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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Sticky Rice at Dawn

The kitchen below Grandma's house at dawn, then the monks' round on the village road: come, sit here, this is sticky rice, try it, hot but delicious, eat with your hand like this, like this, the monks are here, put rice in the bowl, me too, you too, give it with both hands.

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The kitchen under Grandma's wooden house at dawn in December, a basket of sticky rice, then the monks' morning round on the village road. Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and says Grandma for I; Jack keeps the polite word and calls her Yai.

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แจ็ค, มา สิ. นั่ง ตรง นี้.jaek, maa sì. nâng trong níi.Jack, come. Sit here.
ครับ, ยาย.khráp, yaai.Yes, Yai.
ลอง ชิม ดู สิ.laawng chim duu sìtry it: the word for trying, then taste, then see, then the urging word
นี่ ข้าวเหนียว. ลอง ชิม ดู สิ.nîi khâao-nǐao. laawng chim duu sì.This is sticky rice. Try it.
ร้อน ครับ! แต่ อร่อย ครับ.ráwn khráp! tàe à-ràwy khráp.Hot! But delicious.
ขอ ลอง หน่อย ครับ, ยาย?khǎaw laawng nàwy khráp, yaai?May I try, Grandma?
กิน ด้วย มือ นะ. แบบ นี้.kin dûay mue ná. bàaep níi.Eat with your hand, like this.
แบบ นี้ ใช่ ไหม ครับ?bàaep níi châi mǎi khráp?Like this, right?
ใส่ ข้าว ใน บาตร สิ.sài khâao nai bàat sìput rice in the bowl: put in, rice, in, the alms bowl, the urging word
ใช่. พระ มา แล้ว. ใส่ ข้าว ใน บาตร สิ.châi. phrá maa láaeo. sài khâao nai bàat sì.Yes. The monks are here. Put rice in the bowl.

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