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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma, and where Jack is from

Nam brings Jack in to Grandma: hello Grandma, where are you from, I'm from America, from Seattle, far, very far, Grandma is from Khon Kaen, Isan, far too, sit, sit.

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THE STORY

The family's wooden house behind the pier, in the afternoon. Nam brings Jack in to meet Grandma, who is from a village near Khon Kaen. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and says Grandma for I; Jack keeps the polite word.

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ยาย, นี่ แจ็ค ค่ะ.yaai, nîi jaek khâ.Grandma, this is Jack.
สวัสดี ครับ, ยาย.sà-wàt-dii khráp, yaai.Hello, Grandma.
แจ็ค มา จาก ไหน?jaek maa jàak nǎi?Jack, where are you from?
ผม มา จาก อเมริกา ครับ.phǒm maa jàak à-mee-rí-kaa khrápI'm from America: I, come, from, America
ผม มา จาก อเมริกา ครับ. จาก ซีแอตเทิล.phǒm maa jàak à-mee-rí-kaa khráp. jàak sii-àet-thoen.I'm from America. From Seattle.
อเมริกา! ไกล นะ!à-mee-rí-kaa! klai ná!America! Far!
ไกล มาก ครับ, ยาย.klai mâak khráp, yaai.Very far, Grandma.
ยาย มา จาก ไหน ครับ?yaai maa jàak nǎi khráp?Grandma, where are you from?
ยาย มา จาก ขอนแก่น.yaai maa jàak khǎawn-kàen.I'm from Khon Kaen.
ขอนแก่น ครับ?khǎawn-kàen khráp?Khon Kaen?

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