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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Who Is Who

The family's house behind the pier, Grandma sorting out what everyone is to the baby: what are your parents to Mali; grandpa and grandma on the father's side; Aunt Oy and Uncle Chai are grandma and grandpa on the mother's side; and Tee and me; Tee's an uncle, you're an aunt; and if Nam had a younger brother; a different uncle, Thais count who is older; Grandma is her great-grandmother, and Nam's a daughter-in-law: the words a Thai family has for itself.

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THE STORY

The family's wooden house behind the pier in Bang Rak, an August afternoon, Mali asleep in Grandma's lap and Jack's parents on the bench: Grandma speaks to everyone plainly and says grandma for I, Jack keeps the polite word with her, and Jack and Bee speak as family, without the particle.

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เป็น อะไร กับpen à-rai kàpwhat is someone to someone: be, what, with
พ่อ แม่ แจ็ค เป็น อะไร กับ มะลิ?phâaw mâe jaek pen à-rai kàp má-lí?What are your parents to Mali?
ปู่ กับ ย่า ครับ. ฝ่าย พ่อ.pùu kàp yâa khráp. fàai phâaw.Grandpa and grandma on the father's side.
ป้า อ้อย กับ ลุง ชัย เป็น ตา ยาย.pâa âawy kàp lung chai pen taa yaai.Aunt Oy and Uncle Chai are grandma and grandpa on the mother's side.
แล้ว ตี๋ กับ ฉัน ล่ะ?láeo tǐi kàp chǎn lâ?And Tee and me?
ตี๋ เป็น ลุง. บี เป็น ป้า.tǐi pen lung. bii pen pâa.Tee's an uncle. You're an aunt.
ถ้า น้ำ มี น้องชาย ล่ะ?thâa náam mii náawng-chaai lâ?And if Nam had a younger brother?
น้า. คน ไทย นับ ว่า ใคร แก่ กว่า.náa. khon thai náp wâa khrai kàe kwàa.A different uncle. Thais count who is older.
ยาย เป็น ทวด. น้ำ เป็น ลูกสะใภ้.yaai pen thûat. náam pen lûuk-sà-phái.I'm her great-grandmother. And Nam's a daughter-in-law.