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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Book of Proverbs

At the library desk in Khlong San, Khun Wan with a book for Jack: this one, five hundred proverbs; when the water rises, hurry and scoop... scoop what; it means when there's a chance, hurry; and riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper; it means a big effort for a small thing; English has this saying too; you can borrow it for three weeks; thanks, Grandma knows more than the book: saying what a saying means.

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THE STORY

The desk of the public library in Khlong San on a Tuesday evening before the circle, a thick book with pictures between Khun Wan and Jack: polite both ways, Jack with the particle and the title, Khun Wan with the woman's particle.

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เล่ม นี้ ค่ะ, สุภาษิต ห้า ร้อย.lêm níi khâ, sù-phaa-sìt hâa ráwy.This one, five hundred proverbs.
น้ำ ขึ้น ให้ รีบ ตัก... ตัก อะไร ครับ?náam khûen hâi rîip tàk... tàk à-rai khráp?When the water rises, hurry and scoop... scoop what?
แปล ว่า มี โอกาส ต้อง รีบ ค่ะ.plae wâa mii oo-kàat tâwng rîip khâ.It means when there's a chance, hurry.
แล้ว ขี่ ช้าง จับ ตั๊กแตน ล่ะ ครับ?láeo khìi cháang jàp ták-kà-taen lâ khráp?And riding an elephant to catch a grasshopper?
หมาย ถึง ทำ ใหญ่, ได้ เล็ก ค่ะ.mǎai thǔeng tham yài, dâai lék khâ.It means a big effort for a small thing.
อังกฤษ ก็ มี สำนวน นี้ ครับ.ang-krìt kâw mii sǎm-nuan níi khráp.English has this saying too.
ยืม ได้ สาม อาทิตย์ ค่ะ.yuuem dâai sǎam aa-thít khâ.You can borrow it for three weeks.
ครับ. ยาย รู้ มาก กว่า หนังสือ.khráp. yaai rúu mâak kwàa nǎng-sǔue.Thanks. Grandma knows more than the book.