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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Skytrain with Nam

Nam takes Jack on the Skytrain from Saphan Taksin to Siam: which line, the Silom line, forty-four baht, which station is this, the recorded voice naming the next one, our station, get off.

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THE STORY

Saphan Taksin Skytrain station on a Saturday afternoon. Nam, who calls Jack by his name with the word for an older person, takes him to Siam; she keeps the woman's polite word and he keeps his; the recorded announcement speaks formal Thai.

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รถไฟฟ้าrót-fai-fáathe Skytrain: the word for train, then the word for electric
พี่ แจ็ค, นี่ รถไฟฟ้า ค่ะ.phîi jaek, nîi rót-fai-fáa khâ.Jack, this is the Skytrain.
สาย ไหน ครับ?sǎai nǎi khráp?Which line?
สาย สีลม ค่ะ. ไป สยาม.sǎai sǐi-lom khâ. pai sà-yǎam.The Silom line, to Siam.
ไป สยาม เท่าไหร่ ครับ?pai sà-yǎam thâo-rài khráp?How much to Siam?
สี่ สิบ สี่ บาท ค่ะ.sìi sìp sìi bàat khâ.Forty-four baht.
ขึ้น กัน ครับ!khûen kan khráp!Let's get on!
สถานี ไหน ครับ?sà-thǎa-nii nǎi khráp?Which station?
สะพาน ตากสินsà-phaan tàak-sǐnSaphan Taksin: the word for bridge, then the name
สถานี นี้ สะพาน ตากสิน ค่ะ.sà-thǎa-nii níi sà-phaan tàak-sǐn khâ.This station is Saphan Taksin.

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