Treasure Island — Page 33

Vocabulary

ทำไม

tham-mai — Why; asking for a reason or cause

น่ะ

na — Particle softening or emphasizing a statement

พวก

phuak — Group, bunch, or set of people or things

ส่วนใหญ่

suan-yai — Majority; most of something

ที่

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

อยู่

yu — To be located; to stay or reside somewhere

บน

bon — On top of; above a surface

เรือ

ruea — Boat or ship used for water transport

นี่

ni — This; referring to something nearby

แหละ

lae — Emphatic particle stressing a point or conclusion

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

ดีใจ

di-jai — Happy, glad, pleased about something

จะ

ja — Future tense marker; will or going to

ได้

dai — Can, able to; or past tense marker

กิน

kin — To eat or consume food or drink

ขนมปัง

kha-nom-pang — Bread; a baked flour-based food

ก่อนหน้า

kon-na — Before; preceding in time or order

นั้น

nan — That; referring to something farther away

บางคน

bang-khon — Some people; certain unspecified individuals

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expressing obligation or necessity

ขอทาน

kho-than — Beggar; one who begs for money or food

มา

ma — To come; movement toward the speaker

ก่อน

kon — Before; first, prior to something else

แก่

kae — Old, aged; elderly in appearance or age

ตาบอด

ta-bot — Blind; unable to see with one's eyes

ไป

pai — To go; movement away from the speaker

น่า

na — Ought to, likely to; expressing probability or desirability

รู้สึก

ru-suek — To feel; to sense an emotion or sensation

ละอาย

la-ai — Ashamed, embarrassed; feeling shame or disgrace

แต่

tae — But; however, expressing contrast or exception

กลับ

klap — To return; go back to a previous place

ใช้จ่าย

chai-jai — To spend money; to pay out funds

เงิน

ngoen — Money; silver; currency used for transactions

ถึง

thueng — To reach, arrive at; until, up to

หนึ่ง

nueng — One; the number 1

พัน

phan — Thousand; the number 1,000

สอง

song — Two; the number 2

ร้อย

roi — Hundred; the number 100

ปอนด์

pont — Pound; British currency unit or unit of weight

ต่อ

to — Per; per unit, or to continue, connect

ปี

pi — Year; a period of twelve months

ราว

rao — About, approximately; roughly a certain amount

กับ

kap — With; together with, and, or against

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or time

รัฐสภา

rat-tha-sa-pha — Parliament; the legislative assembly of a country

ตอนนี้

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

เขา

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

ที่ไหน

thi-nai — Where; asking about a location or place

ล่ะ

la — Particle seeking confirmation or mild emphasis

ก็

ko — Also, then, so; connective or concessive particle

ตาย

tai — To die; to cease to be alive

แล้ว

laeo — Already; indicates a completed action or event

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to; cheap; correct or right

ฝัง

fang — To bury; to place underground or embed

ใต้ดิน

tai-din — Underground; below the surface of the earth

สองปี

song-pi — Two years; a period of twenty-four months

หน้า

na — Face; front; next in sequence or order

ขอบอก

kho-bok — Let me tell you; I want to say

เลย

loei — At all; so, therefore; emphasizing a result

ชายคน

chai-khon — A man; referring to a male individual

อดอยาก

ot-oyak — Starving, famished; suffering from severe hunger

แทบ

thaep — Almost, nearly; barely, scarcely happening

ขโมย

kha-moi — To steal; a thief who takes others' belongings

เชือด

chuat — To slit or slash; cut with a blade

คอ

kho — Neck; the part connecting head to body

คน

khon — Person, people; a human being or individual

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; continuing state or action ongoing

อยู่ดี

yu-di — Still fine; doing well despite circumstances

พระเจ้า

phra-jao — God; a divine supreme being or deity

ช่วย

chuay — To help, assist; to aid someone in need

ไม่ค่อย

mai-khoi — Not very; not much, rarely, not often

มี

mi — To have; to exist, there is or are

ประโยชน์

pra-yot — Benefit, use, utility; something of practical value

อะไร

a-rai — What; asking about an unknown thing

มากนัก

mak-nak — Too much, very much; excessively or greatly

นะ

na — Softening particle seeking agreement or acknowledgment

กะลาสี

ka-la-si — Sailor; a person who works on a ship

หนุ่ม

num — Young man; a youthful male person

กล่าว

klao — To say, state, declare; formal way of speaking

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle in Thai

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For; intended or designated for someone or something

คนโง่

khon-ngo — Fool, stupid person; someone lacking intelligence

หรอก

rok — Particle dismissing or denying an assumption

เชื่อ

chuea — To believe, trust; to have faith in something

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first-person pronoun, informal female

เถอะ

thoe — Come on; particle urging or encouraging action

ทั้งนั้น

thang-nan — All of it; everything without exception

ทุกอย่าง

thuk-yang — Everything; every single thing without exception

ร้อง

rong — To cry out, shout, or sing aloud

ขึ้น

khuen — Up, upward; to rise or increase

ฟัง

fang — To listen; to pay attention to sound

เธอ

thoe — You, she, her; second or third person pronoun

ฉลาด

cha-lat — Smart, clever, intelligent; having sharp mental ability

มาก

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

ทีเดียว

thi-diao — Indeed, quite so; truly or absolutely certain

เห็น

hen — To see, notice; to perceive visually

แบบนั้น

baep-nan — Like that, in that manner or way

ตั้งแต่

tang-tae — Since, from; starting from a point in time

แรก

raek — First; the earliest or initial occurrence

มอง

mong — To look at; to gaze or observe something

พูดคุย

phut-khui — To chat, converse; to talk informally with someone

แบบ

baep — Style, type, pattern; in the manner of

ผู้ใหญ่

phu-yai — Adult; a grown-up or person of authority

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun in Thai

คง

khong — Probably, likely; expressing reasonable assumption

นึกออก

nuek-ok — To recall, think of; to remember something

ว่า

wa — That; introducing reported speech or a clause

อย่างไร

yang-rai — How; in what way or manner

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happened

ได้ยิน

dai-yin — To hear; to perceive sound with one's ears

คนร้าย

khon-rai — Criminal, villain; a bad or dangerous person

น่าชัง

na-chang — Despicable, hateful; deserving contempt or dislike

คนนี้

khon-ni — This person; referring to a specific individual nearby

พูด

phut — To speak, talk; to express words verbally

คนอื่น

khon-uen — Other people; someone else, not oneself

ด้วย

duay — Also, too; with, by means of something

คำ

kham — Word; a unit of spoken or written language

ชมเชย

chom-choei — To praise, compliment; to express admiration for

เดียวกัน

diao-kan — The same; identical, one and the same thing

เคย

khoei — Used to, ever; indicating past experience or habit

คิดว่า

khit-wa — To think that; to hold an opinion or belief

หาก

hak — If; conditional conjunction introducing a condition

สามารถ

sa-mat — Can, able to; having the ability or capacity

ทำได้

tham-dai — Can do; able to accomplish or perform something

ยิง

ying — To shoot; to fire a projectile from a weapon

ผ่าน

phan — To pass through; to go across or beyond

ขณะ

kha-na — While, moment; at the time when something occurs

ต่อไป

to-pai — Continue, onward; from this point forward

โดย

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

ไม่รู้

mai-ru — Don't know; lacking knowledge or information

แอบ

aep — To sneak, hide; to do something secretly

คือ

khue — Is, means; used to define or explain something

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, issue; a topic or subject

ของ

khong — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

สุภาพบุรุษ

su-phap-bu-rut — Gentleman; a polite, honorable, well-mannered man

แห่ง

haeng — Of, at; classifier for places or institutions

โชคชะตา

chok-cha-ta — Fate, destiny; the predetermined course of events

พวกเขา

phuak-khao — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

ใช้ชีวิต

chai-chi-wit — To live life; to spend one's time living

อย่าง

yang — Kind, type; in a certain manner or way

หยาบกระด้าง

yap-kra-dang — Rough, coarse, rude; crude in manner or speech

เสี่ยง

siang — To risk; to take a chance on danger

การ

kan — Nominalizer; turns verbs into abstract noun concepts

ดื่ม

duem — To drink; to consume liquid through the mouth

หรูหรา

ru-ra — Luxurious, lavish; extravagantly fine or expensive

การเดินทาง

kan-doen-thang — Journey, travel; the act of traveling somewhere

สิ้นสุด

sin-sut — To end, conclude; to come to a final stop

ลง

long — Down, downward; to descend or go lower

หลาย

lai — Many, several; a large or multiple number

กระเป๋า

kra-pao — Bag, pocket, wallet; a container for carrying things

แทนที่

thaen-thi — Instead of; replacing something or someone else

เป็น

pen — To be; linking subject to description or identity

แค่

khae — Just, only, merely; limited to a small amount

เหรียญ

rian — Coin; a small metal piece used as currency

เล็กๆ

lek-lek — Small, tiny; of little size or dimension

น้อยๆ

noi-noi — A little, few; very small in amount or degree