PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Parents Arrive
The flat in Khlong San, Jack between his mother and Grandma at lunch: tell your mother she's got thinner, not good; I translated it as Mum looks well; translate it word for word, she knows anyway; Mum says Grandma is the same as ever; tell her I'm ninety now; my father asks what's in the jar; fermented fish, don't eat it on an empty stomach; hard to translate, a gift then: translating aloud.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Jack and Nam's flat in Khlong San, lunch on the table with Jack's parents in from Seattle and Grandma come across the river: Jack says the polite word to Grandma, who speaks plainly and says Grandma for I; Nam and Jack speak as husband and wife, no particle; Jack's parents speak only English, so only what Jack relays is heard.
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