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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Calling the Landlady

The pier in the afternoon, Jack on the phone to the number in the advert: may I speak to Khun Nit? speaking, who is this? I'm Jack, I'm calling about the flat; when would you like to see it? would tomorrow afternoon be convenient? four o'clock, behind the noodle shop; four o'clock tomorrow, then; and bring your wife: the polite words of a phone call.

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THE STORY

The head of the family's pier at Bang Rak, an afternoon in the hot season, Jack on his phone to a landlady in Khlong San he has never met: Jack speaks politely with the extra politeness of the asking word; Khun Nit says the woman's polite word and the woman's I.

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ขอ สาย คุณ นิด ครับ.khǎaw sǎai khun nít khráp.May I speak to Khun Nit?
พูด อยู่ ค่ะ. ใคร คะ?phûut yùu khâ. khrai khá?Speaking. Who is this?
ผม แจ็ค ครับ. โทร เรื่อง ห้อง ครับ.phǒm jaek khráp. thoo rûeang hâawng khráp.I'm Jack. I'm calling about the flat.
ไม่ ทราบ ว่าmâi sâap wâaI wonder whether: not, know, that
ไม่ ทราบ ว่า จะ มา ดู เมื่อไหร่ คะ?mâi sâap wâa jà maa duu mûea-rài khá?When would you like to see it?
พรุ่งนี้ บ่าย สะดวก ไหม ครับ?phrûng-níi bàai sà-dùak mǎi khráp?Would tomorrow afternoon be convenient?
สี่ โมง ค่ะ. หลัง ร้าน ก๋วยเตี๋ยว.sìi moong khâ. lǎng ráan kǔay-tǐao.Four o'clock. Behind the noodle shop.
ขอ นัด สี่ โมง พรุ่งนี้ นะ ครับ.khǎaw nát sìi moong phrûng-níi ná khráp.Four o'clock tomorrow, then.
พา ภรรยา มา ด้วย นะ คะ.phaa phan-rá-yaa maa dûay ná khá.And bring your wife.