PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The First Word
Sunday lunch at Grandma's table in April, the plate empty: she said it, she said food to me; I guessed Dad, wrong guess; she said it to Grandma, Grandma fed her; to us, or to the plate; to the plate, first finish the plate, then speak; I asked, more; clever girl, who taught you; told you she wouldn't say Mum first: guessing and being right, and the phrases said over a child.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The family's house behind the pier on a Sunday in April, lunch finished and Mali on Grandma's lap: Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and says Grandma for I; Uncle Chai says Uncle for I; Jack says the polite word to them both, and no particle with Nam.
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