Follow On Lesson 1 – Quiet Please
Follow on lesson 1 QUIET PLEASE
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เขต | area – also used to mean district in Bangkok | low, sad |
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โรงพยาบาล | hospital | |
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โรง | building (as a prefix to mean an indoor enclosure) | no tone |
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พยาบาล | nurse | no tone |
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ห้าม | forbidden (i.e. “don’t…”) | emphatic |
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ใช้ | use | uncertain |
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เสียง | sound, noise, voice | question |
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ใช้เสียง | “make a noise” |
What?
คนที่อยู่ในอุบัติเหตุกำลังทำอะไร [คน|ที่|อยู่|ใน|อุบัติเหตุ|กำลัง|ทำ|อะไร]
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คน | person | no tone |
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ที่ | that/which/who, location (in space, or time) | emphatic |
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อยู่ | (being), live/reside | low, sad |
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ใน | in | no tone |
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อุบัติเหตุ | accident [the ‘hook’ vowel at the end isn’t pronounced] | all low |
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กำลัง | in the process of… (-ing), power | no tone |
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ทำ | do (so กำลังทำ = doing) | no tone |
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อะไร | what | low – no tone |
Did you get the tones? And can you understand this sentence? Scroll down to check…
What are the people in the accident doing?
“people that/who [are] in accident doing what”
This is a useful pattern to remember: … กำลังทำอะไร
”… doing what?” or “What is … doing?”
คุณนกกำลังทำอะไร – What is Nok doing?
ตำรวจกำลังทำอะไร – What is the policeman doing?
วันนี้พี่กำลังจะทำอะไร – What will you [older person / colleague] be doing today?