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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Boat Noodles

A riverside noodle stall in Pathum Thani, Aunt Oy ordering for nine: welcome, pork or beef; Mom says that she can't manage spicy; Jack's mom's with no chilli at all; sure, and your father; Jack's dad has pork, a little spicy; Dad asks whether he may taste it; one spoon, and if he can't manage there's tea; Dad says that he can't manage any more: can't manage, and ordering without.

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THE STORY

A wooden pier and a noodle stall on the river at Pathum Thani, the two families at one long table: Jack keeps the polite word with Aunt Oy and the vendor; Aunt Oy orders for everyone and speaks to Jack by name; the vendor speaks as a woman.

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เชิญ ค่ะ. หมู หรือ เนื้อ คะ?choen khâ. mǔu rǔue núuea khá?Welcome. Pork or beef?
เผ็ด ไม่ ไหวphèt mâi wǎican't manage spicy: spicy, not, bear it
แม่ บอก ว่า เผ็ด ไม่ ไหว ครับ.mâe bàawk wâa phèt mâi wǎi khráp.Mom says that she can't manage spicy.
ของ แม่ แจ็ค ไม่ ใส่ พริก เลย.khǎawng mâe jaek mâi sài phrík loei.Jack's mom's with no chilli at all.
ได้ ค่ะ. แล้ว คุณ พ่อ ล่ะ คะ?dâai khâ. láaeo khun phâaw lâ khá?Sure. And your father?
พ่อ แจ็ค เอา หมู, เผ็ด นิด หน่อย.phâaw jaek ao mǔu, phèt nít nàwy.Jack's dad has pork, a little spicy.
พ่อ ถาม ว่า ชิม ได้ ไหม ครับ.phâaw thǎam wâa chim dâai mǎi khráp.Dad asks whether he may taste it.
ช้อน เดียว. ไม่ ไหว ก็ มี ชา.cháawn diao. mâi wǎi kâw mii chaa.One spoon. If he can't manage, there's tea.
พ่อ บอก ว่า ไม่ ไหว แล้ว ครับ.phâaw bàawk wâa mâi wǎi láaeo khráp.Dad says that he can't manage any more.