Treasure Island — Page 12

Vocabulary

พวก

phuak — group of people; they (informal pronoun)

เขา

khao — he, she, they (third person pronoun)

จะ

cha — future tense marker; will, going to

ต้อง

tong — must, have to; to need to do something

วิ่ง

wing — to run, to move quickly on foot

กัน

kan — together; each other; reciprocal particle

จ้าละหวั่น

cha-la-wan — in a frantic rush; helter-skelter, chaotically

แน่

nae — certainly, surely; for sure

ท่าน

than — respectful second/third person pronoun; you (formal)

ครับ

khrap — polite particle used by male speakers

กัปตัน

kap-tan — captain; leader of a ship or team

ตอบ

top — to answer, to reply to a question

กะลาสี

ka-la-si — sailor; crew member on a ship

ขึ้น

khuen — to go up; rise; upward directional particle

ฝั่ง

fang — shore, bank; side of a river or sea

ก็

ko — also, then; connective particle in sentences

รู้

ru — to know, to be aware of something

ผม

phom — I, me (polite male first person pronoun)

ไม่

mai — no, not; negation particle in Thai

ได้

dai — can, able to; to get or obtain

กังวล

kang-won — to worry, to be anxious about something

เรื่อง

rueang — matter, story, topic, issue, affair

นั้น

nan — that, those; demonstrative pronoun for distance

หรอก

rok — particle softening negation or contradiction

ที่

thi — place; relative clause marker; at, which

คือ

khue — is, means; to be (equating two things)

ลูก

luk — child; ball; classifier for round objects

ปืนใหญ่

puen-yai — cannon; large artillery gun for warfare

ต่างหาก

tang-hak — rather, instead; on the contrary, separately

ง่าย

ngai — easy, simple, not difficult to do

ราวกับ

rao-kap — as if, just like, resembling something else

โยน

yon — to throw, to toss an object

ลูกบอล

luk-bon — ball; a round object used in sports

บน

bon — on top of, above, on a surface

พรม

phrom — carpet, rug; floor covering material

แม้แต่

mae-tae — even; not even (used for emphasis)

สาวใช้

sao-chai — maid; female domestic servant or helper

ของ

khong — of, belonging to; possessive particle

คุณนาย

khun-nai — madam, mistress of the house; lady

ยัง

yang — still, yet; also used before verbs

พลาด

phlat — to miss, to err, to make a mistake

บอก

bok — to tell, to inform, to say to someone

เรา

rao — we, us; I (informal first person pronoun)

ด้วย

duai — also, too; with; by means of something

นะ

na — softening particle seeking acknowledgment or agreement

เมื่อ

muea — when, at the time that something happened

เห็น

hen — to see, to notice visually

ว่า

wa — that (complementizer); to say; as

ไม้ขีด

mai-khit — match; a small stick used to make fire

ถูก

thuk — to be struck; cheap; correct; passive marker

จุด

chut — to light, to ignite; a point or dot

แล้ว

laeo — already; then; completion aspect marker

หยุด

yut — to stop, to halt, to cease an action

พาย

phai — to paddle, to row a boat with oar

ใน

nai — in, inside, within a place or thing

ระหว่าง

ra-wang — between, during, among; in the middle of

แล่น

laen — to sail, to glide; move swiftly (vehicle)

เรือ

ruea — boat, ship; watercraft for transportation

มา

ma — to come; directional particle toward speaker

ความ

khwam — nominalizer prefix creating abstract nouns

เร็ว

reo — fast, quick, rapid in speed

ดี

di — good, well, fine; of good quality

พอ

pho — enough, sufficient; just, barely adequate

สมควร

som-khuan — appropriate, suitable, deserving; as expected

สำหรับ

sam-rap — for, intended for; in the case of

บรรทุก

ban-thuk — to load, to carry cargo; laden with weight

หนัก

nak — heavy; serious; difficult; weighing a lot

เช่น

chen — for example, such as, like this

นี้

ni — this; demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects

และ

lae — and; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

มี

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

น้ำ

nam — water; liquid; any drinkable fluid

เข้า

khao — to enter, to go in; inward direction

เพียง

phiang — only, merely, just; no more than

เล็กน้อย

lek-noi — a little, slightly, a small amount

เท่านั้น

thao-nan — only, just that much; nothing more

ขณะ

kha-na — moment, while, at the time of

ใกล้

klai — near, close to, not far away

อีก

ik — more, another, again; additionally

สามสิบ

sam-sip — thirty; the number 30

หรือ

rue — or; question particle for yes/no questions

สี่สิบ

si-sip — forty; the number 40

ฝีพาย

fi-phai — oarsman, paddler; person rowing a boat

นำ

nam — to lead, to guide; to bring along

หาด

hat — beach, shore; sandy coastal area

เพราะ

phro — because, since; the reason that something occurs

ลง

long — to go down, to descend; downward particle

เผย

phoei — to reveal, to disclose, to uncover

ให้

hai — to give; for; causative particle

แนว

naeo — line, row, direction; a strip or zone

ทราย

sai — sand; fine granular material on beaches

แคบ

khaep — narrow, tight; not wide in space

ๆ

(mai yamok) — repetition mark indicating plural or repetition

ใต้

tai — under, beneath, below; southern direction

กลุ่ม

klum — group, cluster, bunch of things or people

ต้นไม้

ton-mai — tree; a large woody perennial plant

อาจ

at — might, may, perhaps; expressing possibility

เป็น

pen — to be; to become; can, able to

ภัย

phai — danger, threat, peril, hazard

คุกคาม

khuk-kham — to threaten, to menace, to intimidate someone

ต่อ

to — against, toward; per; to connect or continue

ไป

pai — to go; away; directional particle outward

แหลม

laem — cape, headland; pointed or sharp landform

เล็ก

lek — small, little, tiny in size

บดบัง

bot-bang — to obscure, to block from view, to hide

มัน

man — it; informal first/third person pronoun

จาก

chak — from, away from; to leave a place

สายตา

sai-ta — eyesight, line of sight, vision

กระแส

kra-sae — current, stream, flow; trend or wave

ซึ่ง

sueng — which, that; relative pronoun in clauses

เคย

khoei — used to, ever; past habitual experience

ขัดขวาง

khat-khwang — to obstruct, to hinder, to block progress

อย่าง

yang — way, manner, kind; like, as, in the manner of

โหดร้าย

hot-rai — cruel, brutal, savage, merciless

บัดนี้

bat-ni — now, at this moment, at present (formal)

กลับ

klap — to return, to go back; conversely, instead

ชดใช้

chot-chai — to compensate, to repay, to make amends

ความผิด

khwam-phit — wrongdoing, fault, offense, crime

การ

kan — nominalizer for actions; act of doing something

ผู้

phu — person who; prefix indicating a doer

โจมตี

chom-ti — to attack, to assault, to strike an enemy

แทน

thaen — instead of, in place of; to replace

แหล่ง

laeng — source, place, site, location of something

อันตราย

an-ta-rai — danger, hazard, risk; dangerous situation

เดียว

diao — single, only one; alone; just one

เหลือ

luea — remaining, left over; to have remaining

อยู่

yu — to be located; to live; continuous aspect marker

ถ้า

tha — if, in case that; conditional conjunction

ข้าพเจ้า

kha-pha-chao — I, me; formal first person singular pronoun

กล้า

kla — brave, daring; to dare to do something

กล่าว

klao — to state, to say, to speak (formal)

ยิง

ying — to shoot, to fire a weapon at someone

คน

khon — person, people; classifier for humans

อื่น

uen — other, another, different; else

สัก

sak — about, approximately; just a little bit

แต่

tae — but, however; only, just, since

ชัด

chat — clear, distinct, sharp; clearly visible

ตั้งใจ

tang-chai — to intend, to be determined, to pay attention

สิ่ง

sing — thing, object, matter; something abstract

ใด

dai — any, which; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

มอง

mong — to look at, to gaze at something

ดู

du — to look, to watch, to observe something

เพื่อน

phuean — friend, companion, buddy

ล้ม

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

น้อย

noi — few, little, small amount; less

ทั้งที่

thang-thi — even though, despite the fact that

ตาย

tai — to die, to be dead; dead

ฉัน

chan — I, me (informal first person pronoun)

พยายาม

pha-ya-yam — to try, to attempt, to make an effort

คลาน

khlan — to crawl, to creep on hands and knees

หนี

ni — to flee, to escape, to run away from

ออก

ok — to exit, to go out; outward direction particle

พร้อม

phrom — ready, prepared; together, simultaneously

ร้อง

rong — to cry out, to shout, to sing

เสียง

siang — sound, voice, noise

สะท้อน

sa-thon — to reflect, to echo; reverberate back

กับ

kap — with, and; together with someone or something

ถอย

thoi — to retreat, to step back, to move backward

หลัง

lang — back, behind, after; the rear side

แรง

raeng — strong, hard, forceful; strength, force

ผลัก

phlak — to push, to shove with force

อัน

an — classifier for general objects; one (unit)

มหาศาล

ma-ha-san — enormous, immense, vast; extremely large

จน

chon — until, to the point of; poor (adjective)

ท้าย

thai — tail end, back, rear; last part

จม

chom — to sink, to submerge; to go underwater

ดิ่ง

ding — to plunge straight down, to dive steeply

ทั้งหมด

thang-mot — all, entire, everything, the whole amount

ปืน

puen — gun, firearm, rifle

ดัง

dang — loud, noisy; famous; to sound out

เวลา

we-la — time, moment; period of time

เดียวกัน

diao-kan — same, the very same; together at once

พอดี

pho-di — just right, exactly fitting; at that exact moment

นี่

ni — this, here; demonstrative for nearby objects

แรก

raek — first, initial, earliest in order

ยิน

yin — to hear, to listen (used in compounds)

ทัน

than — in time, to catch up; to keep up with

ถึง

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