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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Gold

A gold shop in Yaowarat, Tee and Jack at the counter for the gold the groom's family brings: welcome, what kind of gold are you looking for? wedding gold, two baht; a necklace and a bracelet? yes, we can't do without the necklace; how do you know, Tee? without Nam, I'd buy a watch; in Yaowarat you must bargain; no discount, no sale: without this, no that.

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THE STORY

A gold shop on Yaowarat Road in Chinatown, a January afternoon: the woman at the counter and the two men keep the polite word with each other, Tee and Jack speak as friends between themselves.

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เชิญ ค่ะ. หา ทอง แบบ ไหน คะ?choen khâ. hǎa thaawng bàaep nǎi khá?Welcome. What kind of gold are you looking for?
ทอง แต่งงาน ครับ. สอง บาท.thaawng tàaeng-ngaan khráp. sǎawng bàat.Wedding gold. Two baht.
สร้อย กับ กำไล ไหม คะ?sâwy kàp kam-lai mǎi khá?A necklace and a bracelet?
ขาด สร้อย ไม่ ได้khàat sâwy mâi dâaican't do without the necklace: lack, necklace, not, can
ครับ. ขาด สร้อย ไม่ ได้.khráp. khàat sâwy mâi dâai.Yes. We can't do without the necklace.
ตี๋ รู้ ได้ ยังไง?tǐi rúu dâai yang-ngai?How do you know, Tee?
ไม่ มี น้ำ ก็ ซื้อ นาฬิกา.mâi mii náam kâw súue naa-lí-kaa.Without Nam, I'd buy a watch.
ที่ เยาวราช ต้อง ต่อ ราคา ค่ะ.thîi yao-wá-râat tâwng tàw raa-khaa khâ.In Yaowarat you must bargain.
ไม่ ลด ก็ ไม่ ซื้อ ครับ.mâi lót kâw mâi súue khráp.No discount, no sale.