PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Spelt Aloud
The second window at the district office, the family's house registration book open on the counter: how is the child's name spelt; Mali, the horse m, the short a, the monkey l, the short i; and the surname; Reed, the boat r, the long i, the child d; real name Mali, and the nickname; Mali, the same, it's short enough; the fourth floor, Khlong San, she's in the book; now she lives here on paper too: spelling a name aloud.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The second window of the district office in Khlong San, the blue house registration book open on the counter, Mali asleep: the clerk, Jack and Nam are formal with the polite word; Nam answers as a woman; Jack's last line is to Nam, as a couple.
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