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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Aunt Oy's List

The stall at six in the morning, the party counted out: about forty, forty-odd with the cousins; five tables, and allow for five more seats; shall I borrow tables in the soi; Nui brings them, the cousins come in two pickups; three pots of broth, two of curry; how many plates of som tam; a hundred, allow for people eating twice; Jack, you do the speech, one thing is enough: the counting words of a party, with about, odd, more and allow for.

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THE STORY

Aunt Oy's noodle stall at the head of the pier in Bang Rak at six in the morning, the pots not yet on: Jack says the polite word to Aunt Oy and Uncle Chai, who call him by his name; Aunt Oy and Uncle Chai speak plainly to each other.

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ประมาณ สี่ สิบ, กับ ญาติ สี่ สิบ กว่า.prà-maan sìi sìp, kàp yâat sìi sìp kwàa.About forty. Forty-odd with the cousins.
ห้า โต๊ะ, เผื่อ อีก ห้า ที่.hâa tó, phùea ìik hâa thîi.Five tables, and allow for five more seats.
ยืม โต๊ะ ใน ซอย ไหม ครับ?yuuem tó nai saawy mǎi khráp?Shall I borrow tables in the soi?
นุ้ย เอา มา. ญาติ มา สอง คัน.núi ao maa. yâat maa sǎawng khan.Nui brings them. The cousins come in two pickups.
น้ำ ซุป สาม หม้อ, แกง สอง หม้อ.náam súp sǎam mâw, kaeng sǎawng mâw.Three pots of broth, two of curry.
ส้มตำ กี่ จาน ครับ?sôm-tam kìi jaan khráp?How many plates of som tam?
ร้อย จาน, เผื่อ คน กิน สอง รอบ.ráwy jaan, phùea khon kiin sǎawng râwp.A hundred, and allow for people eating twice.
แจ็ค พูด อย่าง เดียว ก็ พอ.jaek phûut yàang diao kâw phaw.Jack, you do the speech. One thing is enough.