Treasure Island — Page 9

Vocabulary

ผม

phom — I/me, used by male speakers

เป็น

pen — To be; to have a condition or status

คน

khon — Person; people; human being

บังคับ

bang-khap — To control, force, or command someone

เรือ

ruea — Boat or ship used for water travel

ใน

nai — In, inside, within a place or time

ขณะ

kha-na — Moment; while; at the time of

ที่

thi — At; place; relative pronoun marker

เขา

khao — He, she, they; third person pronoun

และ

lae — And; connecting words or phrases together

ซึ่ง

sueng — Which; that; a relative clause connector

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing to do something

แข็งแรง

khaeng-raeng — Strong, healthy, physically powerful

อยู่

yu — To be located; to stay; to live somewhere

สอง

song — Two; the number 2

กำลัง

kam-lang — Currently doing; strength; power

พาย

phai — To paddle or row a boat

กระแส

kra-sae — Current, flow, or stream of water or trend

น้ำ

nam — Water; liquid; also used in compounds

พัด

phat — To blow; wind pushing something along

ลง

long — Down; to descend; directional particle downward

ไป

pai — To go; away; directional particle forward

เรื่อยๆ

rueai-rueai — Continuously, steadily, drifting along without stopping

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun

ช่วย

chuai — To help, assist, or aid someone

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker; for someone

แรง

raeng — Strong, hard, forceful; strength or force

ขึ้น

khuen — Up; to rise; directional particle upward

อีก

ik — More; again; another; additionally

หน่อย

noi — A little; a bit; softens requests politely

ได้

dai — Can; able to; to get or obtain something

ไหม

mai — Question particle for yes/no questions

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction for hypothetical situations

กว่า

kwa — More than; comparative particle; than

นี้

ni — This; referring to something nearby or present

จะ

cha — Will; future tense marker; going to

ล่ม

lom — To capsize or sink, said of a boat

พูด

phut — To speak or talk; to say something

ท่าน

than — Honorific you/he/she; respectful pronoun

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; required to do something

หัก

hak — To break, snap, or fracture something

หัว

hua — Head; front end; top of something

ครับ

khrap — Polite particle used by male speakers

ไม่

mai — Not; negation particle in Thai sentences

รังเกียจ

rang-kiat — To mind, object to, or feel aversion toward

จน

chon — Until; to the point of; poor (destitute)

เห็น

hen — To see; to perceive visually

ว่า

wa — That; quotative marker; to say something

เรา

rao — We; us; also informal 'I'

เปรียบ

priap — To compare; to liken one thing to another

ลอง

long — To try; to attempt doing something experimentally

ดู

du — To look; to watch; try and see

พบ

phop — To find; to meet; to encounter someone

จาก

chak — From; away from; departing a place

การ

kan — Nominalizer; the act of doing something

ทดลอง

thot-long — To experiment; to test or try something out

ทาง

thang — Way, path, direction, route

ทิศ

thit — Direction; cardinal point (north, south, etc.)

ตะวันตก

ta-wan-tok — West; the western direction or region

กระทั่ง

kra-thang — Until; even; up to a point in time

หัน

han — To turn; to face a direction

ตะวันออก

ta-wan-ok — East; the eastern direction or region

ตรงๆ

trong-trong — Straight; directly; in a straightforward manner

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle for alternative questions

เกือบ

kueap — Almost; nearly; not quite reaching a point

ตั้ง

tang — To set up; to place; as much as

ฉาก

chak — Scene; at right angles; perpendicular to something

กับ

kap — With; and; together with someone or something

ทิศทาง

thit-thang — Direction; orientation of movement or travel

ควร

khuan — Should; ought to; advisable to do

อัตรา

at-tra — Rate; ratio; speed of something measured

คง

khong — Probably; likely; to remain constant

มี

mi — To have; there is/are; to possess

วัน

wan — Day; a single day of the week

ฝั่ง

fang — Shore, bank, or side of a river or sea

นั่น

nan — That; referring to something farther away

เส้นทาง

sen-thang — Route, path, or course of travel

เดียว

diao — Only; single; alone; one and the same

สามารถ

sa-mat — Able to; capable of doing something

แล่น

laen — To sail; to run fast; to speed along

ก็

ko — Also; then; discourse particle for continuity

ตาม

tam — According to; to follow; along with something

นั้น

nan — That; those; referring to previously mentioned thing

กัปตัน

kap-tan — Captain; leader or commander of a vessel

ตอบ

top — To answer; to respond to a question

รักษา

rak-sa — To maintain, preserve, or treat medically

ต้น

ton — Origin, beginning; tree; front or initial part

ไว้

wai — To keep; to put aside; to maintain

ต่อ

to — Against; per; to continue; to connect

ถูก

thuk — Correct; cheap; to be hit or affected by

เลย

loei — At all; so; therefore; just past a point

ด้าน

dan — Side, aspect, face of something

ท้าย

thai — Rear, back end, stern of a boat

ลม

lom — Wind; breeze; air movement

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

จุด

chut — Point, spot, dot; to light a flame

มัน

man — It; that thing; informal third-person pronoun

ยาก

yak — Difficult, hard; not easy to do

บอก

bok — To tell, inform, or say to someone

ไหน

nai — Where; which; interrogative of place or choice

นอก

nok — Outside; external; beyond a boundary

เสี่ยง

siang — To risk; to take a chance; risky

มา

ma — To come; toward the speaker; directional particle

บน

bon — On top of; above; upper surface

แต่

tae — But; however; only; from a certain point

อ่อน

on — Soft, weak, gentle, tender, mild

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; after that; done

หลบ

lop — To dodge, evade, or hide from something

กลับ

klap — To return; to go back; reversal

ชายฝั่ง

chai-fang — Coastline; the shore along a body of water

ชาย

chai — Man; male; edge or border of an area

ชื่อ

chue — Name; to be named; one's personal name

นั่ง

nang — To sit; to be seated somewhere

ผ่อน

phon — To relax; ease up; pay in installments

สัก

sak — Just; a little; any; emphatic softener

ขอบคุณ

khop-khun — Thank you; expression of gratitude

นะ

na — Softening particle; you know; seeking agreement

ราว

rao — About, approximately; around a certain amount

อะไร

a-rai — What; anything; interrogative for things

เกิด

koet — To occur; to be born; to happen

เพราะ

phro — Because; due to; for the reason that

พวก

phuak — Group; bunch; they; those people

ทุก

thuk — Every; all; each without exception

ตัดสินใจ

tat-sin-chai — To make a decision; to decide on something

อย่าง

yang — Way, manner, kind, type; like something

เงียบๆ

ngiap-ngiap — Quietly, silently, in a hushed manner

ปฏิบัติ

pa-ti-bat — To practice; to operate; to carry out tasks

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; the same as something

เดียวกัน

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

ทันใด

than-dai — Suddenly; all at once; immediately at that moment

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, occurrence, instance of an event

คิด

khit — To think; to consider; to calculate

เสียง

siang — Sound, voice, noise; audio

เปลี่ยน

plian — To change, alter, or switch something

เล็กน้อย

lek-noi — A little; slightly; a small amount

ปืนใหญ่

puen-yai — Cannon; large artillery gun weapon