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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Three Years of Receipts

The workshop on the canal, the tax papers in boxes, Ton sorting and Nui at the door with the post: three years back; last year's is under the engine; the paying of tax means the receipts; yes, the receipts of every year; and the ability to speak Thai; the interview proves it, able is can; post, what's all this; three years of working: the nouns an office makes.

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THE STORY

Jack's workshop on a canal in Thonburi on a weekday afternoon in the cool season, three boxes of tax papers on the bench: Ton says the polite word and calls Jack older brother, Jack answers him by name without it; Nui says the polite word to Jack, and Jack to Nui.

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ย้อน หลัง สาม ปี นะ ครับ.yáawn lǎng sǎam pii ná khráp.Three years back.
ปี ที่ แล้ว อยู่ ใต้ เครื่อง.pii thîi láeo yùu tâi khrûeang.Last year's is under the engine.
การ เสีย ภาษี คือ ใบ เสร็จ เหรอ ครับ?kaan sǐa phaa-sǐi khuue bai sèt rǒe khráp?The paying of tax means the receipts?
ใช่. ใบ เสร็จ ทุก ปี.châi. bai sèt thúk pii.Yes. The receipts of every year.
ความ สามารถ พูด ไทย ล่ะ ครับ?khwaam sǎa-mâat phûut thai lâ khráp?And the ability to speak Thai?
สัมภาษณ์ พิสูจน์ เอง. สามารถ คือ ได้.sǎm-phâat phí-sùut eeng. sǎa-mâat khuue dâai.The interview proves it itself. Able is can.
จดหมาย ครับ. นี่ อะไร เยอะ แยะ?jòt-mǎai khráp. nîi à-rai yóe yáe?Post. What's all this?
การ ทำงาน สาม ปี ครับ.kaan tham-ngaan sǎam pii khráp.Three years of working.