An Elementary Hand-Book of the Siamese Language (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...'used for' 'in order toBy the aid of this - word, and the word iPUfM "apparatus," many ideas can be readily expressed which have no exact Siamese equivalents. e. g. JT1 flTVffij B 'a saddle horse' Lit. a horse for riding. IflTfeN flTVini ITIfJ Til 'acamera'. Lit. apparatus for making pictures. 7. n is an intensitive particle used to add emphasis to a sentence. It is frequently used with the verbs Ifl, and fl. e.g. 'Sil vfl U n 1M, 'I can (certainly) do this. % n A 'He has cows', i.e. 'he has cows for certain'. 8. Btn is the negative form of the imperative. e.g. fltn YTl S 'Do not do this'. 9. VA is often used in the sense of to reach, to arrive at. e.g. mi mvm llffo 'I have arrived in Bangkok. 10. ifkfl always gives the idea of pleasure as opposed to ITZ business. Note these phrases. llJ IWi to go out on pleasure. Ill IWi Jtl to go out for a drive. WU TlJ mn to go out for a walk. llJ IY1U3 178 to go out for a sail or a row. 11. The English Gerund or Gerundive is expressed by the phrase mjfl SS or lu flu i "C. e.g. nun SsTlJ V uu ewnu t Going there is pleasant. 12. Note the idioms of these words. (a) To wash OT1J, sn, CTW BT1J lin _ to bathe, to wash oneself. lift--to wash clothes. tftt--to wash plates, hands, things generally. (6) To carry LLUT1, VTQi, VPU, QU, A fl) to carry in the hand. LLlIfl to carry on the shoulder, VITU to carry on litter or palanquin, vnil to carry on the back. mi to carry a child on the hip. to carry at arm's length. 13. The word LlifV) usually means "not' but it is used in many phrases to mean " in vain" or "simply." e.g. ivifta lllfn "I To labour in vain. Lit. tired for nothing. U1 m llJtTl "j Tea without anything added to it. 14. The word Sfl gives the idea of vagueness in nu...