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🇹🇭 Thai · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Morning

The house behind the pier at six on the morning of the twelfth, Grandma at the mortar, the cousins at the mouth of the soi: I came to help, Grandma; help by sitting still, that's enough; the cousins' pickups are at the mouth of the soi; come in, sit down first, there's nothing much; nothing much? thirty dishes; the host says that, the guest says he's full already; I'm full already, Grandma; good, make yourself at home, the speech comes after lunch: the host's words and the modesty of the table.

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THE STORY

The family's wooden house behind the pier in Bang Rak at six on the morning of Grandma's ninetieth, the mortar going: Jack says the polite word to Grandma and Aunt Oy; Grandma speaks plainly with her own particles; Aunt Oy calls Jack by his name.

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ผม มา ช่วย ครับ, ยาย.phǒm maa chûai khráp, yaai.I came to help, Grandma.
ช่วย นั่ง เฉย เฉย ก็ พอ.chûai nâng chǒei chǒei kâw phaw.Help by sitting still. That's enough.
รถ ญาติ ถึง ปาก ซอย แล้ว.rót yâat thǔeng pàak saawy láeo.The cousins' pickups are at the mouth of the soi.
เข้า มา นั่ง ก่อน. ไม่ มี อะไร มาก หรอก.khâo maa nâng kàwn. mâi mii à-rai mâak ràwk.Come in, sit down first. There's nothing much.
ไม่ มาก เหรอ ครับ? สาม สิบ จาน.mâi mâak rǒe khráp? sǎam sìp jaan.Nothing much? Thirty dishes.
เจ้าภาพ ว่า งั้น, แขก ว่า อิ่ม แล้ว.jâo-phâap wâa ngán, khàek wâa ìm láeo.The host says that. The guest says he's full already.
อิ่ม แล้ว ครับ, ยาย.ìm láeo khráp, yaai.I'm full already, Grandma.