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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The tools and the teak

The boat shed with Uncle Chai: what's this, a saw, and that, a hammer, nails, what wood is this, teak, old teak, good wood, Thai boats are teak, beautiful, work!

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THE STORY

The boat shed at the pier, in the morning, the old boat up on blocks. Uncle Chai shows Jack the tools and the teak. Uncle Chai speaks plainly; Jack keeps the polite word and calls him Uncle Chai.

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ลุง ชัย ครับ, นี่ อะไร ครับ?lung chai khráp, nîi à-rai khráp?Uncle Chai, what's this?
นี่ เลื่อย.nîi lûeay.This is a saw.
นั่น อะไร ครับ?nân à-rai khráp?What's that?
นั่น ล่ะ ครับ?nân lâ khráp?And that?
นั่น ค้อน. นี่ ตะปู.nân kháawn. nîi tà-puu.That's a hammer. These are nails.
นี่ ไม้ อะไร ครับ?nîi mái à-rai khráp?What wood is this?
ไม้ สัก. ไม้ สัก เก่า.mái sàk. mái sàk kào.Teak. Old teak.
ไม่ ดี ครับ.mâi dii khráp.Not good.
ไม้ สัก! ไม้ ดี ครับ.mái sàk! mái dii khráp.Teak! Good wood.
เรือ ไทย ไม้ สัก.ruea thai mái sàkThai boats are teak: boat, Thai, wood, teak

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