Level 7 · Beginner (A1)

Hugo’s week

สัปดาห์ของฮิวโก้

Work, market, Thai class, restaurant… and a Sunday spent entirely asleep. Som approves.

Level
7
Stage
Beginner, A1
Theme
Daily life
Length
10 pages, about 10 min
New words
9
Cover of the Thai story "Hugo’s week"

The first line

วันอังคารฮิวโก้ทำงานที่ร้านกาแฟ

On Tuesday, Hugo works at a café.

The full story, with audio and a translation for every sentence, is in the app.

Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "Hugo’s week"
Page 1
Illustration from page 6 of the Thai story "Hugo’s week"
Page 6

New words in this story

This story introduces 9 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
ร้าน ráan shop, stall
วันพฤหัส wan-pá-rʉ́-hàt Thursday
วันศุกร์ wan-sùk Friday
วันเสาร์ wan-sǎo Saturday
ว่าง wâang free, available
ดี dii good
วันอาทิตย์ wan-aa-tít Sunday
ทั้งวัน táng-wan all day
มัน man it (an animal, a thing)

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