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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Punchline

Story night at the reading circle in Khlong San, Jack's taxi story told twice: I told the taxi, the pier, it turned out; stop, you told the ending in the middle; did I; it turned out and far from it come at the end; tell it again, the pier for the end; he said fine and drove for an hour; far from it, I saw aeroplanes; in fact, the airport has a pier: the words that spring a story's surprise, and where they go.

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THE STORY

The reading circle at the public library in Khlong San on a Tuesday evening, story night, Teacher Somsak and the club member in the circle, Khun Wan at the desk: Jack is polite with everyone, with the particle; the club member and Khun Wan say the woman's particle; Teacher Somsak speaks to Jack plainly, as a teacher to a pupil.

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บอก แท็กซี่ ว่า ท่า เรือ, ปรากฏ ว่า...bàawk tháek-sîi wâa thâa ruea, prà-kòt wâa...I told the taxi, the pier. It turned out...
หยุด. เล่า ตอน จบ ตรง กลาง.yùt. lâo taawn jòp trong klaang.Stop. You told the ending in the middle.
ผม เล่า เหรอ ครับ?phǒm lâo rǒe khráp?Did I?
ปรากฏ ว่า, ที่ไหน ได้, พูด ตอน จบ.prà-kòt wâa, thîi-nǎi dâai, phûut taawn jòp.It turned out, and far from it: say them at the end.
เล่า ใหม่ ค่ะ, ท่า เรือ ไว้ ตอน จบ.lâo mài khâ, thâa ruea wái taawn jòp.Tell it again, the pier for the end.
เขา บอก ได้, ขับ ไป ชั่วโมง นึง.kháo bàawk dâai, khàp pai chûa-moong nueng.He said fine, and drove for an hour.
ที่ไหน ได้, เห็น เครื่องบิน!thîi-nǎi dâai, hěn khrûeang-bin!Far from it: I saw aeroplanes!
ที่ แท้ สนามบิน มี ท่า เรือ ครับ.thîi tháe sà-nǎam-bin mii thâa ruea khráp.In fact, the airport has a pier.