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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Platform Three

The central station at eight in the morning, ten of them and a pram on the platform: the express to Hua Hin leaves from platform three at eight; as many as ten of us; and only four hours; in my day the boat took a whole day; Dad says only two minutes; your father's two minutes are as much as ten; everyone on, count, as many as ten; only ten, then Dad's missing: the two little words that make a number big or small.

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THE STORY

Platform three of the central station in Bangkok at eight in the morning in September, the family's ten tickets in Grandma's bag: the Announcer speaks formally; Jack says the polite word and Uncle Chai to Uncle Chai, who calls him Jack without a particle and says uncle for I; Tee and Jack speak as friends, no particle.

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ออก ชานชาลา สาม, แปด นาฬิกา.àawk chaan-chaa-laa sǎam, pàet naa-lí-kaa.leaves from platform three, eight o'clock, the formal clock
รถไฟ ด่วน ไป หัวหิน ออก ชานชาลา สาม, แปด นาฬิกา.rót-fai dùan pai hǔa-hǐn àawk chaan-chaa-laa sǎam, pàet naa-lí-kaa.The Hua Hin express leaves from platform three at eight.
มา กัน ตั้ง สิบ คน.maa kan tâng sìp khon.As many as ten of us.
แค่ สี่ ชั่วโมง เอง.khâe sìi chûa-moong eeng.And only four hours.
สมัย ก่อน เรือ ใช้ ทั้ง วัน.sà-mǎi kàawn ruea chái tháng wan.In my day the boat took a whole day.
พ่อ บอก ว่า แค่ สอง นาที ครับ.phâw bàawk wâa khâe sǎawng naa-thii khráp.Dad says only two minutes.
สอง นาที ของ พ่อ แจ็ค, ตั้ง สิบ.sǎawng naa-thii khǎawng phâw jaek, tâng sìp.Your father's two minutes are as many as ten.
ขึ้น กัน เถอะ. นับ ดู, ตั้ง สิบ.khûen kan thòe. náp duu, tâng sìp.Everyone on. Count: as many as ten.
แค่ สิบ เหรอ? งั้น ขาด พ่อ.khâe sìp rǒe? ngán khàat phâw.Only ten? Then Dad's missing.