Treasure Island — Page 8

Vocabulary

ตอนนั้น

ton nan — At that time; referring to a past moment

ฉัน

chan — I; first-person pronoun used by females or informally

ยังไม่

yang mai — Not yet; indicating something has not occurred

เคยเห็น

khoei hen — Have ever seen; past experience of seeing

เรือ

ruea — Boat or ship; watercraft of any size

แบบที่

baep thi — The type that; in the manner that

โบราณ

bo-ran — Ancient; old; belonging to a past era

สร้างขึ้น

sang khuen — Built up; constructed; created something

แต่

tae — But; however; conjunction showing contrast

ต่อมา

to ma — Later on; afterward; subsequently in time

ได้เห็น

dai hen — Got to see; managed to see something

มันแล้ว

man laeo — It already; referring to something already encountered

และ

lae — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

ไม่อาจ

mai at — Cannot; unable to; it is impossible to

อธิบาย

a-thi-bai — To explain; to describe or clarify something

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ให้

hai — To give; to allow; causative or benefactive marker

คุณ

khun — You; polite second-person pronoun; also title of respect

เข้าใจ

khao chai — To understand; to comprehend something

ได้

dai — Can; able to; also marks past or successful action

ดี

di — Good; well; of positive quality

ไปกว่า

pai kwa — More than; exceeding a certain degree

การ

kan — Nominalizing prefix; the act of doing something

บอกว่า

bok wa — To say that; to tell someone that

มัน

man — It; third-person pronoun for objects or animals

เหมือน

muean — Like; similar to; resembling something else

ลำแรก

lam raek — The first vessel; classifier unit for first boat

ลำที่

lam thi — The nth vessel; ordinal classifier for boats

แย่ที่สุด

yae thi sut — The worst; superlative form of bad

ที่

thi — That; which; relative pronoun or place marker

มนุษย์

ma-nut — Human being; mankind; person

เคย

khoei — Ever; used to; marks past habitual experience

สร้าง

sang — To build; to construct; to create

มา

ma — To come; directional particle toward speaker

ข้อได้เปรียบ

kho dai priap — Advantage; a favorable point or benefit

สำคัญ

sam-khan — Important; significant; of great importance

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun for something distant

มีอยู่

mi yu — There exists; there is; something is present

อย่างแน่นอน

yang nae non — Certainly; definitely; without doubt

เพราะ

phro — Because; since; giving a reason

เบา

bao — Light in weight; not heavy

พกพา

phok pha — Portable; easy to carry around

อย่างยิ่ง

yang ying — Extremely; very much; to a great degree

ก็ได้

ko dai — It's okay; that works too; acceptable option

ตอนนี้

ton ni — Now; at this present moment

พบ

phop — To meet; to find; to encounter

แล้ว

laeo — Already; done; completion marker for actions

คงคิด

khong khit — Probably think; likely to be thinking

ว่า

wa — That; introducing a clause or reported speech

คง

khong — Probably; likely; expressing assumption or probability

ผจญภัย

pha-chon-phai — Adventure; to face danger or exciting challenges

อย่าง

yang — In a manner; kind; type; adverbial marker

หุนหันพลันแล่น

hun-han phlan laen — Rash; impulsive; acting without careful thought

พอแล้ว

pho laeo — Enough already; sufficient; that will do

สักครั้ง

sak khrang — At least once; just one time

ใน

nai — In; inside; within a place or time

ขณะเดียวกัน

kha-na diao kan — At the same time; simultaneously; meanwhile

ก็

ko — Also; then; connective particle in sentences

ได้คิด

dai khit — Thought of; managed to think of something

แผนการ

phaen kan — Plan; scheme; a devised course of action

อื่น

uен — Other; another; different from current one

ขึ้นมา

khuen ma — Came up with; arose; emerged upward

หลงใหล

long lai — Fascinated; obsessed; deeply captivated by something

แผน

phaen — Plan; strategy; a prepared course of action

ดื้อรั้น

due ran — Stubborn; obstinate; refusing to change one's mind

จน

chon — Until; to the point that; so much that

เชื่อว่า

chuea wa — Believe that; to have faith that something is true

จะต้อง

cha tong — Must; will have to; obliged to do

ลงมือ

long mue — To take action; to start doing something

ทำ

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

ให้สำเร็จ

hai sam-ret — To accomplish; to carry out successfully

แม้

mae — Even though; although; concessive conjunction

กัปตัน

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

เอง

eng — Oneself; himself; herself; emphatic self-reference

จะ

cha — Will; future tense marker or intention marker

ขัดขวาง

khat khwang — To obstruct; to hinder; to block someone's way

ก็ตาม

ko tam — Even so; regardless; no matter what happens

คือ

khue — Is; namely; that is to say

ลักลอบ

lak lop — To sneak; to do something secretly or illegally

ออกไป

ok pai — To go out; to exit; to leave a place

ความมืด

khwam muet — Darkness; the absence of light

คืน

khuen — Night; also means to return something

ตัด

tat — To cut; to sever; to slice through

เชือก

chueak — Rope; cord; string used for tying

ผูก

phuk — To tie; to bind; to fasten with rope

ลอย

loi — To float; to drift on water or in air

เคว้ง

khwaeng — To drift aimlessly; to float without direction

ปล่อย

ploi — To release; to let go; to set free

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle away from speaker

เกย

koei — To run aground; to beach a vessel

ฝั่ง

fang — Shore; bank; the edge of water and land

ตาม

tam — To follow; according to; in accordance with

พัดพา

phat pha — To blow and carry away; swept along by wind

มั่นใจ

man chai — Confident; certain; sure about something

อย่างเต็มที่

yang tem thi — Fully; completely; to the fullest extent

พวก

phuak — Group; gang; a collective of people

กบฏ

ka-bot — Rebel; mutineer; one who revolts against authority

หลังจาก

lang chak — After; following a certain event or time

ถูก

thuk — Passive marker; to be subjected to an action

ขับไล่

khap lai — To drive away; to expel; to chase out

ตอนเช้า

ton chao — In the morning; during morning hours

ไม่มี

mai mi — There is not; to not have; absence of something

สิ่งใด

sing dai — Anything; whatever thing; used in negatives

อยู่

yu — To be at; to stay; to exist somewhere

ใจ

chai — Heart; mind; inner feeling or intention

มาก

mak — Very; many; a lot; much

ยก

yok — To lift; to raise; to pick up

สมอ

sa-mo — Anchor; heavy device to moor a vessel

ออก

ok — Out; to exit; directional particle outward

ทะเล

tha-le — Sea; ocean; large body of saltwater

หนีไป

ni pai — To flee; to run away; to escape

คิดว่า

khit wa — Think that; to have the opinion that

สิ่งนี้

sing ni — This thing; referring to something just mentioned

เป็น

pen — To be; to exist as; to become

เรื่อง

rueang — Story; matter; topic; issue

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that; upon the occasion

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They; them; a group of people

ทิ้ง

thing — To leave behind; to abandon; to throw away

ยาม

yam — Guard; watchman; a period of keeping watch

โดย

doi — By; through; by means of

ไว้ให้

wai hai — Left for; kept for someone else's use

น่าจะ

na cha — Should; ought to; probably will be

ทำได้

tham dai — Can do; able to accomplish a task

มี

mi — To have; there is; to possess something

ความเสี่ยง

khwam siang — Risk; danger; chance of something going wrong

น้อย

noi — Little; few; small in amount

นั่งลง

nang long — To sit down; to take a seat

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to; for the purpose of

รอ

ro — To wait; to wait for someone or something

กิน

kin — To eat; to consume food or drink

อิ่มหนำ

im nam — Fully satisfied; having eaten one's fill

คืนนั้น

khuen nan — That night; referring to a specific past night

เหมาะ

mo — Suitable; appropriate; fitting for a purpose

กับ

kap — With; together with; for; to go along with

จุดประสงค์

chut pra-song — Purpose; objective; the goal of an action

หาได้ยาก

ha dai yak — Hard to find; rarely available; scarce

ยิ่ง

ying — Even more; increasingly; to a greater degree

หมอก

mok — Fog; mist; low-lying cloud obscuring visibility

ปกคลุม

pok khlum — To cover; to blanket; to spread over a surface

ท้องฟ้า

thong fa — Sky; the expanse visible above the earth

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All; entirely; the whole amount or group

ไปแล้ว

pai laeo — Already gone; has left; departed already

แสง

saeng — Light; brightness; a ray of illumination

อาทิตย์

a-thit — Sun; also means week in Thai

ค่ำ

kham — Evening; dusk; the time after sunset

สุดท้าย

sut thai — Last; final; the very end of a sequence

ค่อยๆ

khoi khoi — Gradually; slowly; little by little

จาง

chang — Faint; pale; to fade or become less vivid

หายไป

hai pai — To disappear; to vanish; gone away

สนิท

sa-nit — Completely; intimately; fully and thoroughly

ลงมา

long ma — To come down; to descend toward the speaker

ยัง

yang — Still; yet; continuing a state or action

เกาะ

ko — Island; land surrounded by water

สมบัติ

som-bat — Treasure; riches; valuable possessions or wealth