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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tee's Advice

The pier at night, the last boat tied up, Tee and Bee with Jack: Tee, I want to ask Nam to marry me; ask her at Loy Krathong, on the river; don't let Mom know first; and Uncle Chai? the elders must go to ask, not you; let your father be the one who asks; the master is the one who speaks Thai; Dad says that he has to buy a new shirt: the one who.

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THE STORY

Tha Ruea Lung Chai at night in November, the last boat tied up, Tee and Bee on the bench with Jack: all three speak as friends, Bee says the woman's I; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.

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ตี๋, ผม อยาก ขอ น้ำ แต่งงาน.tǐi, phǒm yàak khǎaw náam tàeng-ngaan.Tee, I want to ask Nam to marry me.
ขอ วัน ลอยกระทง สิ, บน แม่น้ำ.khǎaw wan lawy-krà-thong sì, bon mâe-náam.Ask her at Loy Krathong, on the river.
อย่า ให้ แม่ รู้ ก่อน นะ.yàa hâi mâe rúu kàwn ná.Don't let Mom know first.
แล้ว ลุง ชัย ล่ะ?láeo lung chai lâ?And Uncle Chai?
ขอ ให้ โชค ดี นะ, แจ็ค.khǎaw hâi chôok dii ná, jaek.Good luck, Jack.
ผู้ใหญ่ ต้อง ไป ขอ, ไม่ ใช่ แจ็ค.phûu-yài tâwng pai khǎaw, mâi châi jaek.The elders must go to ask, not you.
เป็น คน ขอpen khon khǎawbe the one who asks: be, person, ask
ให้ พ่อ แจ็ค เป็น คน ขอ นะ.hâi phâw jaek pen khon khǎaw ná.Let your father be the one who asks.
ช่าง เป็น คน พูด ไทย นะ.châang pen khon phûut thai ná.The master is the one who speaks Thai.
พ่อ บอก ว่า ต้อง ซื้อ เสื้อ ใหม่.phâw bàawk wâa tâwng súue sûuea mài.Dad says that he has to buy a new shirt.