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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

First, Then, in the End

The last evening on the bank of the Ping river, how Jack became a boatbuilder: how did you become a boatbuilder? at first I wanted to be a sailor; and then what? then I worked at a yard, and stayed on; after that I built boats for ten years; and in the end? in the end Tee called, and I came; and then you met me, the best part: first, then, after that, in the end.

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THE STORY

The bank of the Ping river in Chiang Mai, the last evening of the week in December: Nam and Jack, friends, no polite word between them.

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แจ็ค เป็น ช่าง เรือ ได้ ยังไง?jaek pen châang ruea dâai yang-ngai?How did you become a boatbuilder?
ตอน แรก ผม อยาก เป็น กะลาสี.taawn râaek phǒm yàak pen kà-laa-sǐi.At first I wanted to be a sailor.
แล้ว ก็ ยังไง ต่อ?láeo kâw yang-ngai tàaw?And then what?
แล้ว ก็ ทำงาน ที่ อู่. แล้ว อยู่ ต่อ.láeo kâw tham-ngaan thîi ùu. láeo yùu tàaw.Then I worked at a yard. And stayed on.
จาก นั้น ต่อ เรือ สิบ ปี.jàak nán tàaw ruea sìp pii.After that I built boats for ten years.
แล้ว สุดท้าย ล่ะ?láeo sùt-tháai lâ?And in the end?
สุดท้าย ตี๋ โทร มา. ผม ก็ มา.sùt-tháai tǐi thoo maa. phǒm kâw maa.In the end Tee called. And I came.
แล้ว ก็ เจอ ฉัน. ดี ที่สุด.láeo kâw joe chǎn. dii thîi-sùt.And then you met me. The best part.