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PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Making the Float

The evening before Loy Krathong, at the table in the house behind the pier, Nam and Jack make the floats: shall we make them together, I can't, I'll teach you, help me cut the banana leaf, like this, now the flowers, which flower, the yellow one, the candle in the middle, tomorrow we float them together from the boat.

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The table in the house behind the pier, the evening before Loy Krathong in November: banana leaves, flowers and a candle. Nam and Jack are friends and keep the polite word with each other; she says Pi Jack, he says Khun Nam.

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ทำ กระทง ด้วย กันtham krà-thong dûay kanmake the floats together: make, float, then together
พี่ แจ็ค, ทำ กระทง ด้วย กัน ไหม คะ?phîi jaek, tham krà-thong dûay kan mǎi khá?Pi Jack, shall we make the floats together?
ครับ, คุณ น้ำ. แต่ ผม ทำ ไม่ ได้ ครับ.khráp, khun náam. tàe phǒm tham mâi dâai khráp.Yes, Khun Nam. But I can't.
ช่วย ตัด ใบตอง หน่อย ค่ะ.chûay tàt bai-taawng nàwy khâhelp me cut the banana leaf: help, cut, banana leaf, the softener
ฉัน สอน ค่ะ. ช่วย ตัด ใบตอง หน่อย ค่ะ.chǎn sǎawn khâ. chûay tàt bai-taawng nàwy khâ.I'll teach you. Help me cut the banana leaf.
แบบ นี้ ครับ?bàaep níi khráp?Like this?
ใช่ ค่ะ. ตอนนี้ ดอกไม้ ค่ะ.châi khâ. taawn-níi dàawk-máai khâ.Yes. Now the flowers.
ดอก ไหน ครับ?dàawk nǎi khráp?Which flower?
ดอก นี้ ค่ะ. สี เหลือง.dàawk níi khâ. sǐi lǔeang.This one, the yellow one.
ตรง กลางtrong klaangin the middle: straight, then middle

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