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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Take One

The pier in May, Tee's new camera on the old boat under the shed: rolling, Jack, say something; something; cut, take two, tell about the boat, just a little; this one was Uncle Chai's father's; a bit slower, Jack, and smile a bit; one second, a smile, like this; cut, a documentary, not a passport photo; Mali's clapping, she thinks it's for her: the small words that soften a request, with the film words, and the end of this level.

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THE STORY

The family's pier at Bang Rak on a May morning, the old boat under its shed, Tee behind a new camera, Uncle Chai beside it and Nam with Mali on the planks: Jack speaks as a friend with Tee and Nam, no particle, and says the polite word to Uncle Chai and to the camera; Uncle Chai calls him Jack.

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ถ่าย แล้ว. แจ็ค, พูด อะไร หน่อย.thàai láeo. jaek, phûut à-rai nàwy.Rolling. Jack, say something.
อะไร หน่อย.à-rai nàwy.Something.
คัท. เทค สอง, เล่า เรื่อง เรือ นิด นึง.khát. thék sǎawng, lâo rûeang ruea nít nueng.Cut. Take two: tell about the boat, just a little.
ลำ นี้ ของ พ่อ ลุง ชัย ครับ.lam níi khǎawng phâw lung chai khráp.This one was Uncle Chai's father's.
ช้า ลง นิด นึง แจ็ค, ยิ้ม หน่อย.cháa long nít nueng jaek, yím nàwy.A bit slower, Jack, and smile a bit.
แป๊บ นึง. ยิ้ม แบบ นี้ เหรอ?páep nueng. yím bàaep níi rǒe?One second. A smile, like this?
คัท. สารคดี นะ, ไม่ ใช่ รูป พาสปอร์ต.khát. sǎa-rá-khá-dii ná, mâi châi rûup pháat-sà-pàwt.Cut. A documentary, not a passport photo.
มะลิ ตบ มือ, นึก ว่า ถ่าย หนู.má-lí tòp mue, núek wâa thàai nǔu.Mali's clapping. She thinks it's for her.