Level 26 · Advanced (B1)

The vegetarian festival

เทศกาลกินเจ

The soi is covered in yellow flags: it’s the vegetarian festival. Mali and Nok eat jay for nine days, dressed all in white, and Hugo, who eats Yai’s pork rice soup every day, decides to join them. Soy chicken, soy shrimp… he holds out. Almost.

Level
26
Stage
Advanced, B1
Theme
Festivals
Length
13 pages, about 14 min
New words
9
Cover of the Thai story "The vegetarian festival"

The first line

ซอยมีธงสีเหลืองเต็มไปหมด เพราะเป็นเทศกาลกินเจ

The soi is full of yellow flags, because it’s the vegetarian festival.

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New words in this story

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

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
ธง tong flag
เทศกาล têet-sà-gaan festival
เจ jee jay: vegan food of the vegetarian festival, vegan
ทั้ง táng both (ทั้ง A และ B), all, the whole
เก้า gâao nine
สีขาว sǐi-kǎao white
เนื้อ nʉ́a beef, meat
ถั่วเหลือง tùa-lʉ̌ang soy, soybean
สั่ง sàng to order

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