Skip to content
fluentbyear
🇹🇭 Thai · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dad at the Yard

Master Wichai's yard on Khlong Bang Luang, Jack's father holding a Thai adze: this yard has been here since my father's time; how many years have you been building boats? forty years now, since I was a boy; Dad did it for thirty years; tell your father to try the adze; Dad says that it's better than his own; from today your father is the yard's guest; can he come every day? for so long now, and since.

Audio instruction: English

Report a problem with this lesson

This lesson needs a subscription.

The first 2 lessons of each level are free. One subscription unlocks every other lesson, in the app and on the website.

See the plans

Already subscribed? Sign in. Or listen to lesson 1 for free.

THE STORY

Master Wichai's boatyard on Khlong Bang Luang on a Monday morning in November, teak shavings underfoot: Jack keeps the polite word with Master Wichai and calls him master; Master Wichai speaks to Jack plainly; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.

Flashcards

The words and phrases of this lesson, one card each. Best after you’ve listened.

Create your account.

Create a free account and confirm your email to keep the cards you like and the decks you make.

Already have an account? Sign in

Words and phrases

The lesson is for your ears. Open this afterwards, to see what you learned.
อู่ นี้ มี มา ตั้งแต่ สมัย พ่อ.ùu níi mii maa tâng-tàe sà-mǎi phâw.This yard has been here since my father's time.
ช่าง ต่อ เรือ มา กี่ ปี ครับ?châang tàw ruuea maa kìi pii khráp?How many years have you been building boats?
ต่อ มา สี่ สิบ ปี แล้วtàw maa sìi sìp pii láeohave been building for forty years now: build, come, forty years, already
ต่อ มา สี่ สิบ ปี แล้ว, ตั้งแต่ เด็ก.tàw maa sìi sìp pii láeo, tâng-tàe dèk.Forty years now, since I was a boy.
พ่อ ทำ มา สาม สิบ ปี ครับ.phâw tham maa sǎam sìp pii khráp.Dad did it for thirty years.
บอก พ่อ ว่า ลอง ขวาน สิ.bàawk phâw wâa lawng khwǎan sì.Tell your father to try the adze.
พ่อ บอก ว่า ดี กว่า ของ พ่อ ครับ.phâw bàawk wâa dii kwàa khǎawng phâw khráp.Dad says that it's better than his own.
ตั้งแต่ วันนี้ พ่อ เป็น แขก ของ อู่.tâng-tàe wan-níi phâw pen khàek khǎawng ùu.From today your father is the yard's guest.
มา ทุก วัน ได้ ไหม ครับ?maa thúk wan dâai mǎi khráp?Can he come every day?