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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Questions From the Floor

The library hall after the film, the lights back on and the circle asking: why is it that a man from Seattle builds Thai boats; it's not that I chose the boats; but the boats chose me; why does it end with Grandma; because the boat isn't finished; this time the ending came last; because I had a teacher; it's not just a teacher, he has a grandmother too: why is it that, and it's not that, but.

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THE STORY

The public library in Khlong San on a January evening, the film just over: Teacher Somsak speaks to Jack plainly, as a teacher to a pupil; Jack says the polite word to him, to the club member and to Khun Wan; the women say the woman's polite word.

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ทำไม คน ซีแอตเทิล ถึง ต่อ เรือ ไทย?tham-mai khon sii-àet-thoen thǔeng tàw ruea thai?Why is it that a man from Seattle builds Thai boats?
ไม่ ใช่ ว่า ผม เลือก เรือ ครับ.mâi châi wâa phǒm lûueak ruea khráp.It's not that I chose the boats.
แต่ ว่า เรือ เลือก ผม ครับ.tàae wâa ruea lûueak phǒm khráp.But the boats chose me.
ทำไม ถึง จบ ที่ ยาย คะ?tham-mai thǔeng jòp thîi yaai khá?Why does it end with Grandma?
ก็ เพราะ ว่า เรือ ไม่ เสร็จ ครับ.kâw phráw wâa ruea mâi sèt khráp.Because the boat isn't finished.
คราว นี้ ตอน จบ อยู่ ท้าย.khraao níi tawn jòp yùu tháai.This time the ending came last.
ก็ เพราะ ว่า ผม มี ครู ครับ.kâw phráw wâa phǒm mii khruu khráp.Because I had a teacher.
ไม่ ใช่ ว่า มี ครู, มี ยาย ด้วย ค่ะ.mâi châi wâa mii khruu, mii yaai dûai khâ.It's not just a teacher, he has a grandmother too.