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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Chinese New Year

Yaowarat at Chinese New Year, red lanterns, lion dancers and food on every corner, Tee and Jack in the crowd: happy Chinese New Year, hungry? So hungry, so hot, thirsty too; pomegranate juice, that stall, two glasses; oh, so tired, so many people; bored already? Not bored, but full already; full? We've only eaten one thing; full of people: hungry, thirsty, hot, tired, bored, full, with so.

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THE STORY

Yaowarat on the evening of Chinese New Year, the street closed to cars, red lanterns, lion dancers and a food stall on every corner: Tee and Jack, friends, no polite word between them.

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สวัสดี ตรุษจีน! หิว ไหม?sà-wàt-dii trùt-jiin! hǐu mǎi?Happy Chinese New Year! Hungry?
ร้อน มาก เลยráawn mâak loeiso hot: hot, very, all the way
หิว น้ำhǐu náamthirsty: hungry, water
หิว จัง! ร้อน มาก เลย. หิว น้ำ ด้วย.hǐu jang! ráawn mâak loei. hǐu náam dûay.So hungry! So hot. Thirsty too.
น้ำ ทับทิม ร้าน นั้น. สอง แก้ว.náam tháp-thim ráan nán. sǎawng kâeo.Pomegranate juice, that stall. Two glasses.
โอ้, เหนื่อย จัง. คน เยอะ มาก เลย.ôo, nùeay jang. khon yóe mâak loei.Oh, so tired. So many people.
เบื่อ แล้ว เหรอ?bùea láeo rǒe?Bored already?
ไม่ เบื่อ. แต่ อิ่ม แล้ว.mâi bùea. tàe ìm láeo.Not bored. But full already.
อิ่ม เหรอ? กิน แค่ อย่าง เดียว!ìm rǒe? kin khâe yàang diao!Full? We've only eaten one thing!
อิ่ม คน แล้ว!ìm khon láeo!Full of people!