PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
A Name
Sunday lunch at the house behind the pier in June, the first rain of the year on the roof: have you named the child yet; not yet, Grandma; then I name her Mali; jasmine, the garland flower on the prow; and the nickname; the nickname waits for her face; Mali is easy to say, my mother will cry; let her cry on the phone, I hold her first: naming a child.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Sunday lunch at the table of the house behind the pier in Bang Rak, June, the first rain on the roof: Grandma speaks to everyone plainly, Nam says the woman's polite word to her grandmother and her mother, Aunt Oy speaks to her daughter plainly, and Jack and Bee speak as family, no particle.
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