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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Leaving the Stall

The last Sunday of January, Jack's bags by the stall, Aunt Oy's boxes of food and Grandma's instructions: before you go, eat first; after I eat; before you sleep, call your mother; after I get to the room; after work, come and eat noodles; Friday, after work; before dark, let's go; I don't want to go at all; next week you'll be back for sticky rice: before doing and after doing.

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THE STORY

The noodle stall at the head of the pier, the last Sunday afternoon of January, Jack's bags packed for the room in Sathorn: Aunt Oy, Grandma, Tee and Jack. Jack keeps the polite word with Aunt Oy and Grandma and drops it with Tee; Aunt Oy and Grandma speak to him plainly.

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ก่อน ไป กิน ข้าว ก่อน.kàawn pai kin khâao kàawn.Before you go, eat first.
หลัง จากlǎng jàakafter doing: after, from
หลัง จาก กิน ครับ.lǎng jàak kin khráp.After I eat.
ก่อน นอน, โทร หา แม่ นะ.kàawn naawn, thoo hǎa mâe ná.Before you sleep, call your mother.
หลัง จาก ถึง ห้อง ครับ.lǎng jàak thǔeng hâawng khráp.After I get to the room.
หลัง จาก ทำงาน มา กิน ก๋วยเตี๋ยว.lǎng jàak tham-ngaan maa kin kǔay-tǐao.After work, come and eat noodles.
วัน ศุกร์ ครับ. หลัง จาก ทำงาน.wan sùk khráp. lǎng jàak tham-ngaan.Friday. After work.
ก่อน มืด ไป กัน เถอะ.kàawn mûuet pai kan thòe.Before dark, let's go.
ไม่ อยาก ไป เลย.mâi yàak pai loei.I don't want to go at all.
อาทิตย์ หน้า กลับ มา กิน ข้าวเหนียว.aa-thít nâa klàp maa kin khâao-nǐao.Next week you'll be back for sticky rice.