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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Call to Seattle

The pier at dusk in April, Jack's parents on the phone and Jack relaying to Nam: Mom asks whether November is hot; hot, but at night the river is cool; Mom asks whether Aunt Oy will like them; as long as they eat well, that's enough; if it weren't for you, I'd have gone home by now; if it weren't for Jack, I'd paint for free; say it in Thai; welcome, both of you: if it weren't for, and the level's ifs.

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THE STORY

The pier at Bang Rak at dusk in April before Songkran, a phone on the bench: Jack and Nam speak as friends, she says the woman's I, he says his; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.

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แม่ ถาม ว่า พฤศจิกายน ร้อน ไหม.mâe thǎam wâa phrúet-sà-jì-kaa-yon ráwn mǎi.Mom asks whether November is hot.
ร้อน. แต่ กลางคืน แม่น้ำ เย็น นะ.ráwn. tàe klaang-khuuen mâe-náam yen ná.Hot. But at night the river is cool.
แม่ ถาม ว่า ป้า จะ ชอบ ไหม.mâe thǎam wâa pâa jà châawp mǎi.Mom asks whether Aunt Oy will like them.
ขอ แค่ กิน เก่ง ก็ พอ.khǎaw khâe kin kèng kâw phaw.As long as they eat well, that's enough.
ถ้า ไม่ มีthâa mâi miiif it weren't for: if, not, have
ถ้า ไม่ มี น้ำ ก็ คง กลับ แล้ว.thâa mâi mii náam kâw khong klàp láeo.If it weren't for you, I'd have gone home by now.
ถ้า ไม่ ใช่ เพราะ แจ็ค ก็ วาด ฟรี.thâa mâi châi phráw jaek kâw wâat frii.If it weren't for Jack, I'd paint for free.
บอก เป็น ภาษา ไทย สิ.bàawk pen phaa-sǎa thai sì.Say it in Thai.
ยินดี ต้อนรับ ครับ, ทั้ง สอง คน.yin-dii tâawn-ráp khráp, tháng sǎawng khon.Welcome, both of you.