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INTRODUCTION
Ohm: สวัสดีครับ
Ja: Hello, and welcome back to ThaiPod101.com. This is Lower Beginner, Season 1, Lesson 23 - Trying Some Japanese Food...in Thailand. I'm Ja.
Ohm: And I'm Ohm. What are we going to learn in this lesson?
Ja: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to express the ideas of "first" and "last".
Ohm: This conversation takes place at a shopping mall in Bangkok.
Ja: And it’s between two friends, Nok and Dao.
Ohm: The speakers are friends, so they'll be using casual Thai.
Ja: Alright, let’s listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

นก : ทำไมห้างนี้มีแต่อาหารญี่ปุ่น
ดาว : ไม่รู้สิ ฉันก็เพิ่งมาห้างนี้ครั้งแรก
นก : แล้วเราจะกินร้านไหนดี
ดาว : ร้านสุดท้ายมั้ย อาหารน่าอร่อย มีไอติมรสชาเขียวด้วย
นก : ดีเลย ฉันจะได้กินไอติมชาเขียวเป็นครั้งแรก
Ja: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly.
นก : ทำไมห้างนี้มีแต่อาหารญี่ปุ่น
ดาว : ไม่รู้สิ ฉันก็เพิ่งมาห้างนี้ครั้งแรก
นก : แล้วเราจะกินร้านไหนดี
ดาว : ร้านสุดท้ายมั้ย อาหารน่าอร่อย มีไอติมรสชาเขียวด้วย
นก : ดีเลย ฉันจะได้กินไอติมชาเขียวเป็นครั้งแรก
Ja: Now let’s hear it with the English translation.
นก : ทำไมห้างนี้มีแต่อาหารญี่ปุ่น
Ja: Why does this mall have only Japanese food?
ดาว : ไม่รู้สิ ฉันก็เพิ่งมาห้างนี้ครั้งแรก
Ja: I don't know. This is the first time I've come to this mall too.
นก : แล้วเราจะกินร้านไหนดี
Ja: Well, which restaurant should we eat at?
ดาว : ร้านสุดท้ายมั้ย อาหารน่าอร่อย มีไอติมรสชาเขียวด้วย
Ja: The last one? The food looks delicious. And they have green tea ice cream too.
นก : ดีเลย ฉันจะได้กินไอติมชาเขียวเป็นครั้งแรก
Ja: Great! It’ll be my first time eating green tea ice-cream!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Ja: Japanese food seems to be gaining a lot of popularity in Thailand these days.
Ohm: I know!. Some malls have more Japanese restaurants than Thai ones!
Ja: But you don't even have to go to a fancy restaurant at the mall. There are many food carts that sell sushi these days.
Ohm: Right. Sushi from a street market is usually very cheap. It only costs around 5 baht.
Ja: Yes, but I’d be careful if you’re eating cheap sushi.... It’s usually cheap for a reason.
Ohm: Good point. Even though street sushi is cheap, I still prefer going to an all-you-can eat sushi buffet.
Ja: Yes, most are less than $10, which is a great deal if you compare it to sushi prices in other countries.
Ohm: It sure is! Now let’s move on to the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Ja: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we’ll look at is:
Ohm: ห้าง [natural native speed]
Ja: shopping mall, department store
Ohm: ห้าง [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: ห้าง [natural native speed]
Ja: Next:
Ohm: อาหารญี่ปุ่น [natural native speed]
Ja: Japanese food
Ohm: อาหารญี่ปุ่น [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: อาหารญี่ปุ่น [natural native speed]
Ja: Next:
Ohm: ครั้งแรก [natural native speed]
Ja: first time
Ohm: ครั้งแรก [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: ครั้งแรก [natural native speed]
Ja: Next:
Ohm: ร้านไหน [natural native speed]
Ja: which shop
Ohm: ร้านไหน [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: ร้านไหน [natural native speed]
: Next:
Ohm: สุดท้าย [natural native speed]
Ja: last
Ohm: สุดท้าย [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: สุดท้าย [natural native speed]
Ja: Next:
Ohm: ไอติม [natural native speed]
Ja: ice cream
Ohm: ไอติม [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: ไอติม [natural native speed]
Ja: Next:
Ohm: รส [natural native speed]
Ja: flavor, taste
Ohm: รส [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: รส [natural native speed]
Ja: And Last:
Ohm: ชาเขียว [natural native speed]
Ja: green tea
Ohm: ชาเขียว [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Ohm: ชาเขียว [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Ja: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word we'll look at is...
Ohm: ห้าง
Ja: This is a noun that means "shopping mall" or "department store."
Ohm: That's right. ห้าง (hâang) is actually an abbreviation of the longer word ห้างสรรพสินค้า (hâang-sàp-phá-sǐn-kháa).
Ja: But since Thai speakers usually like to use shorter words in everyday speech, you'll hear the short version more often. For example...
Ohm: ฉันจะไปห้างตอนบ่าย (chǎn jà bpai hâang dtaawn-bàai).
Ja: "I'm going to the shopping mall in the afternoon." What's our next word?
Ohm: ไอติม
Ja: This is a noun meaning "ice cream." And of course, it's a loanword from English, with the pronunciation altered to fit Thai pronunciation.
Ohm: There's also an alternate version, which is ไอศกรีม (ai-sà-griim).
Ja: Is there any difference between how these two versions are used?
Ohm: ไอศกรีม (ai-sà-griim) is used mostly in writing, while ไอติม (ai-dtim) is used in regular speech. For example, a young girl might say...
คุณแม่คะ หนูอยากกินไอติม
khun-mâae khá, nǔu yàak gin ai-dtim
Ja: "Mom, I want to eat ice cream." OK, now what is our last vocabulary word?
Ohm: ชาเขียว
Ja: This is a noun that means "green tea."
Ohm: Right. It's made up of the noun ชา (chaa), meaning "tea", and the adjective เขียว (khǐiao), which means “green.”
Ja: Put them together, and you get “green tea.”
Ohm: In Thailand, ชาเขียว (chaa-khǐiao) usually refers to Japanese-style green tea or food items flavored with matcha green tea powder.
Ja: Green tea milkshakes are quite common in Thai coffee shops. What's the Thai word for those?
Ohm: A "green tea shake" would be ชาเขียวปั่น (chaa-khǐiao-bpàn).
Ja: Great. Okay, now onto the grammar.

Lesson focus

Ja: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to express the ideas "first" and "last."
Ohm: We can talk about "first" and "last" people, places, and things in Thai using the words แรก (râaek) for "first" and สุดท้าย (sùt-tháai) for "last."
Ja: To do so, we need to have a noun and its classifier, or a noun that can act as a classifier, followed by either of these terms. Classifiers are sometimes referred to as “counter words,” and you use them when you’re counting numbers of things.
Ohm: That's right. The general formula is...
noun + classifier + แรก (râaek) or สุดท้าย (sùt-tháai)
Ja: How about we illustrate the pattern using an example from the conversation.
Ohm: Sure thing. For example, ฉันก็เพิ่งมาห้างนี้ครั้งแรก (chǎn gâaw phôeng maa hâang níi khráng-râaek).
Ja: "This is the first time I've come to this mall too."
Ohm: The key words in this sentence are ครั้งแรก (khráng-râaek), meaning "the first time."
Ja: So we didn't have a noun and a classifier?
Ohm: In this case, ครั้ง (khráng) is both a noun and classifier for an "incident," "occasion," or "time." Whenever we need to talk about doing an action for the first time, we can use ครั้งแรก (khráng râaek).
Ja: Didn't we use this phrase a second time in the conversation?
Ohm: Yes, Nok said...
ฉันจะได้กินไอติมชาเขียวเป็นครั้งแรก
chǎn jà dâai gin ai-dtim chaa-khǐiao bpen khráng-râaek.
Ja: “It’ll be my first time eating green tea ice-cream!”. Now let’s have an example where we use both a noun and a classifier.
Ohm: OK, how about this sentence...
แฟนคนแรกของเขาชื่อเล็ก
faaen khon râaek khǎawng khǎo chûue lék.
Ja: "His first girlfriend's name was Lek."
Ohm: The key words in this sentence are แฟนคนแรก (faaen khon râaek), meaning "first girlfriend."
Ja: A "girlfriend" is a type of person, so we need to use the classifier for "people," which is...
Ohm: คน (khon).
Ja: How about one more example that uses a different classifier.
Ohm: Sure. I could say...
รถคันแรกของฉันเป็นรถฮอนด้า
rót khan râaek khǎawng chǎn bpen rót haawn-dâa.
Ja: "My first car was a Honda."
Ohm: Here, the key words are รถคันแรก (rót khan râaek), meaning "first car." รถ (rót) is the noun "car," and คัน (khan) is the classifier used for "cars".
Ja: OK, we've covered "first," now how about "last."
Ohm: It works the same. We just have to use สุดท้าย (sùt-tháai) instead of แรก (râaek). For example...
ร้านสุดท้ายมั้ย อาหารน่าอร่อย มีไอติมรสชาเขียวด้วย
ráan sùt-tháai mái. aa-hǎan nâa à-ràuy mii ai-dtim rót chaa-khǐiao dûuai.
Ja: "The last one? The food looks delicious. And they have green tea ice cream too."
Ohm: In this sentence, ร้าน (ráan) is being used as the classifier for "restaurant." So ร้านสุดท้าย (ráan sùt-tháai) would mean "the last restaurant."
Ja: OK, I think we've got it. Thanks!

Outro

Ohm: Well, it looks like that's all the time we have for this lesson.
Ja: Be sure to check out the lesson notes for more examples and explanations.
Ohm: Thanks for listening, and we'll see you in the next lesson.
Ja: See you next time, bye!
Ohm: แล้วเจอกันครับ สวัสดีครับ

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