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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Decoding Her

The flat in Khlong San that evening, the neighbour's morning gone over line by line: she said it's fine three times; three times means not OK; she said she's not saying anything; which means she has said it; why not say it straight; Thais talk round the thing; actually, she did ask; then tomorrow I answer round it too: the words for what someone means.

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THE STORY

The flat on the fourth floor of the old house in Khlong San, an evening in the hot season: Jack and Nam speak as a couple, no particle, and Nam says the woman's I.

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เขา พูด ไม่ เป็น ไร สาม ครั้ง.kháo phûut mâi pen rai sǎam khráng.She said it's fine three times.
สาม ครั้ง แปล ว่า ไม่ โอเค.sǎam khráng plae wâa mâi oo-khee.Three times means not OK.
เขา บอก ว่า ไม่ ได้ ว่า อะไร.kháo bàawk wâa mâi dâai wâa à-rai.She said she's not saying anything.
หมายความ ว่า เขา พูด แล้ว.mǎai-khwaam wâa kháo phûut láeo.Which means she has said it.
ทำไม ไม่ พูด ตรง ตรง ล่ะ?tham-mai mâi phûut trong trong lâ?Why not say it straight?
คน ไทย พูด อ้อม อ้อม นะ.khon thai phûut âwm âwm ná.Thais talk round the thing.
จริง จริง แล้ว เขา ถาม แล้ว.jing jing láeo kháo thǎam láeo.Actually, she did ask.
งั้น พรุ่งนี้ ผม ตอบ อ้อม อ้อม.ngán phrûng-níi phǒm tàawp âwm âwm.Then tomorrow I answer round it too.