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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Hot Season at the Yard

The yard the week after Songkran, forty degrees at noon, Master Wichai and Jack: from tomorrow we start at six; six in the morning; at noon it might be forty degrees; then I might get up at five; next month there will probably be rain; might the yard flood; it might, but probably not; tonight I'll probably sleep with the fan on; you'll probably sleep at the yard, like me; that might be good: might and probably.

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THE STORY

Master Wichai's yard on Khlong Bang Luang in the week after Songkran, the hot season at its worst, forty degrees at noon: Master Wichai and Jack. Master Wichai speaks plainly to Jack by name; Jack keeps the polite word and calls him Master Wichai.

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แจ็ค, ตั้งแต่ พรุ่งนี้ เริ่ม หก โมง.jaek, tâng-tàe phrûng-níi rôem hòk moong.Jack, from tomorrow we start at six.
หก โมง เช้า เหรอ ครับ?hòk moong cháao rǒe khráp?Six in the morning?
อาจ จะàat jàmight: may, then will
เที่ยง อาจ จะ สี่ สิบ องศา.thîang àat jà sìi sìp ong-sǎa.At noon it might be forty degrees.
งั้น อาจ จะ ตื่น ตี ห้า ครับ.ngán àat jà tùuen tii hâa khráp.Then I might get up at five.
เดือน หน้า คง จะ มี ฝน.duean nâa khong jà mii fǒn.Next month there will probably be rain.
อู่ อาจ จะ ท่วม ไหม ครับ?ùu àat jà thûam mǎi khráp?Might the yard flood?
อาจ จะ. แต่ คง จะ ไม่.àat jà. tàe khong jà mâi.It might. But probably not.
คืนนี้ คง จะ นอน กับ พัดลม ครับ.khuuen-níi khong jà naawn kàp phát-lom khráp.Tonight I'll probably sleep with the fan on.
คง จะ นอน ที่ อู่ เหมือน ผม.khong jà naawn thîi ùu mǔean phǒm.You'll probably sleep at the yard, like me.

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