Level 7 · Beginner (A1)

Monday morning

เช้าวันจันทร์

Hugo starts Thai lessons with Kru May. Today’s topic: the days of the week.

Level
7
Stage
Beginner, A1
Theme
Daily life
Length
10 pages, about 11 min
New words
12
Cover of the Thai story "Monday morning"

The first line

วันนี้วันจันทร์ ฮิวโก้อยู่ที่บ้าน

Today is Monday. Hugo is at home.

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

Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "Monday morning"
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Illustration from page 6 of the Thai story "Monday morning"
Page 6

New words in this story

This story introduces 12 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
วันจันทร์ wan-jan Monday
ตื่น dtʉ̀ʉn to wake up
ก็ gɔ̂ɔ so, then, also (links two ideas)
เหนื่อย nʉ̀ai tired
เขา kǎo he, she (third person)
เรียน rian to study, to learn
ภาษาไทย paa-sǎa-tai Thai (the language)
ครูเมย์ kruu-mee Kru May (the teacher)
วันอังคาร wan-ang-kaan Tuesday
วันพุธ wan-pút Wednesday
ยาก yâak difficult, hard
ครู kruu teacher

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