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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Room

The fourth floor of the landlady's building in Soi Suan Phlu, Thursday at six: this is the room, bed, fan, air con; how much a month? Seven thousand, water and electricity extra; and the deposit? Two months, from when? From the first until next year; the gate is locked midnight to five; I'm home by nine, I'll take it; agreed: from, until and a month.

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The fourth floor of an old building in Soi Suan Phlu, Sathorn, a Thursday at six in the evening; the landlady lives on the ground floor. Both keep the polite word: she says the woman's word and calls him Khun Jack, he calls her Khun Pa.

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นี่ ห้อง ค่ะ. เตียง, พัดลม, แอร์.nîi hâawng khâ. tiang, phát-lom, aae.This is the room. Bed, fan, air con.
เดือน ละ เท่าไหร่ ครับ?duean lá thâo-rài khráp?How much a month?
เจ็ด พัน ค่ะ. น้ำ ไฟ ต่างหาก.jèt phan khâ. náam fai tàang-hàak.Seven thousand. Water and electricity extra.
แล้ว มัดจำ ล่ะ ครับ?láeo mát-jam lâ khráp?And the deposit?
สอง เดือน ค่ะ. ตั้งแต่ เมื่อไหร่ คะ?sǎawng duean khâ. tâng-tàe mûea-rài khá?Two months. From when?
ตั้งแต่ วัน ที่ หนึ่งtâng-tàe wan thîi nùengfrom the first: since, day, the ordinal word, one
ตั้งแต่ วัน ที่ หนึ่ง ถึง ปี หน้า ครับ.tâng-tàe wan thîi nùeng thǔeng pii nâa khráp.From the first until next year.
ประตู ปิด เที่ยงคืน ถึง ตี ห้า.prà-tuu pìt thîang-khuuen thǔeng tii hâa.The gate is locked midnight to five.
กลับ สาม ทุ่ม ครับ. เอา ครับ.klàp sǎam thûm khráp. ao khráp.I'm home by nine. I'll take it.
ตกลง ค่ะ, คุณ แจ็ค.tòk-long khâ, khun jaek.Agreed, Khun Jack.