PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Guest List
Aunt Oy's stall at the head of the pier, Grandma on her stool, a notebook on the counter: how many from your side? Two, my parents; the pier and the soi, about sixty; Khon Kaen, two families, twelve; a hundred in all? About a hundred and twenty, people bring people; so twelve tables of ten; fifteen tables, and the old people's table in the shade: counting people, families and tables, with about and in all.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Aunt Oy's noodle stall at the head of the pier at Bang Rak on an afternoon in the cool season, Grandma on her stool: Jack keeps the polite word with Aunt Oy and Grandma; they call Jack by name and say aunt and grandma for I; Nam speaks to her mother and her grandmother plainly.
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