Level 25 · Advanced (B1)

Karaoke night

คืนคาราโอเกะ

Nok takes the whole gang to karaoke: whoever doesn’t sing can’t go home. Lek sings terribly and scores a hundred. Then it’s Hugo’s turn, with a Thai song he knows by heart, and a score that makes no sense.

Level
25
Stage
Advanced, B1
Theme
Music
Length
13 pages, about 14 min
New words
11
Cover of the Thai story "Karaoke night"

The first line

คืนวันเสาร์ นกพาทุกคนไปร้องคาราโอเกะ

On Saturday night, Nok takes everyone to sing karaoke.

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Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "Karaoke night"
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Illustration from page 7 of the Thai story "Karaoke night"
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New words in this story

This story introduces 11 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
พา paa to take along, to bring (someone)
ร้อง rɔ́ɔng to sing (a song), to cry out
คาราโอเกะ kaa-raa-oo-gè karaoke
ใคร krai who?
จบ jòp to end, to graduate
คะแนน ká-nɛɛn score, mark, grade
เต็ม dtem full
ตอนที่ dtɔɔn-tîi when, at the time when (+ clause)
ตื่นเต้น dtʉ̀ʉn-dtên excited, nervous
หน้าจอ nâa-jɔɔ screen
ปรบมือ bpròp-mʉʉ to clap

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