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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

For Good

The flat in Khlong San, the visa's renewal letter on the table: the visa runs out again; then I renew the permit again; or apply to stay permanently; permanently, for good; the residence certificate, no end date on it; what does it take; thick papers, an interview, a long wait; I've decided to stay on: deciding, and for good.

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THE STORY

The flat on the fourth floor in Khlong San, an evening in the cool season, the visa's renewal letter on the table: Nam and Jack speak as a couple, no particle, she says I as a woman and he as a man.

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วีซ่า จะ หมด อีก แล้ว.wii-sâa jà mòt ìik láeo.The visa runs out again.
งั้น ต่อ ใบอนุญาต อีก.ngán tàw bai-à-nú-yâat ìik.Then I renew the permit again.
หรือ ขอ อยู่ ถาวร เลย.rǔue khǎaw yùu thǎa-waawn loei.Or apply to stay permanently.
ถาวร เหรอ? ตลอด ไป เหรอ?thǎa-waawn rǒe? tà-làwt pai rǒe?Permanently? For good?
ใบสำคัญ ถิ่นที่อยู่. ไม่ มี วัน หมด.bai-sǎm-khan thìn-thîi-yùu. mâi mii wan mòt.The residence certificate. No end date on it.
ต้อง ใช้ อะไร บ้าง?tâwng chái à-rai bâang?What does it take?
เอกสาร หนา, สัมภาษณ์, รอ นาน.èek-kà-sǎan nǎa, sǎm-phâat, raaw naan.Thick papers, an interview, a long wait.
ตัดสินใจ แล้ว ว่า จะ อยู่ ต่อ.tàt-sǐn-jai láeo wâa jà yùu tàw.I've decided to stay on.