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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lunch at the Field's Edge

Lunch at the edge of the paddy, som tam, sticky rice and grilled chicken, and everything compared: my som tam isn't as hot as this; mine isn't as soft; the field isn't as big as I remembered; the same size, you've grown; I'm not as tired as yesterday; nobody is as hungry as a planter; the chicken isn't as big; but it's twice as good: not as hot as.

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THE STORY

The edge of the family's paddy at noon in the rains, a mat under a tree, som tam, sticky rice and grilled chicken from the village: Aunt Oy and Uncle Daeng speak plainly, Grandma too, Nam and Jack speak as friends, Jack keeps the polite word with the elders.

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ส้มตำ ป้า ไม่ เผ็ด เท่า นี้.sôm-tam pâa mâi phèt thâo níi.My som tam isn't as hot as this.
ของ ผม ไม่ นุ่ม เท่า ครับ.khǎawng phǒm mâi nûm thâo khráp.Mine isn't as soft.
ที่ จำ ได้thîi jam dâaias I remembered: that, remember, can
นา ไม่ ใหญ่ เท่า ที่ จำ ได้.naa mâi yài thâo thîi jam dâai.The field isn't as big as I remembered.
เท่า เดิม. ป้า โต ขึ้น.thâo doem. pâa too khûen.The same size. You've grown, Auntie.
ไม่ เหนื่อย เท่า เมื่อวาน.mâi nùeai thâo mûea-waan.I'm not as tired as yesterday.
ไม่ มี ใคร หิว เท่า คน ดำนา.mâi mii khrai hǐu thâo khon dam-naa.Nobody is as hungry as a planter.
ไก่ ไม่ ใหญ่ เท่า ครับ.kài mâi yài thâo khráp.The chicken isn't as big.
แต่ อร่อย กว่า สอง เท่า.tàe à-ràwy kwàa sǎawng thâo.But it's twice as good.