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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What the Flat Must Be

The mouth of the soi on a Sunday morning, Nui on his motorbike: what must the flat be like? it must be near the Skytrain at Wongwian Yai; and it must be quiet too; near the Skytrain and quiet? that's hard; it must have a kitchen and a balcony; the rent must be no more than nine thousand; my cousin has a room, eight thousand five hundred; then we must go and see it now: the Thai of it must be.

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THE STORY

The mouth of the soi off Charoen Krung on a Sunday morning in March, Nui on his motorbike: Jack and Tee say the polite word to Nui and call him older brother, Nui speaks plainly with the odd polite word, Tee and Jack speak as friends.

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ห้อง ต้อง เป็น ยังไง?hâawng tâwng pen yang-ngai?What must the flat be like?
ต้อง ใกล้ รถไฟฟ้า วงเวียนใหญ่ ครับ.tâwng klâi rót-fai-fáa wong-wian-yài khráp.It must be near the Skytrain at Wongwian Yai.
แล้ว ก็ ต้อง เงียบ ด้วย ครับ.láeo kâw tâwng ngîap dûay khráp.And it must be quiet too.
ใกล้ รถไฟฟ้า แล้ว เงียบ? ยาก นะ.klâi rót-fai-fáa láeo ngîap? yâak ná.Near the Skytrain and quiet? That's hard.
ต้อง มี ครัว กับ ระเบียง ครับ.tâwng mii khrua kàp rá-biang khráp.It must have a kitchen and a balcony.
ต้อง ไม่ เกินtâwng mâi koenmust not go over: must, not, exceed
ค่าเช่า ต้อง ไม่ เกิน เก้า พัน ครับ.khâa-châo tâwng mâi koen kâo phan khráp.The rent must be no more than nine thousand.
ญาติ ผม มี ห้อง. แปด พัน ห้า.yâat phǒm mii hâawng. pàet phan hâa.My cousin has a room. Eight thousand five hundred.
งั้น ต้อง ไป ดู ตอนนี้ ครับ.ngán tâwng pai duu taawn-níi khráp.Then we must go and see it now.