Level 7 · Beginner (A1)

Yai’s day off

วันหยุดของยาย

Six days a week Yai is up before dawn. On Sunday, she reads. Or she would, if Som let her.

Level
7
Stage
Beginner, A1
Theme
Family
Length
10 pages, about 10 min
New words
4
Cover of the Thai story "Yai’s day off"

The first line

ยายตื่นตอนเช้าทุกวัน เพราะขายข้าวต้ม

Yai wakes up early every day, because she sells khao tom.

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New words in this story

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

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
หยุด yùt to stop, to have a day off
อ่าน àan to read
หนังสือ nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ book
ตอนเย็น dtɔɔn-yen in the evening

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