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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

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The mouth of the soi, Nui on his motorbike and Jack with the last papers: papers again, Jack; the last set, the permanent one; what for, you've got a wife; so I don't queue every year; well, that's how it is, we'll see; and if they say no; don't think too much, we'll know soon enough; let it be, then: closing a subject lightly, the Bangkok way.

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THE STORY

The mouth of the soi off Charoen Krung on a weekday morning in the rains, Nui on his motorbike under the awning: Nui says the polite word to Jack and calls him by name, Jack says the polite word to Nui and calls him older brother.

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เอกสาร อีก แล้ว เหรอ แจ็ค?èek-kà-sǎan ìik láeo rǒe jaek?Papers again, Jack?
ชุด สุดท้าย ครับ. ขอ อยู่ ถาวร.chút sùt-tháai khráp. khǎaw yùu thǎa-waawn.The last set. The permanent one.
เอา ไป ทำไม? มี เมีย แล้ว นี่.ao pai tham-mai? mii mia láeo nîi.What for? You've got a wife.
จะ ได้ ไม่ ต่อ คิว ทุก ปี ครับ.jà dâai mâi tàw khiu thúk pii khráp.So I don't queue every year.
ก็ งั้น แหละ ครับ. รอ ดู กัน.kâw ngán làe khráp. raaw duu kan.Well, that's how it is. We'll see.
ถ้า ไม่ ให้ ล่ะ ครับ?thâa mâi hâi lâ khráp?And if they say no?
อย่า คิด มาก ครับ. เดี๋ยว ก็ รู้.yàa khít mâak khráp. dǐao kâw rúu.Don't think too much. We'll know soon enough.
ช่าง มัน เถอะ ครับ.châang man thòe khráp.Let it be, then.