้

tham-hai — To make, cause, or render something a certain way

จะ

ja — Will, going to; future tense marker

นึก

nuek — To think of, recall, or imagine something

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; about, regarding

แรง

raeng — Strong, hard, forceful; strength or force

จูงใจ

jueng-jai — To motivate, incentivize, or persuade someone

สมควร

som-khuan — Deserving, appropriate, worthy of something

ใดๆ

dai-dai — Any whatsoever; any at all (emphatic any)

การ

kan — Prefix nominalizing verbs into abstract nouns

เปลี่ยน

plian — To change, switch, or alter something

ท่าที

tha-thi — Attitude, demeanor, or manner of behavior

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance, occasion; classifier for occurrences

จึง

jueng — Therefore, so, consequently; then as a result

ออก

ok — To exit, go out; out from a place

จาก

jak — From; originating from a place or person

ห้อง

hong — Room; an enclosed space inside a building

ทิศทาง

thit-thang — Direction; the way or course something moves

ครัว

khrua — Kitchen; the room used for cooking food

ทันที

than-thi — Immediately, instantly, right away without delay

ประตู

pra-tu — Door or gate; an entrance or exit point

ปิด

pit — To close, shut, or turn off something

ลง

long — Down, downward; to descend or decrease

หลัง

lang — Back, behind; after a point in time

รีบ

rip — To hurry, rush; do something quickly

วิ่ง

wing — To run; move quickly on foot

โต๊ะ

to — Table; a flat-surfaced piece of furniture

เขียน

khian — To write; to put words or text on paper

หนังสือ

nang-sue — Book; written publication or document

ความคิด

khwam-khit — Thought, idea, or opinion about something

ยอดเยี่ยม

yot-yiam — Excellent, outstanding, superb in quality

ผุด

phut — To pop up, spring up, or emerge suddenly

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, upward; to rise or increase

มา

ma — To come; movement toward the speaker

ใจ

jai — Heart, mind; seat of feelings and intentions

ขณะ

kha-na — While, during; a moment or period of time

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently doing; progressive aspect marker; strength

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, or say something

บัตร

bat — Card; a flat card for invitation or identification

เชิญ

choen — To invite; please (polite imperative particle)

พิถีพิถัน

phi-thi-phi-than — Meticulous, careful, painstaking in detail

กล่าวถึง

klao-thueng — To mention, refer to, or speak about something

บทบาท

bot-bat — Role, part played by someone in a situation

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, or guide someone or something

มี

mi — To have; there is/are something present

ต่อสู้

to-su — To fight, struggle, or battle against something

หัวหน้า

hua-na — Leader, chief, or head of a group

ล้ม

lom — To fall down, topple, or collapse

ราบ

rap — Flat, level; laid flat or subdued completely

พาดพิง

phat-phing — To allude to, implicate, or indirectly reference someone

ผจญภัย

pha-jon-phai — Adventure; to face danger or exciting experiences

เรื่องราว

rueang-rao — Story, tale, narrative of events

ชัยชนะ

chai-cha-na — Victory, triumph; winning over an opponent

ยิ่งใหญ่

ying-yai — Great, magnificent, grand in scale or importance

เล่า

lao — To tell, narrate, or recount a story

หน้าปก

na-pok — Cover page; front cover of a book or magazine

วาง

wang — To place, put down, or set something somewhere

โครงการ

khrong-kan — Project, program, or planned scheme of work

บันเทิง

ban-thoeng — Entertainment, amusement; enjoyable recreational activity

สำหรับ

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

ยาม

yam — During a time period; a guard or watchman

ค่ำคืน

kham-khuen — Night, evening; the nighttime hours

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which, that; relative pronoun connecting clauses

ลักษณะ

lak-sa-na — Characteristic, nature, or quality of something

ประมาณ

pra-man — Approximately, about; an estimated quantity

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; along with

ร่าง

rang — Draft, outline; body or frame of a person

หัว

hua — Head; top part; leader of something

กล่าว

klao — To say, state, or mention formally

สุนทรพจน์

sun-thon-pha-jon — Speech, address; formal spoken public address

อื่นๆ

uen-uen — Others, other things; various additional items

ตลอด

ta-lot — Throughout, all along; continuously without interruption

ปราศรัย

prat-sai — To deliver a speech; formal public address

เค้าโครง

khao-khrong — Outline, framework, or rough structure of something

ระบบ

ra-bop — System, mechanism, or organized set of rules

เรือนจำ

ruean-jam — Prison, jail; place where criminals are confined

ทางน้ำ

thang-nam — Waterway; a navigable body or channel of water

อังกฤษ

ang-krit — England or English; relating to Britain or its language

เก่า

kao — Old, aged; not new; used or worn over time

ค้า

kha — Trade, commerce; to buy and sell goods

ม้า

ma — Horse; a large domesticated equine animal

วิธีการ

wi-thi-kan — Method, procedure, or way of doing something

ทรัพย์สิน

sap-sin — Property, assets, possessions of monetary value

สิทธิ

sit-thi — Right, entitlement; a legally or morally justified claim

กลับ

klap — To return, go back; reverse direction

สู่

su — To, toward; movement in the direction of

ผืนดิน

phuen-din — Land, earth; expanse of ground or territory

สุภาพบุรุษ

su-phap-bu-rut — Gentleman; a well-mannered and refined man

ชาว

chao — People of; inhabitant or native of a place

ทั่วไป

thua-pai — General, common, ordinary; applicable to everyone

บทเพลง

bot-phleng — Song; a musical piece with lyrics

แต่ง

taeng — To compose, write, or create a literary work

ตัวเอง

tua-eng — Oneself; by one's own self

ผลงาน

phon-ngan — Work, creation, or achievement produced by someone

ถูก

thuk — Correct; cheap; passive voice marker (to be done to)

ขับร้อง

khap-rong — To sing; to perform a song vocally

ช่วง

chuang — Period, interval, or span of time or space

ผู้แต่ง

phu-taeng — Author, composer; person who creates a work