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L
lawn/grass - sah-nahm ya
Language
- Pah-saa
Large - Yai
Last month - Duen tee laew
Last year - pee tee laew
last week - ah-tit tee laew
Late - Saai
Laundry - Raan sak paa
Leg - Khaa
Letter - Jod maai
Light - Fai
Lightweight - Bao
Like - Chorp
Lip - Rim fee bpaak
Litre - Lit
little, not much - noi
little, small - lek
live at, be at - yoo
Long - Yaao
Look - Doo
love - raak
Lunch - ahaan glang wan
Lemon/lime - ma-nao
Lake - ta lay saab
Low - taam
Lucky - chock dee
Life - chee wit
Library - hong sa mood
Leader - phoo num
Lamp - khom fai, ta keang
Law - kod maai

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M
make - tum
mango - ma-moo ang
meet - pop
minute(time) - nah-tee
more - eek
money - ngern or dtung
month - duen
much - maak
Mother - khun Mae
Man - phu chai
Mountain - phu khao
Market - Tha-laad
Moon - duang jun
Medicine - yaa
Member - sa ma chic
Marry - tang ngaan
Music - don tree
Manager - phoo jad karn
Map - phan tee
Mangosteen - mang kud
Melt - la laai
Midday - teang wan
Midnight - teang kuen

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N
need not - mai dtong
new - mai
newspaper - nung-seu-pim
next week - ah-tit nah
night time - dtohn glang keun
now - dee-ow nee
nobody - mai mee krai
Name - chue
Nail - leb
Neck - kor
Necklace - soi kor
Near - klaai
Neighborhood - puean baan
Nephew - larn chai
New Year - pee mai
Nose - ja mook
Necessary - jam pen
Never - mai koey
Night - klang kuean
North - tid nuar
Nurse - pa yaa barn

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O
old (things) - gow
old (people) - gair
on - bon
Opposite - trong kharm
Opportunity - o- kard
Occupation - ar cheap
Of - khong
Oil - naam mun
Open - perd
Orange - som
Office - sam nak ngaan
Out - khang nok
Owner - jao khong
Ocean - ma haa sa mut

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P
person, people - kon
photo, picture - rupe, paap, rupe- paap
play - len
problem - bpun-haa
put in, put on - sai, suam
Price - raa kaa
Police Station - Satanee tum-ruat
Post Office - Prai-sanee
Place - sa tharn tee
Paper - kradaad
Pepper - prik thai
Park(garden) - suan sa ta ra na
Park(car) - joad
Passenger - phoo doy sarn
Pen - bparkaa
Pencil - din sor
Poor - yak jon
Put - wung
Phone - toh ra saab

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Q
Quick - reaw
Question - khum tharm
Quiet - nge-ab
Quake - wai, san
Queen - raa chi nee
Quality - khun na phaap
Quantity - pa ri maan
Quit - klaa oak

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R
rain - fon
read - ahn
road - ta-non
Real - Jing
Relax - pak-pon
Run - wing
Railway Station - Satanee rot fai
Rent - hai chao
Restaurant - raan ar-harn
Ring (jewelery)- wan
Rice - kao
River - mae naam
Room - hong
Reason - hed phon
Rainbow - roong
Rat - noo
Ready - promp
Recognize, Remember - jum dai
Red - see dang
Refrigerator - dtoo yen
Respect - kao rop
Restroom - hong naam

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S
see - hen
sell - kai
shoes - rorng-tow
sour - pree-ow
speak, talk - pood
steal - ca-moy
steel - lek
stop - yoot
sugar - num dtahn
sweet - wahn
swim - wai-nahm
Sea - ta lay
Sand - sai
Sun - duang aa-tid
Son - look chai
Station - sa tha nee
Stay - pak
Small - lek
Straight Ahead - Trong bai
Slow down - cha-cha
Sick - pu-aay, mai sa bai
Season - ru do

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T
table - dto
take - ow
that, those - nun
that, those over there - tee noon
there - tee nun
there are - mee
thin - porm
this, these - nee
today - wan-nee
tomorrow - proong-nee
tonight - keun-nee
Tall - soong
Tea - chaa
Thank you - khob khun
Turn - leao
Think - kid
Time - we laa
Talk - phood
Teacher - kru, a-jarn
Temple - wat
Tooth/teeth - fun
To - tung
Traffic light - fai ja raa john, fai daeng

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U
unwell - mai sabai
Umbrella - rom
Understand - kao-jai
Uncle - khun loong
Under - tai
University - ma haa wittayalai
Use - chai
Usually - pokatee
Upper - khung bon
Up-to-date - tun sa mai

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V
village - moo bahn
Visit - pai-haa
Voice - see-ung
Vegetable - paak
Vegetarian food - a-haarn jay
Van - rot dtoo
Very - maak
Vacancy room - hong wung
Volcano - poo khao fai
Volunteer - ar-saa sa mark

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W
walk - dern
want - dtorng gahn ( to do something ) or ow ( get something)
water - naam
well, contented - sabai
wet - peeak
what? - arai
where? - tee-nai
who - krai
whose? - kong krai
wind - lom
will - ja
wish - yahk ja
with - gup
write - keyun
Watch/look - doo
Watch(thing) - na li kaa khor mue
Wait - ror
Watermelon - deng mo
Weather - ar-kard
West - ta wan tok
Wheel - loh
White - see kao
Woman - phoo ying
Work - tum ngaan
Waterfall - naam tok
Week- sub dah
Weekend - sood sub dah

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X
x-ray - x-ray

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Y
year - pee
yesterday - meu-a wan nee, meu-a wan
yet - yung
Yes - chai
You - Ter/khun
Your - khong ter/khong khun
Young - oon
Yummy - a-roy

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Z
Zoo - suan sat
Zero - suun
ZIP code - ra had prai sa nee

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