Through the Looking-Glass — Page 13

Vocabulary

และ

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

มัน

man — Third-person pronoun for things or animals; 'it'.

มา

maa — To come; movement toward the speaker.

เร็ว

reo — Fast, quick, or rapid in speed.

แค่

khae — Only, just, merely; limiting a quantity or degree.

ไหน

nai — Where; used in questions about location.

โอ้

oo — Exclamation expressing surprise or wonder; 'Oh!'

ฉัน

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

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe or trust someone or something.

จริงๆ

jing jing — Really, truly; emphasizing truth or sincerity.

ว่า

waa — That; introduces a subordinate clause or reported speech.

มี

mee — To have; to exist or possess something.

ปีก

peek — Wing; the limb used for flying in birds.

คือ

khue — Is, are; used to define or identify something.

กา

kaa — Crow; a large black bird.

ร้อง

rong — To cry out, shout, sing, or make a vocal sound.

ออกมา

ok maa — To come out; to emerge from a place.

ด้วย

duay — Also, too, as well; indicates addition or inclusion.

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, or noise produced by someone or something.

แหลม

laem — Sharp, shrill; high-pitched in sound or pointed in shape.

ตื่นตกใจ

tuen tok jai — To be startled or frightened suddenly by something.

พี่น้อง

phii nong — Siblings; brothers and sisters collectively.

ทั้งสอง

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

ก็

ko — Then, also; a particle linking clauses or adding emphasis.

วิ่งหนี

wing nee — To run away; to flee from something or someone.

หายลับตา

haai lap taa — To vanish from sight; to disappear completely from view.

ไป

pai — To go; movement away from the speaker.

ใน

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

ชั่วพริบตา

chua phrit taa — In the blink of an eye; extremely quickly or instantly.

วิ่ง

wing — To run; to move quickly on foot.

เข้าไป

khao pai — To go into; to enter a place or space.

ป่า

paa — Forest, jungle; a dense area of trees and vegetation.

สัก

sak — A bit, some; indicates a small or approximate amount.

ระยะ

ra-ya — Distance, interval; the space between two points.

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1 or a single unit.

แล้ว

laeo — Already, then; indicates completion of an action.

หยุด

yut — To stop; to cease movement or an action.

อยู่

yuu — To be at, to stay; indicating location or ongoing state.

ใต้

tai — Under, beneath, below something.

ต้นไม้

ton maai — Tree; a large woody plant with trunk and branches.

ใหญ่

yai — Big, large, great in size or importance.

ไม่มีทาง

mai mee thaang — No way; there is absolutely no possibility or means.

เข้ามา

khao maa — To come in; to enter toward the speaker's location.

ถึง

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

ที่นี่

thii nii — Here; this place where the speaker is located.

ได้หรอก

dai rok — Cannot possibly; emphatic negation of possibility.

เธอ

thoe — She, her, you; second or third person pronoun informally.

คิด

khit — To think, consider, or have a thought or idea.

ตัว

tua — Body, self; classifier for animals and some objects.

เกินกว่า

goen gwaa — More than, exceeding; beyond a certain limit or amount.

จะ

ja — Will, going to; marks future tense or intention.

เบียด

biat — To squeeze, press against; to crowd or push tightly.

ตัวเอง

tua eng — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring back to the subject.

ระหว่าง

ra-waang — Between, during; in the space or time separating two things.

ได้

dai — Can, able to; indicates ability, permission, or past tense.

แต่

tae — But, however; introduces a contrasting idea or clause.

อยากให้

yaak hai — To want someone to do something; to wish for action.

กระพือ

kra-phue — To flap, flutter; rapid beating motion of wings.

แบบนั้น

baep nan — Like that, in that way; referring to a described manner.

เสียที

sia thee — Finally, at last; expressing relief after long waiting.

ทำให้

tham hai — To cause, make; to bring about a result or change.

เกิด

goed — To occur, happen, be born; coming into existence or occurrence.

พายุ

phaa-yu — Storm; violent weather with strong wind and rain.

เลย

loei — So, therefore, at all; intensifier or result marker.

นี่

nii — This; refers to something near the speaker.

ผ้าคลุมไหล่

phaa khlum lai — Shawl; a cloth worn draped over the shoulders.

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; indicates possession or association.

ใคร

khrai — Who, whoever; used in questions about a person.

บางคน

baang khon — Someone, some people; an unspecified person or persons.

กำลัง

gam-lang — Currently doing; present continuous tense marker.

ถูก

thuuk — To be subjected to; passive marker or 'correct/cheap'.

พัด

phat — To blow; movement of air, or a hand fan.

ปลิว

pliw — To blow away, flutter; carried off lightly by wind.