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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Seafood for Ten

The seafood restaurant on the pier at Hua Hin in the evening, a table by the water for ten and a pram: how many; ten, a table by the water; one big steamed fish, two dishes of prawns; stir-fried vegetables, one dish of each, not spicy; the soup, a cup each or one big bowl; one big bowl, ten small ones; the fish is fresh, one is enough; then two, my son-in-law's father is a big eater: the counting words of a seafood table.

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THE STORY

The seafood restaurant on the pier at Hua Hin, early evening in September, a long table by the water, Mali asleep in the pram: the waiter and Jack say the polite word to each other; Jack says the polite word and Uncle Chai to Uncle Chai, who calls him Jack without a particle and says uncle for I.

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กี่ ท่าน ครับ?kìi thâan khráp?How many?
สิบ ที่ ครับ. ขอ โต๊ะ ริม น้ำ.sìp thîi khráp. khǎaw tó rim náam.Ten. A table by the water, please.
ปลา นึ่ง ตัว ใหญ่, กุ้ง สอง จาน.plaa nûeng tua yài, kûng sǎawng jaan.One big steamed fish, two dishes of prawns.
อย่าง ละ จาน.yàang lá jaan.one dish of each: kind, the little word for per, dish
ผัก ผัด อย่าง ละ จาน, ไม่ เผ็ด ครับ.phàk phàt yàang lá jaan, mâi phèt khráp.Stir-fried vegetables, one dish of each, not spicy.
ต้มยำ คน ละ ถ้วย, หรือ ชาม ใหญ่ ครับ?tôm-yam khon lá thûay, rǔue chaam yài khráp?The soup, a cup each, or one big bowl?
ชาม ใหญ่ หนึ่ง, ถ้วย เล็ก สิบ.chaam yài nùeng, thûay lék sìp.One big bowl, ten small ones.
ปลา สด ครับ, ตัว เดียว พอ.plaa sòt khráp, tua diao phaw.The fish is fresh, one is enough.
งั้น สอง ตัว. พ่อ ลูกเขย กิน เก่ง.ngán sǎawng tua. phâw lûuk-khǒei kin kèng.Then two. My son-in-law's father is a big eater.