Through the Looking-Glass — Page 2

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chăn — I, me; first-person pronoun used by females

ไม่

mâi — No, not; negation word in Thai

สามารถ

săa-mâat — To be able to, can, capable of doing something

ส่ง

sòng — To send, deliver, or pass something to someone

ม้า

máa — Horse; a large domesticated four-legged animal

ทั้งหมด

táng-mòt — All, everything, the whole amount or group

ไป

bpai — To go; movement away from the speaker

ได้

dâai — Can, able to; also marks past or successful action

เธอ

ter — She, her, you; informal second or third person pronoun

ก็

gôr — Also, then, well; discourse particle connecting ideas

รู้

róo — To know, to be aware of something

นะ

ná — Particle softening tone or seeking acknowledgment

เพราะ

práw — Because, since; conjunction indicating reason or cause

สอง

sŏng — Two; the number 2

ตัว

dtua — Body, self; classifier for animals and clothing

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; indicates ongoing or continuing state

ต้อง

dtông — Must, have to; expresses necessity or obligation

ใช้

chái — To use, utilize, or employ something

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or thing

เกม

geem — Game; an activity with rules played for entertainment

และ

láe — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ผู้

pôo — Person, one who; prefix indicating a person or doer

สาร

săan — Substance, message, or matter; essence of something

ทั้ง

táng — Both, all, entire; refers to a complete set

คน

kon — Person, people; human being or classifier for people

ด้วย

dûay — Also, too, with; indicates accompaniment or addition

พวก

pûak — Group, bunch, they; refers to a group of people

เขา

kăo — He, she, they; third-person pronoun

คู่

kôo — Pair, couple; two matched or partnered things

ที่

tîi — At, place, which; location marker or relative pronoun

เมือง

meuang — City, town; an urban settlement or municipality

แล้ว

láew — Already, then; indicates completion or sequence

ลอง

long — To try, attempt, or test something out

มอง

mong — To look at, gaze, or observe something

ตาม

dtaam — To follow, according to, along with something

ถนน

tà-nŏn — Road, street; a paved path for vehicles and people

บอก

bòk — To tell, say, or inform someone of something

ว่า

wâa — That; conjunction introducing reported speech or thought

เห็น

hĕn — To see, to notice or perceive visually

ใด

dai — Any, which; interrogative or relative pronoun

หนึ่ง

nèung — One; the number 1

นั้น

nán — That, those; demonstrative pronoun indicating something distant

ไหม

măi — Question particle used at end of yes/no questions

ใคร

krai — Who, whoever, anyone; interrogative pronoun for people

บน

bon — On, above, on top of something

เลย

loei — At all, so, therefore; intensifier or consequence marker

พูด

pôot — To speak, talk, or say something

แค่

kâe — Just, only, merely; limits extent or degree

อยาก

yàak — To want, desire, or wish to do something

ตา

dtaa — Eye; organ of sight; also means maternal grandfather

แบบ

bàep — Style, type, pattern; a kind or manner of something

บ้าง

bâang — Some, somewhat, at all; indicates partial or vague amount

กษัตริย์

gà-sàt — King, monarch; ruler of a kingdom

น้ำ

náam — Water; liquid essential for life and drinking

เสียง

sĭang — Sound, voice, noise; audible vibration perceived by ears

หงุดหงิด

ngùt-ngìt — Irritable, annoyed, easily agitated or flustered

จะ

jà — Will, going to; future tense marker in Thai

ไม่มีใคร

mâi mii krai — Nobody, no one; absence of any person

ระยะ

rá-yá — Distance, range, interval; a measured span of space

ไกล

glai — Far, distant; a long way away

ขนาด

kà-nàat — Size, dimension; measurement of how big something is

ทำไม

tam-mai — Why; question word asking for a reason

เอง

eeng — Oneself, by oneself; reflexive or emphatic pronoun

แทบ

tâep — Almost, nearly, hardly; very close to a threshold

จริงๆ

jing-jing — Really, truly, genuinely; strong affirmation of truth

แสง

săeng — Light; visible electromagnetic radiation or beam

นี้

níi — This, these; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

อยู่

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

ผ่าน

pàan — To pass through, go past, or across something

โดย

doi — By, through, via; indicates means or agent

ใส่ใจ

sài jai — To pay attention to, care about something

คง

kong — Probably, likely; expresses assumption or probability

จ้อง

jông — To stare, gaze fixedly at something or someone

อย่าง

yàang — Type, manner, like; indicates a way or kind

ตั้งใจ

dtâng jai — To intend, concentrate, be determined to do something

มือ

meu — Hand; the body part at the end of the arm

ข้าง

kâang — Side, beside, next to; a lateral position

บัง

bang — To block, shield, or obstruct from view

ให้

hâi — To give; also marks causative or purpose clause

ดวงตา

duang dtaa — Eyes; the pair of eyes as expressive organs

บางคน

baang kon — Some people, someone; an unspecified person or group

ร้อง

róng — To sing, shout, or cry out loudly

ออก

òk — Out, to exit, to come out or emerge

มา

maa — To come; movement toward the speaker

ที่สุด

tîi sùt — Most, -est; superlative marker in Thai

แต่

dtàe — But, however; conjunction indicating contrast

เดิน

dern — To walk; to move on foot

ช้า

cháa — Slow, slowly; at a low speed

มาก

mâak — Very, much, a lot; indicates high degree or quantity

ท่าทาง

tâa taang — Manner, appearance, gesture; the way one carries oneself

ทำ

tam — To do, make, perform an action

ช่าง

châang — How; exclamatory intensifier expressing surprise or emphasis

แปลก

bplàek — Strange, unusual, odd, different from the norm

ประหลาด

bprà-lâat — Weird, bizarre, extraordinary, surprisingly strange

เสีย

sĭa — Broken, spoiled, lost; indicates something gone wrong

นี่

nîi — This here; emphatic demonstrative for immediate context

กระโดด

grà-dòot — To jump, leap; to spring upward off the ground

โลดเต้น

lôot dtên — To leap and dance about excitedly, frolic around

ขึ้น

kêun — Up, to rise, increase; movement upward

ลง

long — Down, to descend; movement downward

บิด

bìt — To twist, turn, or wring something

เหมือน

mĕuan — Like, similar to, resembling something else

ปลาไหล

bplaa lăi — Eel; a long snake-like aquatic animal

ขณะ

kà-nà — While, at the moment, during; a point in time

กาง

gaang — To spread out, open wide, extend outward

ใหญ่ๆ

yài-yài — Big, large; repeated for emphasis of great size

พัด

pát — To fan, blow; to wave or flutter in the wind

เป็น

bpen — To be, to have; linking verb indicating state or status

ชาว

chaao — People of, native of; prefix indicating nationality or group

นั่น

nân — That over there; demonstrative for something further away

คือ

keu — Is, means, that is; defines or equates something

เฉพาะ

chà-pór — Specific, particular, exclusive; only for certain thing

ตอน

dton — Period, moment, episode; a segment of time

มี

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

ความสุข

kwaam sùk — Happiness, joy; the state of being happy

เท่านั้น

tâo nán — Only, just that; limits to nothing more

ชื่อ

chêu — Name; a word used to identify a person or thing

ของ

kŏng — Of, belonging to; possessive marker in Thai

คล้องจอง

klông jong — To rhyme; words that sound alike at the end

กับ

gàp — With, and, together with someone or something

คำ

kam — Word; a unit of language with meaning

นายก

naa-yók — Mayor, prime minister; a leading official or head

รัก

rák — To love; a deep feeling of affection for someone

ที่รัก

tîi rák — Beloved, dear; a term of endearment for loved one

อักษร

àk-sŏn — Letter, character; a written symbol representing a sound

อด

òt — To abstain, refrain, endure without something

เริ่ม

rêrm — To begin, start something from the beginning

เกลียด

glìat — To hate, dislike strongly; an intense aversion to something

น่าเกลียด

nâa glìat — Ugly, hideous; unpleasant or repulsive in appearance

อาหาร

aa-hăan — Food; anything eaten to nourish the body

แฮม

haem — Ham; cured or smoked pork meat

แซนด์วิช

saen-wít — Sandwich; food between two slices of bread

หญ้า

yâa — Grass; green plants covering lawns and fields

แห้ง

hâeng — Dry; lacking moisture or water