Level 18 · Intermediate (A2)

The elephant

ช้าง

A day at an elephant sanctuary. Hugo feeds a fifty-year-old elephant a banana and watches her go for a swim.

Level
18
Stage
Intermediate, A2
Theme
Animals
Length
12 pages, about 15 min
New words
4
Cover of the Thai story "The elephant"

The first line

วันหยุด ทุกคนนั่งรถสามชั่วโมงไปดูช้าง

On the holiday, everyone rides three hours by car to go see the elephants.

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Illustration from page 7 of the Thai story "The elephant"
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New words in this story

This story introduces 4 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
ช้าง cháang elephant
ป่า bpàa forest, jungle
กล้วย glûai banana
เหมือน mʉ̌an like, the same as

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