Through the Looking-Glass — Page 1

Vocabulary

สวน

suan — Garden or park, an outdoor cultivated space

แห่ง

haeng — Classifier for places, locations, or establishments

ดอกไม้

dok mai — Flower; a blossoming plant part

มีชีวิต

mee chee-wit — Alive; having life or living quality

ฉัน

chan — I or me; first-person pronoun, often feminine

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expressing probability or assumption

จะ

ja — Will; future tense marker or intention indicator

มองเห็น

mong hen — To be able to see; to have visual perception

ได้

dai — Can, able to; also marks past tense or success

ดี

dee — Good, well, fine; positive quality or condition

กว่า

gwaa — More than; comparative particle in Thai

นี้

nee — This; demonstrative pronoun pointing to nearby thing

มาก

maak — Many, much, a lot; indicates high degree or quantity

พูด

phuut — To speak, talk, or say something

กับ

gap — With; also used as 'and' between nouns

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun meaning yourself or itself

ถ้า

thaa — If; conditional conjunction introducing a condition

ขึ้น

khueen — Up, to rise; directional indicating upward movement

ไป

pai — To go; also directional marker indicating movement away

ถึง

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

ยอดเขา

yot khao — Mountain peak or summit; the top of a hill

นั่น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun for something farther away

และ

lae — And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses

นี่

nee — This (here); demonstrative pronoun for nearby object

ก็

go — Also, then; discourse particle linking or emphasizing clauses

มี

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

ทาง

thaang — Path, way, road; direction or route

ที่

thee — At, which, that; relative pronoun or place marker

นำ

nam — To lead, guide, bring; to take someone somewhere

ตรงๆ

trong trong — Straight, directly; without deviation or indirection

เลย

loei — At all, right away; emphasizer or 'so' in context

อย่างน้อย

yang noi — At least; minimum amount or degree

น่าจะ

naa ja — Should probably, ought to; expressing reasonable expectation

ใช่

chai — Yes, correct; affirmative response or confirmation

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation marker in Thai

นะ

na — Softening particle; seeking agreement or softening statement

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for things or animals

ไม่ได้

mai dai — Cannot, did not; negates ability or past action

ทางนั้น

thaang nan — That way, in that direction; pointing to a path

หลังจาก

lang jaak — After, following; indicates sequence in time

เดิน

doen — To walk; move on foot at a normal pace

ตาม

taam — To follow; along, according to something

สัก

sak — About, some; approximation particle for small quantity

สองสาม

song saam — Two or three; a small indefinite number

หลา

laa — Yard; unit of length measurement (approximately 0.9 meters)

เลี้ยว

liao — To turn; change direction while walking or driving

มุม

mum — Corner, angle; a point where two lines or paths meet

คมๆ

khom khom — Sharp, sharply; with a quick or acute turn

หลาย

laai — Many, several; indicates a plurality of things

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance; classifier for occurrences or repetitions

แต่

tae — But, however; contrasting conjunction between clauses

คิดว่า

khit waa — To think that; expresses an opinion or belief

พา

phaa — To take, bring along; lead someone to a place

ใน

nai — In, inside, within; preposition indicating location

ที่สุด

thee sut — Most, the most; superlative marker in Thai

คดเคี้ยว

khot khiao — Winding, twisting, meandering; full of curves and bends

อย่าง

yaang — Way, manner, type; adverbial modifier or classifier

น่าประหลาด

naa pra-laat — Strange, surprising, remarkably odd or unusual

เสียจริง

sia jing — Indeed, truly; emphasizes how remarkable something is

ดู

duu — To look, watch; observe something visually

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, as if; comparison marker

มากกว่า

maak gwaa — More than; comparative indicating greater degree or amount

เส้นทาง

sen thaang — Route, path, course; a defined way to travel

ก็ได้

go dai — That's fine, okay too; expressing acceptance or flexibility

การ

gaan — Nominalizer prefix; turns verb into abstract noun form

ครั้งนี้

khrang nee — This time; referring to the current instance or occurrence

เขา

khao — He, she, they; third-person pronoun for people

คิด

khit — To think, consider; mental process of reflection

อย่างนั้น

yaang nan — Like that, in that way; referring to a manner

ไม่ใช่

mai chai — Is not, no; strong negation of identity or fact

อัน

an — Classifier for various objects; also means 'which' or 'that'

กลับ

glap — To return, go back; reverse direction

บ้าน

baan — Home, house; one's place of residence

งั้น

ngan — Then, in that case; informal consequential connector

ลอง

long — To try, attempt; test something out

อื่น

ueen — Other, another; different from what was mentioned

เธอ

thoe — You (feminine) or she; second or third-person pronoun

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform; general action verb

เช่นนั้น

chen nan — Like that, in such a way; referring to described manner

วน

won — To circle, loop, go around repeatedly

ลง

long — Down, downward; directional marker indicating descent

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then; past completion marker or sequence connector

เล่า

lao — Particle emphasizing or continuing a narrative; also 'to tell'

มา

maa — To come; directional marker toward the speaker

เสมอ

sa-moe — Always, consistently, every time; habitual action

ไม่ว่า

mai waa — No matter, regardless of; introduces unlimited condition

อย่างไร

yaang rai — How, in what way; interrogative asking about manner

ก็ตาม

go taam — Anyway, regardless; used with ไม่ว่า for 'no matter'

แท้จริงแล้ว

thae jing laeo — In truth, in reality; emphasizes the actual situation

ครั้งหนึ่ง

khrang nueng — Once, one time; refers to a single past occurrence

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time of; temporal conjunction for past events

เร็ว

reo — Fast, quick, rapid; describing high speed or pace

ปกติ

pa-ga-ti — Normal, usual, ordinary; the standard or regular state

วิ่ง

wing — To run; move quickly on foot

ชน

chon — To collide, hit, bump into; make forceful contact

เข้า

khao — To enter, into; directional marker indicating inward movement

ก่อน

gon — Before, first; indicates precedence in time or order

หยุด

yut — To stop, halt; cease movement or action

ไม่มี

mai mee — There is not, have no; indicates absence or lack

ประโยชน์

pra-yot — Benefit, use, advantage; value or usefulness of something

อะไร

a-rai — What, anything, something; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

พูดถึง

phuut thueng — To mention, talk about; bring up a topic in speech

มอง

mong — To look at, gaze; direct one's eyes toward something

แกล้ง

glaeng — To pretend; also to tease or deliberately bother someone

เป็น

pen — To be, is; links subject to predicate or condition

ว่า

waa — That (conjunction); introduces reported speech or clause

กำลัง

gam-lang — Currently, in the process of; present progressive marker

เถียง

thiang — To argue, dispute, contradict; disagree verbally with someone

ยอม

yom — To yield, accept, give in; agree reluctantly

ข้างใน

khaang nai — Inside, within; interior of a space or container

อีก

eek — More, again, another; additional or repeated occurrence

ตอนนี้

ton nee — Now, at this moment; referring to the present time

รู้

ruu — To know; to have knowledge or awareness of something

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expresses necessity or obligation

ลอด

lot — To pass through, slip through; go through a narrow space

ผ่าน

phaan — To pass, go through; move past or beyond something

กระจกเงา

gra-jok ngao — Mirror; reflective glass surface showing one's image

ห้อง

hong — Room; enclosed space within a building

เก่า

gao — Old, aged, worn; not new or from the past

จุดสิ้นสุด

jut sin sut — End point, terminus; where something finishes or concludes

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possession marker in Thai

ผจญภัย

pha-jon-phai — Adventure; an exciting or dangerous undertaking or experience

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, everything, entirely; the whole of something

ดังนั้น

dang nan — Therefore, thus, so; logical consequence connector

จึง

jueng — So, therefore, then; indicates result or consequence

หัน

han — To turn, face; rotate body or head in new direction

หลัง

lang — Back, behind, after; rear side or subsequent time

ให้

hai — To give; also causative marker meaning 'let' or 'make'

แน่วแน่

naeo nae — Determined, resolute, firm; unwavering in one's intention

ออก

ok — Out, exit, to go out; outward directional marker

มุ่งมั่น

mung man — Determined, committed, focused; firmly set on a goal

ตรง

trong — Straight, direct; going without turning or deviation

เรื่อยๆ

rueai rueai — Continuously, on and on; without stopping or changing

จนกว่า

jon gwaa — Until, up to the point when; introduces end condition

เนินเขา

noen khao — Hill; a raised landform smaller than a mountain