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🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Nui's Corner

The mouth of the soi, Jack's father about to ride on the back of Nui's motorbike to the main road: I heard that your father's here; Pi Nui, go slowly please; I've heard that America has no motorbikes; Dad says that he used to have one; people say that American houses are big; Dad says that's half true; tell him this bike has carried a fridge; Dad says that now he believes it: I've heard that, and people say that.

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THE STORY

The mouth of the soi off Charoen Krung on a Sunday morning in November, Nui's motorbike at the kerb: Nui and Jack say the polite word to each other and Jack calls him Pi Nui; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.

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ได้ยิน ว่า พ่อ แจ็ค มา แล้ว ครับ.dâai-yin wâa phâw jaek maa láeo khráp.I heard that your father's here.
พี่ นุ้ย, ไป ช้า ช้า นะ ครับ.phîi núi, pai cháa cháa ná khráp.Pi Nui, go slowly please.
ได้ยิน มา ว่า อเมริกา ไม่ มี มอเตอร์ไซค์.dâai-yin maa wâa à-mee-rí-kaa mâi mii maw-toe-sai.I've heard that America has no motorbikes.
พ่อ บอก ว่า เคย มี ครับ.phâw bàawk wâa khoei mii khráp.Dad says that he used to have one.
เขา ว่า กัน ว่าkhǎo wâa kan wâapeople say that: they, say, together, that
เขา ว่า กัน ว่า บ้าน อเมริกา ใหญ่.khǎo wâa kan wâa bâan à-mee-rí-kaa yài.People say that American houses are big.
พ่อ บอก ว่า จริง ครึ่ง เดียว ครับ.phâw bàawk wâa jing khrûeng diao khráp.Dad says that's half true.
บอก ว่า คัน นี้ เคย ขน ตู้เย็น ครับ.bàawk wâa khan níi khoei khǒn tûu-yen khráp.Tell him this bike has carried a fridge.
พ่อ บอก ว่า ตอนนี้ เชื่อ แล้ว ครับ.phâw bàawk wâa tawn-níi chûuea láeo khráp.Dad says that now he believes it.