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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mali's Bedtime Boat

Bedtime at the flat in Khlong San, Jack telling and Nam correcting: once upon a time there was a small, small boat; smaller than that, a tiny, tiny boat; one day, plop, a fish in the boat; Mali likes plop, plop again; plop, the boat went to Grandma's slowly, slowly; and then crash; no crash, the boat arrived softly, softly, the end; you're a storyteller now, Jack: doubling a word to picture it, and the sound words of a tale.

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THE STORY

Jack and Nam's flat in Khlong San at bedtime, Mali in her cot and the light low: Jack and Nam speak as a couple, no particle; Nam says the woman's I.

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กาล ครั้ง หนึ่ง มี เรือ เล็ก เล็ก.kaan khráng nùeng mii ruea lék lék.Once upon a time there was a small, small boat.
เล็ก กว่า นั้น. เรือ จิ๋ว จิ๋ว.lék kwàa nán. ruea jǐu jǐu.Smaller than that. A tiny, tiny boat.
วัน หนึ่ง, จ๋อม, ปลา ลง เรือ.wan nùeng, jǎwm, plaa long ruea.One day, plop, a fish in the boat.
มะลิ ชอบ จ๋อม. จ๋อม อีก ที.má-lí châwp jǎwm. jǎwm ìik thii.Mali likes plop. Plop again.
จ๋อม. เรือ ไป บ้าน ยาย ช้า ช้า.jǎwm. ruea pai bâan yaai cháa cháa.Plop. The boat went to Grandma's slowly, slowly.
แล้ว ก็ โครม เหรอ?láeo kâw khroom rǒe?And then crash?
ไม่ โครม. เรือ ถึง เบา เบา. จบ.mâi khroom. ruea thǔeng bao bao. jòp.No crash. The boat arrived softly, softly. The end.