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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Golf's News

Uncle Boon's stall, Golf with the river's news at full speed: look, basically, the next pier, right, is concrete now, you see; get to the point; the point is, a new noodle stall, with a TV too; so what; so what? people all go there, that's it; he says this every month; look, basically, I'm staying here; there, he's one of us now: the fillers of a fast Bangkok speaker, and the little words at the end of a sentence that carry it.

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THE STORY

Uncle Boon's boat-noodle stall at the night market at the mouth of the soi, Golf telling the river's news: Golf, Tee and Jack speak as friends, no particle; Nui speaks plainly to Jack and Jack says the polite word and Pi Nui to him.

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คือ แบบ ว่า,khuue bàaep wâa,look, basically: the word for is, then like, that
เป็น ปูน แล้ว ไง.pen puun láeo ngai.is concrete now, you see: be, concrete, already, the ending for you see
คือ แบบ ว่า, ท่า ถัด ไป เนี่ย, เป็น ปูน แล้ว ไง.khuue bàaep wâa, thâa thàt pai nîa, pen puun láeo ngai.Look, basically, the next pier, right, is concrete now, you see.
เข้า เรื่อง สิ.khâo rûeang sì.Get to the point.
ประเด็น คือ, ร้าน ก๋วยเตี๋ยว ใหม่, มี ทีวี ด้วย.prà-den khuue, ráan kǔay-tǐao mài, mii thii-wii dûay.The point is: a new noodle stall, with a TV too.
แล้ว ไง ล่ะ?láeo ngai lâ?So what?
แล้ว ไง? คน ไป โน่น หมด, นั่น แหละ.láeo ngai? khon pai nôon mòt, nân làe.So what? People all go there, that's it.
เขา พูด แบบ นี้ ทุก เดือน.kháo phûut bàaep níi thúk duean.He says this every month.
คือ แบบ ว่า, ผม อยู่ ที่นี่ อ่ะ.khuue bàaep wâa, phǒm yùu thîi-nîi à.Look, basically, I'm staying here.
นั่น ไง, เป็น พวก เรา แล้ว.nân ngai, pen phûak rao láeo.There, you see. He's one of us now.