Treasure Island — Page 6

Vocabulary

ฉัน

chan — First person pronoun, informal 'I' or 'me'

อยู่

yuu — To be located; to stay or remain somewhere

ใน

nai — Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'

ถัง

thang — A bucket, barrel, or container for liquids

แอปเปิล

aep-poen — Apple, the fruit borrowed from English

คืน

khuuen — Night; also means to return something

ที่

thii — Place; relative pronoun 'that/which'; classifier

เรา

rao — We, us; also informal first person 'I'

พบ

phop — To meet, encounter, or find someone

แผ่นดิน

phaen-din — Land, earth, ground, or territory of a country

และ

lae — Conjunction meaning 'and', linking words or clauses

ได้ยิน

dai-yin — To hear a sound or listen to something

คุณ

khun — You; polite title like Mr./Ms. before names

ผู้ซึ่ง

phuu-sueng — Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'the one who'

บัดนี้

bat-nii — At this moment; right now (formal/literary usage)

จม

jom — To sink or submerge beneath water

ก้น

kon — Bottom, base, or buttocks of a person or object

ทะเล

tha-lee — The sea or ocean, a large body of saltwater

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action

ได้

dai — Can, able to; indicates past tense or permission

บอก

baawk — To tell, say, or inform someone of something

ทุก

thuk — Every, all, each; used before nouns or classifiers

คำ

kham — Word, syllable; also classifier for words/speech

พูด

phuut — To speak, talk, or say something aloud

ก่อน

kaawn — Before; first; earlier in time or order

ชั่วโมง

chua-moong — Hour, a unit of time equal to sixty minutes

นั้น

nan — That, those; demonstrative pronoun for distant reference

จะ

ja — Future tense marker; will, going to do something

สิ้นสุด

sin-sut — To end, finish, or come to a conclusion

ลง

long — To go down, descend; directional particle downward

สำหรับ

sam-rap — For, intended for a specific person or purpose

เรือใบ

ruea-bai — A sailboat propelled by wind through sails

เอง

eeng — Self, oneself; by oneself, emphasizing personal action

ตัด

tat — To cut, sever, or slice with a sharp object

สาย

saai — Wire, rope, cable, line; also means 'late'

เคเบิล

khee-boen — Cable, a thick wire or rope for fastening

ของ

khaawng — Of, belonging to; possessive particle in Thai

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for things or animals

สังหาร

sang-haan — To kill, slaughter, or murder someone violently

ผู้ชาย

phuu-chaai — A man, male person, or adult male individual

มี

mii — To have, possess, or there is/are something

บน

bon — On top of, above, or upon a surface

เรือ

ruea — A boat or ship used for water transport

พา

pha — To take, bring, or lead someone somewhere

ไป

pai — To go; directional particle indicating movement away

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; also means 'to' as a destination

ไม่

mai — No, not; negation particle used before verbs

วัน

wan — Day, a single day of the week or calendar

อีก

iik — More, again, another; additional quantity or time

ไม่มี

mai-mii — There is none; to not have or possess something

สัก

sak — Even one; at least; used with small quantities

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

พวก

phuak — Group, gang, bunch of people or things together

เรื่องนี้

rueang-nii — This matter, this story, this issue or topic

เป็น

pen — To be; indicates state, identity, or condition

ฝ่าย

faai — Side, party, or faction in a conflict or group

หัวเราะ

hua-ro — To laugh, expressing amusement or happiness aloud

ผู้

phuu — Person who; prefix indicating a doer or agent

ได้เปรียบ

dai-priiap — To have an advantage over someone or something

มา

maa — To come; directional particle indicating movement toward

ตั้งแต่

tang-tae — Since, from a particular point in time onward

ต้น

ton — Beginning, origin; also tree or plant trunk

กลัว

klua — To fear, be afraid of, or feel scared

มาก

maak — Very, much, many; indicating high degree or quantity

กว่า

kwaa — More than, comparative particle for comparisons

แมลงวัน

ma-laeng-wan — A housefly, a common small flying insect

ตัว

tua — Body; classifier for animals, letters, and clothing

หนึ่ง

nueng — The number one; a single unit of something

ฆ่า

khaa — To kill, take the life of a person or animal

ก็

kaw — Also, then, so; discourse particle linking statements

ถ้า

thaa — If, in the case that; conditional conjunction

ต้องการ

tawng-kaan — To want, need, or require something specifically

หรือ

rue — Or; used in questions and alternative choices

ละเว้น

la-wen — To exempt, spare, or refrain from doing something

ชีวิต

chii-wit — Life, existence, or one's living being

แต่

tae — But, however; conjunction indicating contrast

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter; general word for things

นี้

nii — This, these; demonstrative pronoun for nearby reference

เรื่อง

rueang — Story, matter, topic, or subject under discussion

ผ่านมา

phaan-maa — Past, having passed; referring to time gone by

ให้

hai — To give; causative marker meaning 'to let/make'

ผ่าน

phaan — To pass through, go past, or get through something

เมื่อ

muea — When, at the time that something occurred

ถูก

thuuk — Passive marker; also means cheap or correct

นำ

nam — To lead, bring, or carry something forward

ขึ้น

khuuen — To go up, rise; directional particle upward

ศาล

saan — Court of law or a judicial institution

ข้อหา

khaw-haa — Charge, accusation, or count against someone legally

โจรสลัด

joon-sa-lat — A pirate who robs ships at sea

ช่วย

chuay — To help, assist, or aid someone in need

ที่สุด

thii-sut — The most, superlative marker indicating extreme degree

เท่า

thao — Equal to, as much as; expressing equivalence

ทำได้

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

ทางเลือก

thaang-lueak — Option, alternative, or choice available to someone

เกิด

koet — To be born; to occur or happen suddenly

ประโยชน์

pra-yoot — Benefit, usefulness, or advantage gained from something

อัน

an — Classifier for small objects; one, a certain thing

ใด

dai — Which, any; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

แก่

kae — To, for (indirect object); also means old or aged

รักษา

rak-saa — To treat medically; to maintain or preserve something

พยาน

pha-yaan — Witness, someone who testifies or observes an event

ไว้

wai — To keep, store, or hold in place for later

เพื่อ

phuea — In order to, for the purpose of doing something

พ้น

phon — To be free from, escape, or pass beyond something

จาก

jaak — From, away from; indicating origin or separation

หยุด

yut — To stop, halt, or cease an action or movement

เพราะ

phraw — Because, since; conjunction indicating reason or cause

ได้เลย

dai-loei — Can do right away; able to do immediately

ว่า

waa — That; to say; complementizer introducing quoted speech

หายใจ

haai-jai — To breathe, take in air through the lungs

ทัน

than — In time, to catch up; on time before deadline

น่า

naa — Worth, worthy of; prefix for adjectives of feeling

แปลกใจ

plaek-jai — Surprised, astonished, or feeling unexpected wonder

ชาย

chaai — Male, man; also means shore or bank of water

เขา

khao — He, she, him, her; third person pronoun

นั่ง

nang — To sit, be seated in a position or place

จ้องมอง

jaawng-maawng — To stare at, gaze fixedly at someone or something

ฝูง

fuung — Herd, flock, swarm; classifier for groups of animals

แกะ

kae — Sheep; also means to peel, unwrap, or untangle

ขณะ

kha-na — At the moment, while, during a particular time

คง

khong — Probably, likely; to remain stable or unchanged

ครั้ง

khrang — Time, instance, occasion; classifier for occurrences

ตอนนี้

tawn-nii — Right now, at this moment, currently happening