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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Name on the Boat

A Saturday in March at the yard, Nam with her brushes and Master Wichai watching: the letters should be gold, gold on red, like the old days, you should hold the ladder, should I bring water, you should bring a chair, you two should eat first, you should come every Saturday, he should learn the boat language first: should.

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THE STORY

Master Wichai's yard on Khlong Bang Luang, a Saturday morning in March: Nam paints the name on a boat while Master Wichai watches and Jack holds the ladder. Nam and Jack are polite with each other; Master Wichai speaks plainly to both, and Jack keeps the polite word with him.

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ตัวหนังสือ ควร เป็น สี ทอง.tua-nǎng-sǔue khuan pen sǐi thawng.The letters should be gold.
ทอง บน แดง เหรอ คะ?thawng bon daeng rǒe khá?Gold on red?
สี แดง. เหมือน สมัย ก่อน.sǐi daeng. mǔean sà-mǎi kàawn.Red. Like the old days.
ควร จับ บันได นะ คะ.khuan jàp ban-dai ná khá.You should hold the ladder.
ควร เอา น้ำ มา ไหม ครับ?khuan ao náam maa mǎi khráp?Should I bring water?
ควร เอา เก้าอี้ มา ค่ะ.khuan ao kâo-îi maa khâ.You should bring a chair.
ควร กิน ข้าว ก่อน.khuan kin khâao kàawn.You should eat first.
น่า จะ มาnâa jà maashould come, the softer should: likely, will, come
น่า จะ มา ทุก เสาร์ ครับ.nâa jà maa thúk sǎo khráp.You should come every Saturday.
ช่าง น่า จะ ให้ เรือ อีก ค่ะ.châang nâa jà hâi ruea ìik khâ.Master Wichai should give more boats.

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