Level 9 · Beginner (A1)

The skytrain

นั่งรถไฟฟ้า

Hugo takes the skytrain into the city alone for the first time. Getting there is easy. Getting out of Siam station is another matter.

Level
9
Stage
Beginner, A1
Theme
Travel
Length
12 pages, about 13 min
New words
16
Cover of the Thai story "The skytrain"

The first line

วันนี้ ฮิวโก้ขึ้นรถไฟฟ้าไปสยาม

Today, Hugo takes the skytrain to Siam.

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

Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "The skytrain"
Page 1
Illustration from page 7 of the Thai story "The skytrain"
Page 7

New words in this story

This story introduces 16 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
ขึ้น kʉ̂n to get on (a vehicle), to go up
รถไฟฟ้า rót-fai-fáa skytrain (BTS)
สยาม sà-yǎam Siam (a central Bangkok district)
ตั๋ว dtǔa ticket
สี่สิบ sìi-sìp forty
เร็ว reo fast, quick
รถติด rót-dtìt traffic jam
กรุงเทพ grung-têep Bangkok
ลง long to get off (a vehicle), to go down
สถานี sà-tǎa-nii station
หลงทาง lǒng-taang to be lost
ถาม tǎam to ask

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