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L

Language - Phasa

Lawn/grass - Sanahm ya

Lake - Thale saap

Lamp - Khom fai

Large - Yai

Last month - Duen tee laew

Last week - ah-tit tee laew

Last year - pee tee laew

Late - Saai

Laundry - Raan suk paa

Law - kotmai

Leader - phoo num

Leg - Khaa

Lemon/lime - Ma-nao

Letter - Jod maai

Library - hong samoot

Life - cheewit

Light - Fai

Lightweight - Bao

Like - Chawp

Lip - Rim fee bpaak

Litre - Lit

Little, not much - Noi

Little, small - Lek

Live at, be at - Yoo

Long - Yaao

Look - Doo

Love - Raak

Low - Taam

Lucky - Chock dee

Lunch - Ahaan klang wan

M

Make - Tum

Man - Phoo chai

Manager - Phoo jakarn

Mango - Ma-muang

Mangosteen - mangkuut

Map - Phantee

Market - Thalaad

Marry - Tang ngaan

Medicine - Yaa

Meet - Pop

Melt - Lalaai

Member - Samachik

Midday - Tiang waan

Midnight - Tiang kuen

Minute(time) - Nah-tee

Money - Ngern or tung

Month - Duen

Moon - duang jun

More - Eek

Mother - Mae

Mountain - Phu khao

Much - Maak

Music - Phleang

N

Nail - Lep

Name - Chue

Near - Klaai

Necessary - Cham pen

Neck - Kor

Necklace - Soi kor

Need not - Mai dtong

Neighborhood - Puean baan

Nephew - Larn chai

Never - Mai koey

new - Mai

New Year - Pee mai

Newspaper - Nung-seu-pim

Next week - Ah-tit nah

Night - Klang kuean

Night time - Dtohn glang keun

Nobody - Mai mee krai

North - Nuar

Nose - Ja mook

Now - Dee-ow nee

Nurse - Pa yaa barn

O

Occupation - Aar chip

Ocean - O-cian

Of - Khong

Office - Samak ngaan

Oil - Naamun

Old (people) - Gair

Old (things) - Gow

On - Bon

Open - Perd

Opportunity - o- kard

Opposite - trong kharm

Orange - som

Out - khang nok

Owner - jao khong

P

Paper - kradaad

Park(car) - joad

Park(garden) - suan sa ta ra na

Passenger - phoo doy sarn

Pen - bparkaa

Pencil - din sor

Pepper - prik thai

Person, people - kon

Photo, picture - rupe, paap, rupe- paap

Place - sa tharn tee

Play - len

Police - tum-ruat

Police Station - Satanee tum-ruat

Poor - yak jon

Post Office - Prai-sanee

Price - raa kaa

Problem - bpun-haa

Put in, put on - sai, suam

Put - wung

Phone - toh ra saab

R

Rainbow - roong

Reason - hed phon

Respect - kao rop

Restroom - hong naam

Railway Station - Satanee rot fai

Rain - fon

Rat - noo

Read - ahn

Ready - promp

Real - Jing

Recognize, Remember - jum dai

Red - see dang

Refrigerator - dtoo yen

Relax - pak-pon

Rent - hai chao

Restaurant - raan ar-harn

Rice - kao

Ring (jewelery)- wan

River - mae naam

Road - ta-non

Room - hong

Run - wing

S

Sand - sai

Sick - pu-aay, mai sa bai

Slow down - cha-cha

Sour - pree-ow

Station - sa tha nee

Steal - ca-moy

Stop - yoot

Straight Ahead - Trong bai

Swim - wai-nahm

Sea - ta lay

Season - ru do

see - hen

Sell - kai

Shoes - rorng-tow

Small - lek

Son - look chai

Speak, talk - pood

Stay - pak

Steel - lek

Sugar - num dtahn

Sun - duang aa-tid

Sweet - wahn

T

Talk - phood

Tall - soong

Tea - chaa

Thank you - khob khun

There - tee nun

Think - kid

This, these - nee

Today - wan-nee

Tomorrow - proong-nee

Table - dto

Take - ow

Teacher - kru, a-jarn

Temple - wat

That, those over there - tee noon

That, those - nun

There are - mee

Thin - porm

Time - we laa

To - tung

Tonight - keun-nee

Tooth/teeth - fun

Traffic light - fai ja raa john, fai daeng

Try (sample) - long doo

Turn - leao

U

Umbrella - rom

Uncle - khun loong

Under - tai

Understand - kao-jai

University - ma haa wittayalai

Upper - khung bon

Up-to-date - tun sa mai

Use - chai

Usually - pokatee

Unwell - mai sabai

V

Vacancy room - hong wung

Van - rot dtoo

Vegetable - paak

Vegetarian food - a-haarn jay

Very - maak

Visit - pai-haa

Voice - see-ung

Volcano - poo khao fai

Volunteer - ar-saa sa mark

Village - moo bahn

W

Wait - ror

Walk - dern

Want - dtorng gahn ( to

Watch/Clock (thing) - na li gaa

Watch/look - doo

Water - naam

Waterfall - naam tok

Watermelon - deng mo

Weather - ar-kard

Week- sub dah

Weekend - sood sub dah

Well, contented - sabai

West - ta wan tok

Wet - pee-ak

What? - arai

Wheel - loh

Where? - tee-nai

White - see kao

Who - krai

Whose? - kong krai

Will - ja

Wind - lom

Wish - yahk ja

With - gup

Woman - phoo ying

Work - tum ngaan

Write - keyun

X

x-ray - x-ray

Y

Yes - chai

Yesterday - meu-a wan nee, meu-a wan

Yet - yung

You - Ter/khun

Young - oon

Yours - khong ter/khong khun

Yummy - a-roy

Year - pee

Z

Zero - suun

ZIP code - ra had prai sa nee

Zoo - suan sat