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Vocabulary

พวก

phuak — group of people; they/those (informal pronoun)

มัน

man — it; informal third-person pronoun

จะ

ja — future tense marker; will, going to

จับ

jap — to catch, grab, or arrest someone

เรา

rao — we, us; informal first-person singular pronoun

ได้

dai — can, able to; indicates past or success

แน่

nae — certain, sure; definitely, for sure

แค่

khae — only, just, merely, no more than

พูด

phut — to speak, talk, or say something

แบบ

baep — style, type, pattern; in the manner of

นั้น

nan — that, those; referring to something distant

ก็

ko — also, then, so; discourse connector particle

เธอ

thoe — you (informal); she/her in some contexts

ไป

pai — to go; directional particle away from speaker

ครึ่ง

khrueng — half; one of two equal parts

ตัว

tua — body, self; classifier for animals and objects

แล้ว

laeo — already; then, after that (discourse marker)

โต้

to — to argue back, retaliate, counter an argument

กลับ

klap — to return, go back; reversal of action

อย่าง

yang — way, manner, type; in the way of

คม

khom — sharp (blade or wit); keen, cutting

คาย

khai — to spit out, expel from mouth

คน

khon — person, people; human being, classifier for people

แพ้

phae — to lose, be defeated; to be allergic to

หนึ่ง

nueng — one; the number one

เมื่อ

muea — when, at the time that (past events)

ยอม

yom — to yield, accept, surrender, give in

รับ

rap — to receive, accept, take something offered

ว่า

wa — that (conjunction); to say, to think

เอง

eng — oneself; by oneself, on one's own

และ

lae — and; connecting words, phrases, or clauses

โดน

don — to be subjected to; get hit or affected

กิน

kin — to eat, consume food or drink

จาก

jak — from, away from; departing a place or person

ที่

thi — at, place; relative clause marker; classifier

มา

ma — to come; directional particle toward speaker

เคย

khoei — ever have done; used to do previously

จัดการ

jat-kan — to manage, handle, deal with a situation

เก่ง

keng — skilled, talented, good at something

กว่า

kwa — more than, -er than; comparative particle

ฉัน

chan — I, me (polite female or neutral speaker)

ตอบ

top — to answer, reply, respond to a question

โอ้

o — oh! exclamation of surprise or emotion

หยุด

yut — to stop, halt, cease an action

บ่น

bon — to complain, grumble, mutter in discontent

ทำ

tham — to do, make, perform an action

ให้

hai — to give; causative marker; for someone

เบื่อ

buea — bored, fed up, tired of something

สุดๆ

sut-sut — extremely, to the utmost degree (intensifier)

เลย

loei — so, therefore; at all; right away, just

พลิก

phlik — to flip, turn over, reverse something

ด้วย

duai — also, too, with; along with someone

ความ

khwam — nominalizer prefix creating abstract nouns

โกรธ

krot — angry, furious; to feel anger toward someone

แต่

tae — but, however; only, just (conjunction)

แปลก

plaek — strange, weird, unusual, unfamiliar

ใจ

jai — heart, mind; feelings, spirit, inner self

ไม่

mai — not, no; negation particle in Thai

แสดง

sa-daeng — to show, display, perform, express something

อารมณ์

a-rom — mood, emotion, feeling, temperament

ออก

ok — out, outward; to exit, come out of

เช่น

chen — for example, such as, like (exemplification)

กัน

kan — together, each other; mutual action particle

นี่

ni — this, here; close demonstrative pronoun/particle

ไม่ใช่

mai-chai — is not, no it isn't; negating identity

นิสัย

ni-sai — habit, character, personality trait, nature

ของ

khong — of, belonging to; possessive particle

เพราะ

phro — because, due to; the reason that

ปกติ

pa-ka-ti — normal, usual, ordinary, regular

เขา

khao — he, she, they; third-person pronoun

มัก

mak — usually, tend to; often does something

ง่าย

ngai — easy, simple, not difficult

ถูก

thuk — cheap; correct; passive marker (to be done to)

คำ

kham — word, term; unit of spoken language

คิด

khit — to think, consider, calculate, reflect on

ทบทวน

thop-thuan — to review, reconsider, go over again

เรื่อง

rueang — matter, story, topic, issue, subject

นี้

ni — this; near demonstrative adjective/pronoun

นาน

nan — long time; for a prolonged duration

ก่อน

kon — before, first, prior to something

หลับ

lap — to sleep, fall asleep, close eyes

ขณะ

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

เปลือกตา

plueaktา — eyelid; the skin covering the eye

กระพริบ

kra-phip — to blink, flutter (eyes or eyelids)

ลง

long — down, downward; to descend, go down

เริ่ม

roem — to start, begin, commence an action

โงก

ngok — to nod drowsily; head drooping from sleepiness

ความคิด

khwam-khit — thought, idea, opinion, thinking

ใน

nai — in, inside, within a place or context

คือ

khue — is, means, that is to say (definition marker)

ต้อง

tong — must, have to, need to do something

สงสัย

song-sai — to suspect, wonder, be curious or doubtful

หดหู่

hot-hu — depressed, gloomy, dejected, disheartened

มาก

mak — very, much, a lot, many

พรุ่งนี้

phrung-ni — tomorrow; the day after today

หา

ha — to look for, search, find something

ทาง

thang — way, path, direction, means, route

กำลังใจ

kam-lang-jai — encouragement, morale, motivation, moral support

สัก

sak — just a little; some (softening particle)

หน่อย

noi — a little, a bit; softening request particle