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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Film Night

The library hall in Khlong San in January, the children in the front row and the film about to start: welcome, everyone, to film night; let me introduce Tee and Jack; thank you, the film is short, the boats are old; let me thank Khun Wan and Grandma; Uncle Jack, is the frog in it; no frog, Fon, a crocodile; please be seated, lights off; in the film, Uncle talks slower: the word for may I before a verb, in front of an audience.

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THE STORY

The public library in Khlong San on a January evening, the hall full and the children in front: Khun Wan speaks to the hall with the woman's polite word; Tee and Jack say the polite word to the hall; Fon, eight, says the woman's polite word and calls Jack uncle; Jack speaks to her as to a child, no particle.

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ขอ ต้อนรับ ทุก ท่าน สู่ คืน หนัง ค่ะ.khǎaw tâawn-ráp thúk thân sùu khuuen nǎng khâ.Welcome, everyone, to film night.
ขอ แนะนำ ตี๋ กับ แจ็ค ค่ะ.khǎaw náe-nam tǐi kàp jaek khâ.Let me introduce Tee and Jack.
ขอ ขอบคุณ ครับ. หนัง สั้น, เรือ แก่.khǎaw khàawp-khun khráp. nǎng sân, ruea kàae.Thank you. The film is short, the boats are old.
ขอ ขอบคุณ คุณ วัน กับ ยาย ครับ.khǎaw khàawp-khun khun wan kàp yaai khráp.Let me thank Khun Wan and Grandma.
ลุง แจ็ค คะ, มี กบ ไหม คะ?lung jaek khá, mii kòp mǎi khá?Uncle Jack, is the frog in it?
ไม่ มี กบ จ้ะ ฝน, มี จระเข้.mâi mii kòp jâ fǒn, mii jaw-rá-khêe.No frog, Fon. A crocodile.
ขอ เชิญ นั่ง ค่ะ. ปิด ไฟ ค่ะ.khǎaw choen nâng khâ. pìt fai khâ.Please be seated. Lights off.