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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Suit

A tailor's on Charoen Krung, Tee in the jacket, Jack along, Bee on the phone: this jacket, the shoulders are too wide; if only they were narrower; the trousers, narrow leg or straight? straight, if only they were longer; if only Seattle had one like this; if only you had one made too; if only it were ready by Friday; yes, Friday, five in the evening: if only, two ways.

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THE STORY

A tailor's shop on Charoen Krung, a few sois from the pier, a January afternoon, Bee on the phone: the tailor and his customers keep the polite word with each other, Tee and Jack speak as friends between themselves.

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เสื้อ นี้ ไหล่ กว้าง ไป ครับ.sûuea níi lài kwâang pai khráp.This jacket: the shoulders are too wide.
แคบ กว่า นี้khâaep kwàa níinarrower than this: narrow, the word for than, this
ถ้า แคบ กว่า นี้ ก็ ดี.thâa khâaep kwàa níi kâw dii.If only they were narrower.
กางเกง ขา แคบ หรือ ตรง ครับ?kaang-keeng khǎa khâaep rǔue trong khráp?The trousers: narrow leg or straight?
ตรง ครับ. น่า จะ ยาว กว่า นี้.trong khráp. nâa jà yaao kwàa níi.Straight. If only they were longer.
ถ้า ซีแอตเทิล มี แบบ นี้ ก็ ดี.thâa sii-àet-thoen mii bàaep níi kâw dii.If only Seattle had one like this.
ถ้า คุณ ตัด ด้วย ก็ ดี ครับ.thâa khun tàt dûay kâw dii khráp.If only you had one made too.
ถ้า เสร็จ วัน ศุกร์ ก็ ดี ครับ.thâa sèt wan sùk kâw dii khráp.If only it were ready by Friday.
ได้ ครับ. ศุกร์ ห้า โมง เย็น.dâai khráp. sùk hâa moong yen.Yes. Friday, five in the evening.