Treasure Island — Page 14

Vocabulary

แก

gae — informal second-person pronoun; you (casual)

ฆ่า

khaa — to kill; to take someone's life

แล้ว

laew — already; then; indicates completed action

ใช่

chai — yes; that is correct; affirmative response

ไหม

mai — question particle at end of yes/no questions

ฉัน

chan — I; me; first-person pronoun (polite/female)

ด้วย

duay — also; too; as well; together with

เถอะ

thoe — particle urging or persuading; come on, let's

ถ้า

thaa — if; conditional conjunction used in sentences

ทำ

tham — to do; to make; to perform an action

ได้

dai — can; able to; to get; past tense marker

แต่

tae — but; however; only; a contrasting conjunction

ไม่

mai — no; not; negation particle in Thai

ยอม

yom — to yield; to accept; to give in

หรอก

rok — particle softening negation; not really, you know

และ

lae — and; connecting words or clauses together

คำพูด

kham-phuut — words; speech; something spoken aloud

นั้น

nan — that; those; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

ชาย

chaai — man; male; masculine gender person

กล้า

glaa — brave; courageous; daring to do something

ผู้นี้

phuu-nii — this person; referring to a specific individual

ก็

gor — also; then; well; a linking particle

หัน

han — to turn; to face a different direction

หลัง

lang — back; behind; after; rear side of something

ให้

hai — to give; to let; to cause; for

พ่อครัว

phor-khruaa — chef; cook; male who prepares food professionally

โดยตรง

doi-trong — directly; straight; without detour or intermediary

เดิน

doen — to walk; to move on foot

มุ่งหน้า

mung-naa — to head toward; to move purposefully in direction

ไป

pai — to go; to leave; directional particle away

ยัง

yang — still; yet; also; continuing action particle

ชายหาด

chaai-haat — beach; sandy shore along the sea

เขา

khao — he; she; they; third-person pronoun

ไม่ได้

mai-dai — cannot; did not; unable to do something

ถูก

thuuk — to be hit; correct; cheap; passive marker

กำหนด

gam-not — to schedule; to set; to determine in advance

ไกล

glai — far; distant; a long way away

นัก

nak — very; intensifier; expert; one who does something

ส่ง

song — to send; to deliver; to transmit something

เสียงร้อง

siang-rong — a cry; shout; scream or vocal sound made

พร้อมกับ

phrom-gap — along with; together with; simultaneously with something

คว้า

khwaa — to snatch; to grab quickly with hand

กิ่งไม้

ging-maai — tree branch; a limb extending from trunk

ดึง

dueng — to pull; to tug; to draw toward oneself

ออก

ok — out; to exit; to come out from

จาก

jaak — from; away from; departing a place

รักแร้

rak-rae — armpit; the hollow under the shoulder joint

อาวุธ

aa-wut — weapon; arms; tool used for fighting

หยาบ

yaap — rough; coarse; crude; not smooth in texture

พุ่ง

phung — to dart; to shoot forward; to launch fast

ผ่าน

phaan — to pass through; to go past something

อากาศ

aa-gaat — air; weather; atmosphere; the sky around us

มัน

man — it; he/she (informal); things; oily substance

เข้า

khao — to enter; to go in; directional inward particle

ชน

chon — to collide; to hit; to bump into something

ปลาย

plaai — tip; end; point of something elongated

แหลม

laem — sharp; pointed; a cape or promontory

ก่อน

gon — before; first; prior to an event

ที่

thii — at; place; that; relative pronoun marker

น่า

naa — worthy of; likely to; makes adjective from verb

ตกตะลึง

tok-ta-lueng — to be stunned; shocked; astonished beyond words

ตรง

trong — straight; direct; exactly at a point

กลาง

glaang — middle; center; in between two points

ระหว่าง

ra-waang — between; among; during a period of time

ไหล่

lai — shoulder; the joint connecting arm to body

ทั้ง

thang — all; both; entire; inclusive of everything

สอง

song — two; the number 2

ข้าง

khaang — side; beside; next to something or someone

พอดี

pho-dii — just right; exactly; fitting perfectly

มือ

mue — hand; the part of body at arm's end

ของ

khong — of; belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

กาง

gaang — to spread out; to open wide; to extend

ขึ้น

khuen — up; to rise; to increase; upward direction

เสียง

siang — sound; voice; noise; audio

อ้าปาก

aa-paak — to open the mouth; to gape

หายใจ

haai-jai — to breathe; to inhale and exhale air

ล้ม

lom — to fall down; to collapse; to topple over

ลง

long — down; to descend; downward directional particle

จะ

ja — will; going to; future tense marker particle

บาดเจ็บ

baat-jep — injured; wounded; suffering physical harm

มาก

maak — much; many; very; a lot of

หรือ

rue — or; question particle; either/or conjunction

น้อย

noi — little; few; small amount of something

เพียงใด

phiang-dai — to what extent; how much; to what degree

ไม่มี

mai-mii — there is none; to not have; absence of

ใคร

khrai — who; anyone; somebody; interrogative pronoun

รู้

ruu — to know; to be aware of something

เลย

loei — at all; ever; just; a reinforcing particle

คาด

khaat — to expect; to predict; to estimate something

ได้ว่า

dai-waa — to be able to say that; indicating result

หาก

haak — if; in case that; conditional conjunction

พิจารณา

phi-jaa-ra-naa — to consider; to examine carefully; to deliberate

ได้ยิน

dai-yin — to hear; to perceive sound with the ears

กระดูก

gra-duuk — bone; the hard tissue in a body

หัก

hak — to break; to snap; to fracture something

ทันที

than-thii — immediately; at once; right away without delay

เวลา

we-laa — time; period; moment; when something occurs

ฟื้นตัว

fuuen-tuua — to recover; to heal; to regain health

คล่องแคล่ว

khlong-khlaew — agile; nimble; quick and skillful in movement

ดั่ง

dang — like; as; resembling; a literary comparator

ลิง

ling — monkey; a primate animal

แม้

mae — even though; although; despite; concessive conjunction

ไร้

rai — without; lacking; devoid of something

ขา

khaa — leg; limb used for walking and standing

กระโจน

gra-joon — to leap; to jump; to spring forward

ทับ

thap — on top of; to overlay; to crush under

ตัว

tuua — body; self; classifier for animals and clothing

ใน

nai — in; inside; within a place or thing

ฝัง

fang — to bury; to embed; to implant into something

มีด

miit — knife; a blade used for cutting

จน

jon — until; so that; poor; up to a point

ด้าม

daam — handle; hilt; shaft of a tool or weapon

ร่างกาย

raang-gaai — body; the physical form of a person

ถึง

thueng — to reach; until; to arrive at a place

ครั้ง

khrang — time; instance; occasion; classifier for occurrences

ที่ซ่อน

thii-son — hiding place; a spot where something is concealed

หอบ

hop — to gasp; to pant; to breathe with difficulty

ดังๆ

dang-dang — loudly; with a loud sound; audibly

ขณะ

kha-na — moment; while; during; at the time of

ฟัน

fan — tooth; teeth; to hack or slash something

ไม่รู้

mai-ruu — to not know; unaware; ignorant of something

ว่า

waa — that; to say; complementizer particle in Thai

การ

gaan — act of; process; nominalizer for actions/activities

เป็น

pen — to be; to become; is/am/are in Thai

ลม

lom — wind; air; breeze; also means to faint

แท้จริง

thae-jing — truly; in reality; genuinely; the actual truth

อย่างไร

yaang-rai — how; in what way; what manner

รู้ดี

ruu-dii — to know well; to be well aware of

ช่วงเวลา

chuuang-we-laa — period of time; a span or interval

สั้นๆ

san-san — briefly; shortly; in a short manner

ถัดมา

that-maa — next; following; the subsequent moment or item

โลก

look — world; earth; the globe; the universe

ทั้งใบ

thang-bai — the whole; entire; all of it together

ลอย

loi — to float; to drift; to hover in air

หาย

haai — to disappear; to recover; to go away

สายตา

saai-taa — eyesight; vision; one's line of sight

ม่าน

maan — curtain; screen; a hanging cloth divider

หมอก

mok — fog; mist; haze obscuring vision

หมุนวน

mun-won — to spin; to whirl; to swirl around

นก

nok — bird; a feathered flying animal

ทั้งหลาย

thang-laai — all; various; plural marker for groups of things

ยอดเขา

yot-khao — mountain peak; summit; the top of a mountain

สูง

suung — tall; high; elevated in position or degree

พลิกคว่ำ

phlik-khwam — to overturn; to flip upside down; capsize

อยู่

yuu — to be; to stay; to live; continuative marker

ตรงหน้า

trong-naa — right in front; directly ahead; facing forward

ต่อ

tor — to continue; per; against; connecting conjunction

ระฆัง

ra-khang — bell; a ringing metal instrument

นานา

naa-naa — various; many kinds; diverse; all sorts of

ชนิด

cha-nit — type; kind; sort; category of something

ดัง

dang — loud; famous; sounding; as/like (literary)

ตะโกน

ta-goon — to shout; to yell; to call out loudly

แว่ว

waew — to faintly hear; to catch a distant sound

มา

maa — to come; to arrive; toward the speaker

หู

huu — ear; the organ used for hearing sounds