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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Night Train

Khon Kaen station at eight at night, the ticket window, the platform announcement and the attendant of the sleeper: four sleeper tickets, please; the train to Bangkok departs from platform one; as soon as we're on, we eat; as soon as the train leaves, I make the beds; as soon as Jack lies down, he snores; as soon as we arrive, wake me; as soon as we arrive, there's tea; as soon as there's tea, Jack's awake: as soon as, then.

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THE STORY

Khon Kaen station at eight at night, the family with bags of sticky rice for Bangkok, the sleeper to the capital at nine: the clerk and the attendant say the polite word, the announcer speaks formal Thai, Nam and Jack speak as friends and say the polite word to the attendant.

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ขอ ตั๋ว นอน สี่ ใบ ครับ.khǎaw tǔa naawn sìi bai khráp.Four sleeper tickets, please.
รถไฟ ไป กรุงเทพ ออก ชานชาลา ที่ หนึ่ง.rót-fai pai krung-thêep àawk chaan-chaa-laa thîi nùeng.The train to Bangkok departs from platform one.
พอ ขึ้น ก็ กิน เลย นะ.phaw khûen kâw kin loei ná.As soon as we're on, we eat.
พอ รถไฟ ออก ก็phaw rót-fai àawk kâwas soon as the train leaves, then: the little word for as soon as, train, leave, then
พอ รถไฟ ออก ก็ ปู เตียง ครับ.phaw rót-fai àawk kâw puu tiang khráp.As soon as the train leaves, I make the beds.
พอ แจ็ค นอน ก็ กรน ค่ะ.phaw jaek naawn kâw kron khâ.As soon as Jack lies down, he snores.
พอ ถึง ก็ ปลุก นะ ครับ.phaw thǔeng kâw plùk ná khráp.As soon as we arrive, wake me.
พอ ถึง ก็ มี ชา ครับ.phaw thǔeng kâw mii chaa khráp.As soon as we arrive, there's tea.
พอ มี ชา แจ็ค ก็ ตื่น ค่ะ.phaw mii chaa jaek kâw tùuen khâ.As soon as there's tea, Jack's awake.