PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Village Has Grown
Grandma's house at the village near Khon Kaen, and Uncle Daeng, who farms the family field, on what has changed: welcome; the village has got bigger, Auntie; the road has got better too; but the young people have got fewer; it's quieter here; the nights have got louder, frogs; my house has got smaller; you've got used to Bangkok, Grandma; Jack has got quieter: the little words up and down after a describing word.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
Grandma's wooden house in the village near Khon Kaen, the afternoon the pickup arrives, in the rains: Uncle Daeng, Grandma's nephew, speaks plainly to everyone and calls Grandma Auntie, Jack says the polite word to him, Nam says it to her grandmother.
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