PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The First Customer
The shed in March, Dam's long-tail from Taling Chan on the slipway, sent by Master Wichai, two planks gone: let me look first, Pi Dam; how much do you charge; labour four thousand, materials three; in all it comes to how much; it comes to seven thousand five hundred; Bang Luang charged six; Bang Luang sent you here; Pi Jack, it's three planks; then eight and a half in all: pricing a job.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Jack's shed on Khlong Bangkok Noi on a morning in March, a long-tail from Taling Chan on the slipway: Jack keeps the polite word with the boatman and calls him Pi Dam, Dam keeps it with him, and Ton says the polite word and older brother.
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