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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The News

An evening in the cool season in the flat in Khlong San, Nam back from the hospital: sit down, I went to the hospital today; are you ill; no, we're going to have a baby; a baby, when; the doctor says July; in seven months we'll be three; call your mom; it's four in the morning in Seattle; then Mom's nearly awake: about to, nearly, and in so many months, then.

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Lesson 1 · The News

Thai · 30 minutes

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The flat on the fourth floor in Khlong San, an evening in December in the cool season: Nam and Jack speak as a couple, no particle, she says the woman's I and he says the man's.

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นั่ง ก่อน. วันนี้ ไป โรงพยาบาล มา.nâng kàawn. wan-níi pai roong-phá-yaa-baan maa.Sit down. I went to the hospital today.
ไม่ สบาย เหรอ?mâi sà-baai rǒe?Are you ill?
เปล่า. เรา กำลัง จะ มี ลูก.plàao. rao kam-lang jà mii lûuk.No. We're going to have a baby.
ลูก เหรอ? เมื่อไหร่?lûuk rǒe? mûea-rài?A baby? When?
หมอ บอก ว่า เดือน กรกฎาคม.mǎaw bàawk wâa duean kà-rá-kà-daa-khom.The doctor says July.
อีก เจ็ด เดือน ก็ จะ สาม คน.ìik jèt duean kâw jà sǎam khon.In seven months we'll be three.
ใช่. โทร หา แม่ สิ.châi. thoo hǎa mâe sì.Yes. Call your mom.
ที่ ซีแอตเทิล ตี สี่ นะ.thîi sii-aet-thoen tii sìi ná.It's four in the morning in Seattle.