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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Customer

The yard on Khlong Bang Luang, Khun Preeya from the small hotel at the end of the next soi: the hotel's guests want a wooden boat; how many people does it seat; eight, with a canopy; seven metres long, two wide; made of teak; how deep, the pier is shallow; half a metre, not deep; a quotation this week, please: long, wide and deep with metres, made of, and seats so many people.

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THE STORY

Master Wichai's boatyard on Khlong Bang Luang on a Tuesday morning in March, a visitor from the small hotel on the river: Khun Preeya speaks as a woman with the woman's polite word, Jack answers politely with the polite word and Master Wichai speaks plainly.

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แขก โรงแรม อยาก ได้ เรือ ไม้ ค่ะ.khàek roong-raem yàak dâai ruea máai khâ.The hotel's guests want a wooden boat.
นั่ง ได้ กี่ คน ครับ?nâng dâai kìi khon khráp?How many people does it seat?
แปด คน ค่ะ, มี หลังคา.pàet khon khâ, mii lǎng-khaa.Eight, with a canopy.
ยาว เจ็ด เมตรyaao jèt méetseven metres long: long, seven, metre
ยาว เจ็ด เมตร, กว้าง สอง เมตร ครับ.yaao jèt méet, kwâang sǎawng méet khráp.Seven metres long, two wide.
ทำ จาก ไม้ สัก ครับ.tham jàak máai sàk khráp.Made of teak.
ลึก เท่าไหร่ คะ? ท่า เรือ ตื้น.lúek thâo-rài khá? thâa ruea tûuen.How deep? The pier is shallow.
ครึ่ง เมตร ครับ. ไม่ ลึก.khrûeng méet khráp. mâi lúek.Half a metre. Not deep.
ขอ ใบ เสนอ ราคา อาทิตย์ นี้ ค่ะ.khǎaw bai sà-nǒe raa-khaa aa-thít níi khâ.A quotation this week, please.