Treasure Island — Page 11

Vocabulary

เขา

khao — He, she, or they; third person pronoun

เป็น

pen — To be; indicates state or identity

ไพ่

phai — Playing card or cards used in games

ใบ

bai — Classifier for flat objects; leaf

สุดท้าย

sut thai — Last, final, at the very end

ของ

khong — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

แก

kae — You or he/she; informal pronoun for older person

และ

lae — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

ขอ

kho — To request, ask for, or beg something

สาบาน

sa ban — To swear an oath; make a solemn vow

ต่อ

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

ฟ้าดิน

fa din — Heaven and earth; the universe, everything

ก็

ko — Also, then; particle showing logical continuation

เช่นกัน

chen kan — As well, likewise, same here, too

ต้อง

tong — Must, have to; expressing necessity or obligation

พึ่งพา

phueng pha — To rely on, depend upon someone or something

กัน

kan — Each other; together; mutual action particle

ฉัน

chan — I, me; first person pronoun used informally

บอก

bok — To tell, say, or inform someone something

แล้ว

laeo — Already; then; indicates completed action

ช่วย

chuai — To help, assist, aid someone in need

พยาน

pha yan — Witness; evidence or testimony in legal context

ไว้

wai — To keep, store, or place something aside

จะ

cha — Will, going to; future tense marker

ชีวิต

chi wit — Life; one's existence or living being

เริ่ม

roem — To start, begin an action or event

เข้าใจ

khao chai — To understand, comprehend something clearly

อย่าง

yang — Kind, type, way, manner of doing something

เลือนราง

luean rang — Vague, faint, dim; barely perceptible or unclear

หมายความว่า

mai khwam wa — To mean, signify; what something indicates

ทุกอย่าง

thuk yang — Everything, all things without exception

สูญสิ้น

sun sin — To be completely lost, destroyed, or gone

หรือ

rue — Or; question particle asking for confirmation

ถาม

tham — To ask a question of someone

ใช่แล้ว

chai laeo — Yes, that's right; confirmation of correctness

พูด

phut — To speak, talk, say something aloud

จริง

ching — True, real, genuine, actually the case

ตอบ

top — To answer, reply, respond to a question

เรือ

ruea — Boat or ship used for water travel

หาย

hai — To disappear, be lost, or recover from illness

นั่นแหละ

nan lae — That's exactly it; precisely that thing

คือ

khue — Is, means; equating or defining something

เรื่อง

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

ทั้งหมด

thang mot — All, entire, whole amount of something

ครั้งหนึ่ง

khrang nueng — Once, one time; on a certain occasion

ที่

thi — At, which, that; place or relative pronoun

มอง

mong — To look at, gaze upon, observe something

ไป

pai — To go; away; directional particle indicating movement

ยัง

yang — Still, yet; also; indicates ongoing state

อ่าว

ao — Bay or gulf; coastal inlet of water

นั้น

nan — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant reference

ไม่เห็น

mai hen — Cannot see; do not see something

เรือใบ

ruea bai — Sailboat; a vessel propelled by sails

แข็งแกร่ง

khaeng kraeng — Strong, tough, robust, physically powerful

แต่

tae — But, however; conjunction showing contrast

หมดหวัง

mot wang — Hopeless, to lose all hope entirely

สำหรับ

sam rap — For, intended for a particular person or purpose

พวก

phuak — Group, gang; plural marker for people

สภา

sa pha — Council, assembly, or governing body

พวกเขา

phuak khao — They, them; third person plural pronoun

จำ

cham — To remember, memorize, or recall something

นะ

na — Softening particle seeking agreement or confirmation

พวกมัน

phuak man — They, them; referring to animals or things

แค่

khae — Only, just, merely; limiting quantity or degree

คน

khon — Person, people; classifier for human beings

โง่

ngo — Stupid, foolish, not intelligent

ขี้ขลาด

khi khlat — Cowardly, timid, lacking bravery or courage

โดย

doi — By, by means of; indicating agent or method

แท้

thae — Real, genuine, true, authentic

ถ้า

tha — If; conditional conjunction in a sentence

สามารถ

sa mat — Can, able to, capable of doing something

ทำได้

tham dai — Can do, able to accomplish a task

จาก

chak — From, away from; indicating origin or separation

ฟัง

fang — To listen, hear attentively to something

ต่างตอบแทน

tang top thaen — Mutual reciprocation; giving and receiving in return

ให้

hai — To give; causative particle; for someone

รอดพ้น

rot phon — To escape, survive, be saved from danger

การ

kan — Nominalizer indicating an action or process

ถูก

thuk — To be subjected to; correct; cheap in price

แขวนคอ

khwaen kho — To be hanged; execution by hanging neck

ด้วย

duai — Also, with, by means of; together with

รู้สึก

ru suek — To feel, sense, experience an emotion physically

งุนงง

gnun gnong — Confused, puzzled, bewildered, disoriented mentally

มัน

man — It; third person pronoun for things or animals

ดู

du — To watch, look at, observe something

เหมือน

muean — Like, similar to, resembling something else

สิ่ง

sing — Thing, object, matter, or something abstract

ไร้ความหวัง

rai khwam wang — Without hope, hopeless situation or condition

ผู้

phu — Person who; prefix indicating a doer or role

โจรสลัด

chon sa lat — Pirate; sea robber who attacks ships

เก่าแก่

kao kae — Ancient, very old, long-established, aged

หัวหน้า

hua na — Leader, chief, head of a group

ผู้ก่อการ

phu ko kan — Instigator, ringleader, one who initiates action

ตลอดมา

ta lot ma — All along, throughout, from the beginning until now

ทำ

tham — To do, make, perform an action

ตกลง

tok long — To agree, okay, settle on a decision

ร้อง

rong — To cry out, shout, sing, or call

ออกมา

ok ma — To come out, emerge from inside somewhere

ความ

khwam — Abstract noun prefix indicating state or quality

กล้าหาญ

kla han — Brave, courageous, bold in facing danger

มี

mi — To have, there is, there are

โอกาส

o kat — Opportunity, chance, occasion to do something

เดิน

doen — To walk, go on foot somewhere

กะเผลก

ka phloek — To limp, walk unevenly due to injury

คบเพลิง

khop phloeng — Torch; a stick with burning flame on top

ตั้ง

tang — To set up, establish, place upright

พิง

phing — To lean against something for support

อยู่

yu — To be at, stay, live; indicates location

ท่ามกลาง

tham klang — In the middle of, surrounded by, amid

ฟืน

fuen — Firewood; wood used for burning as fuel

จุดไฟ

chut fai — To light a fire or ignite something

แรงใหม่

raeng mai — New strength or renewed energy and vigor

กับ

kap — With, and; together with someone or something

กล้องยาสูบ

klong ya sup — Tobacco pipe used for smoking tobacco leaves

เมื่อ

muea — When; at the time that something happened

กลับมา

klap ma — To come back, return to a place

หัวคิด

hua khit — Wits, intelligence, mental sharpness or cunning

บ้าง

bang — Some, a bit, somewhat; at least something

ตอนนี้

ton ni — Now, at this moment, currently

ฝ่าย

fai — Side, faction, party in a conflict

รู้

ru — To know, be aware of information

ว่า

wa — That; quotative particle introducing reported speech

ได้

dai — Can, able to; indicates past action or possibility

เอา

ao — To take, get, want; general action verb

ซ่อน

son — To hide, conceal something from others

ปลอดภัย

plot phai — Safe, secure, free from danger or harm

ไหน

nai — Where, which; interrogative for location or choice

สักแห่ง

sak haeng — Somewhere, some place unspecified or unknown

อย่างไร

yang rai — How, in what way, in what manner

ไม่รู้

mai ru — To not know, be unaware of something

เดา

dao — To guess, speculate without certain knowledge

อ่อนแอ

on ae — Weak, feeble, lacking strength or power

ลง

long — Down, downward; to decrease or go down

ไม่เคย

mai khoei — Never, have never done something before

เชื่อใจ

chuea chai — To trust, have confidence in someone

สัก

sak — Any, some; indefinite particle for small amount

เท่าไหร่

thao rai — How much, how many; asking about quantity

ไม่

mai — No, not; general negation particle in Thai

อะไร

a rai — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things

ทั้งนั้น

thang nan — All of it, every bit, everything without exception

ยอม

yom — To yield, surrender, accept, give in

คนอื่น

khon uen — Other people, someone else, another person