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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Proper Word

Father's Day at the family's house behind the pier in December, Jack's first as a father: whoa, this curry is boom; boom, in front of Mali; sorry, the curry is delicious; at the stall, fine, at home, no; boom is very good, whoa is the polite word; and whoa is not my name; happy Father's Day, Uncle Chai; a canna flower from Mali, now eat: the plain twin of every slang word, and when to switch.

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THE STORY

The family's house behind the pier in Bang Rak on Father's Day, lunch on the table and Mali on Nam's lap: Jack and Nam speak as a couple, no particle, Nam says the woman's I; Jack says the polite word to Aunt Oy and Uncle Chai, who call him Jack without a particle.

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เฮ้ย, แกง นี่ ปัง เลย!hóei, kaeng nîi pang loei!Whoa, this curry is boom!
ปัง เหรอ? ต่อ หน้า มะลิ?pang rǒe? tàw nâa má-lí?Boom? In front of Mali?
ขอโทษ ครับ. แกง อร่อย มาก ครับ.khǎaw-thôot khráp. kaeng à-ràwy mâak khráp.Sorry. The curry is delicious.
ที่ ร้าน ได้, ที่ บ้าน ไม่ ได้.thîi ráan dâai, thîi bâan mâi dâai.At the stall, fine. At home, no.
ปัง คือ ดี มาก, เฮ้ย คือ ครับ.pang khuue dii mâak, hóei khuue khráp.Boom means very good, and whoa means the polite word.
แล้ว เฮ้ย ไม่ ใช่ ชื่อ ลุง นะ.láeo hóei mâi châi chûue lung ná.And whoa is not my name.
สุขสันต์ วัน พ่อ ครับ, ลุง ชัย.sùk-sǎn wan phâw khráp, lung chai.Happy Father's Day, Uncle Chai.
ดอก พุทธรักษา จาก มะลิ. กิน แกง เถอะ.dàawk phút-thá-rák-sǎa jàak má-lí. kin kaeng thòe.A canna flower from Mali. Now eat your curry.