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🇹🇭 Thai · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Orange Flag

Sathorn pier at half past six on a Monday, Jack's first commute: which boat goes to Memorial Bridge? The orange flag, that one; how many minutes does it take? About twenty minutes; where to? Memorial Bridge, how much? Sixteen baht; does it take long? About twenty minutes, six piers: how long it takes, and about.

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THE STORY

Sathorn pier under the Skytrain bridge, half past six on a Monday morning at the end of the cool season: a passer-by who knows the flags, then the fare collector on the express boat. Everyone keeps the polite word.

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เรือ ไหน ไป สะพาน พุทธ ครับ?ruea nǎi pai sà-phaan phút khráp?Which boat goes to Memorial Bridge?
ธง ส้ม ครับ. ลำ นั้น ครับ.thong sôm khráp. lam nán khráp.The orange flag. That one.
ใช้ เวลาchái wee-laait takes: use, time
ใช้ เวลา กี่ นาที ครับ?chái wee-laa kìi naa-thii khráp?How many minutes does it take?
ประมาณ ยี่ สิบ นาที ครับ.prà-maan yîi sìp naa-thii khráp.About twenty minutes.
ไป ไหน คะ?pai nǎi khá?Where to?
สะพาน พุทธ ครับ. เท่าไหร่ ครับ?sà-phaan phút khráp. thâo-rài khráp?Memorial Bridge. How much?
สิบ หก บาท ค่ะ.sìp hòk bàat khâ.Sixteen baht.
นาน ไหม ครับ?naan mǎi khráp?Does it take long?
ประมาณ ยี่ สิบ นาที ค่ะ. หก ท่า.prà-maan yîi sìp naa-thii khâ. hòk thâa.About twenty minutes. Six piers.