PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Captain
Uncle Boon's stall at the night market, the regulars round the table: I'm Golf, I blow the whistle on the express boat; I'm Jack, I build boats; Jack won't do, you build boats, so: Captain; don't fight it, I used to be the dessert girl; do I call you elder brother; younger brother, and Uncle Boon is uncle, never sir; as for me, elder brother Nui, always; Captain, then, I've never steered a boat: how a street names people, and the particle dropped at the stall.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Uncle Boon's boat-noodle stall at the night market at the mouth of the soi, the regulars at the table: Golf, Ploy and Jack speak as friends from the first bowl, no particle; Nui speaks plainly to Jack and Jack says the polite word and Pi Nui to him.
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