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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Trays

The house behind the pier the week before the wedding, Grandma and Aunt Oy teaching Jack the procession trays: Jack, you carry the sweets tray; both hands, never put it on the ground; and if my arm hurts? then it hurts, don't put it down; you must walk behind Uncle Chai; when they shut the gate, you must smile; must I pay? you must, but don't pay a lot: must, don't and never.

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THE STORY

The family's house behind the pier in Bang Rak, an evening the week before the wedding: Grandma speaks plainly, Aunt Oy speaks to Jack by name without the particle, Jack keeps the polite word and calls them Grandma and Aunt Oy.

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แจ็ค ถือ พาน ขนม นะ.jaek thǔue phaan khà-nǒm ná.Jack, you carry the sweets tray.
ห้าม วาง พื้น เด็ดขาดhâam waang phúuen dèt-khàatnever put it on the ground: the forbidding word, put down, ground, absolutely
สอง มือ. ห้าม วาง พื้น เด็ดขาด.sǎawng muue. hâam waang phúuen dèt-khàat.Both hands. Never put it on the ground.
ถ้า แขน เจ็บ ล่ะ ครับ?thâa khǎaen jèp lâ khráp?And if my arm hurts?
เจ็บ ก็ เจ็บ. อย่า วาง นะ.jèp kâw jèp. yàa waang ná.Then it hurts. Don't put it down.
ต้อง เดิน หลัง ลุง ชัย นะ.tâwng doen lǎng lung chai ná.You must walk behind Uncle Chai.
ตอน ปิด ประตู ต้อง ยิ้ม นะ.taawn pìt prà-tuu tâwng yím ná.When they shut the gate, you must smile.
ต้อง จ่าย ไหม ครับ?tâwng jàai mǎi khráp?Must I pay?
ต้อง. แต่ อย่า จ่าย เยอะ นะ.tâwng. tàae yàa jàai yóe ná.You must. But don't pay a lot.