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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Plank to Fix

Uncle Chai holds up a plank of the old boat: can you fix it? today no, no wood; tomorrow yes; and Tee is called over to help: can and can't, with the word at the end of the sentence.

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THE STORY

The boat shed at the pier in Bang Rak, a morning: Uncle Chai, Jack and Tee at the old boat. Uncle Chai calls Jack by his name and says Uncle for I; Jack keeps the polite word with him and with Tee.

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ซ่อม ได้ ไหม?sâwm dâai mǎican you fix it: fix, then can, then the question word
แจ็ค, ไม้ นี้ ซ่อม ได้ ไหม?jaek, mái níi sâwm dâai mǎi?Jack, this plank: can you fix it?
ได้ ครับ, ลุง ชัย.dâai khráp, lung chai.I can, Uncle Chai.
ผม ทำ ได้ ครับ.phǒm tham dâai khráp.I can do it.
วันนี้ ไหม?wan-níi mǎi?Today?
ไม่ ได้ ครับ.mâi dâai khrápI can't: not, in front of can
วันนี้ ไม่ ได้ ครับ. ไม่ มี ไม้.wan-níi mâi dâai khráp. mâi mii mái.Today I can't. No wood.
มี ไม้ ไหม ครับ, ลุง ชัย?mii mái mǎi khráp, lung chai?Have you got wood, Uncle Chai?
ผม ทำ ไม่ ได้ ครับ.phǒm tham mâi dâai khráp.I can't do it.
พรุ่งนี้ ล่ะ?phrûng-níi lâ?Tomorrow?

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