PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Son-in-law to Be
The house behind the pier the same night, the sweets going round, the Reeds beside Jack: Uncle told me everything, son-in-law to be! If you allow it; I'm your mother-in-law now; Mom's crying, it must be a good word; come here, my grandson-in-law to be; two houses become one sheet of gold; Dad asks what he becomes; in-law to Uncle, free noodles: the word for to-be and the family words a wedding makes.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The family's wooden house behind the pier at Bang Rak on a Wednesday night in November: Jack keeps the polite word with Aunt Oy and Grandma and calls them aunt and grandma; Aunt Oy says aunt for I and calls Jack by name; Grandma speaks plainly and says grandma for I; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.
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