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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Couple Eighty-Eight

The Bang Rak district office on the fourteenth of February, couple number eighty-eight, Tee and Bee as witnesses at the counter: couple eighty-eight and the witnesses; Mister Jack, do you consent to marry Miss Nam? I consent; I consent; does the bride keep her surname? I keep it, it's on every boat; witnesses, sign here; issued on the fourteenth of February: the registrar's formal verbs and the full date.

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THE STORY

The Bang Rak district office on the morning of the fourteenth of February, a queue of couples and a numbered ticket: the registrar speaks formally; Jack and Nam answer him politely.

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คู่ ที่ แปด สิบ แปด กับ พยาน ครับ.khûu thîi pàet sìp pàet kàp phá-yaan khráp.Couple eighty-eight and the witnesses.
ยินยอม สมรส กับyin-yaawm sǒm-rót kàpconsent to marry: the formal consent, the formal marry, with
นาย แจ็ค ยินยอม สมรส กับ นางสาว น้ำ ไหม ครับ?naai jaek yin-yaawm sǒm-rót kàp naang-sǎao náam mǎi khráp?Mister Jack, do you consent to marry Miss Nam?
ยินยอม ครับ.yin-yaawm khráp.I consent.
ยินยอม ค่ะ.yin-yaawm khâ.I consent.
เจ้าสาว ใช้ นามสกุล เดิม ไหม ครับ?jâo-sǎao chái naam-sà-kun doem mǎi khráp?Does the bride keep her surname?
ใช้ เดิม ค่ะ. อยู่ บน เรือ ทุก ลำ.chái doem khâ. yùu bon ruea thúk lam.I keep it. It's on every boat.
พยาน ลง ชื่อ ตรง นี้ ครับ.phá-yaan long chûue trong níi khráp.Witnesses, sign here.
ออก ให้ วัน ที่ สิบ สี่ กุมภาพันธ์ ครับ.àawk hâi wan thîi sìp sìi kum-phaa-phan khráp.Issued on the fourteenth of February.