Level 5 · Starter (Complete beginner)

Mali’s family

ครอบครัวมะลิ

Hugo is invited next door and meets everyone at once. There are a lot of them.

Level
5
Stage
Starter, Complete beginner
Theme
Family
Length
9 pages, about 8 min
New words
8
Cover of the Thai story "Mali’s family"

The first line

ฮิวโก้ไปบ้านมะลิ มะลิมีครอบครัวใหญ่

Hugo goes to Mali’s house. Mali has a big family.

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

Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "Mali’s family"
Page 1
Illustration from page 5 of the Thai story "Mali’s family"
Page 5

New words in this story

This story introduces 8 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
ครอบครัว krɔ̂ɔp-krua family
พ่อ pɔ̂ɔ father, dad
แม่ mɛ̂ɛ mother, mum
น้อง nɔ́ɔng younger sibling
คน kon person (also the classifier for people)
ทำงาน tam-ngaan to work
ทำ tam to make, to do
อาหาร aa-hǎan food

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