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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Ruins by Bicycle

Ayutthaya on a Saturday afternoon, the heat, three bicycles and a vendor with coconuts under a tree: it's too hot; too hot, but too beautiful; you talk too much, coconut; forty baht each; forty isn't too expensive; cold enough; cold enough, thank you; the big temple, is it too far; not far enough, one more temple; you're too strong, Jack: too and enough.

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THE STORY

The ruins of Ayutthaya on a Saturday afternoon in March, the hot season beginning: Nam, Jack and Tee on bicycles, and a vendor with coconuts under a tree. The three talk as friends, without the polite word; the vendor and her customers are polite both ways.

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ร้อน เกิน ไป นะ.ráawn koen pai ná.It's too hot.
ร้อน ไป, แต่ สวย เกิน ไป.ráawn pai, tàe sǔay koen pai.Too hot, but too beautiful.
พูด มาก ไป นะ. มะพร้าว ไหม?phûut mâak pai ná. má-phráao mǎi?You talk too much. Coconut?
ลูก ละ สี่ สิบ บาท ค่ะ.lûuk lá sìi sìp bàat khâ.Forty baht each.
สี่ สิบ ไม่ แพง ไป ครับ.sìi sìp mâi phaeng pai khráp.Forty isn't too expensive.
เย็น พอ ไหม คะ?yen phaaw mǎi khá?Cold enough?
เย็น พอ ค่ะ. ขอบคุณ ค่ะ.yen phaaw khâ. khàawp-khun khâ.Cold enough. Thank you.
วัด ใหญ่ ไกล ไป ไหม?wát yài klai pai mǎi?The big temple, is it too far?
ไม่ ไกล พอ! อีก วัด หนึ่ง.mâi klai phaaw! ìik wát nùeng.Not far enough! One more temple.