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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A morning in the soi

Jack up early: wait, the monks are coming, every day?, every morning; Nui at the mouth of the soi: where are you going, to the pier, work today, and tomorrow, tomorrow the river with Tee, good, every day work.

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THE STORY

The soi at first light: Aunt Oy on the stairs, the monks on their round, and Nui the motorbike-taxi rider at the mouth of the soi. Aunt Oy speaks to Jack plainly; Nui keeps the polite word with Jack, his customer, and Jack calls him Nui with the word for an older person.

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แจ็ค! ตื่น เช้า นะ!jaek! tùuen cháo ná!Jack! Up early!
ครับ, ป้า อ้อย. วันนี้ เรือ ครับ.khráp, pâa âawy. wan-níi ruea khráp.Yes, Aunt Oy. Today, the boat.
ตอนนี้ ไป ท่า เรือ ครับ.taawn-níi pai thâa ruea khráp.Now, to the pier.
รอ ก่อน. พระ มา.raaw kàawn. phrá maa.Wait. The monks are coming.
ทุก วัน ไหม ครับ?thúk wan mǎi khráp?Every day?
ทุก เช้า.thúk cháo.Every morning.
แจ็ค! ไป ไหน ครับ?jaek! pai nǎi khráp?Jack! Where are you going?
ไป ท่า เรือ ครับ, พี่ นุ้ย.pai thâa ruea khráp, phîi núito the pier, Nui: go, pier, the polite word, then the older-person word and his name
ไป ท่า เรือ ครับ, พี่ นุ้ย. วันนี้ ทำงาน ครับ.pai thâa ruea khráp, phîi núi. wan-níi tham-ngaan khráp.To the pier, Nui. Work today.
พรุ่งนี้ ล่ะ ครับ?phrûng-níi lâ khráp?And tomorrow?

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