JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 6; Lesson-9(C+F); The Kha River and Mita’s Experience

The Tha Kha floating market is more traditional with a few tourists visiting than other floating markets.

āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āĻŽāϏāĻš āĻĨāĻž āĻ–āĻž āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āϤāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€āĨ¤

Originally, the Tha Kha floating market used to sit only six or seven days a month depending on the phase of the moon.

āφāĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻž āĻ–āĻž āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ›ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻžāϤāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧋āĨ¤

Nowadays, the trade takes place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays too. The main buyers here are the Tha Kha natives.

āφāϜāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ“ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āϚāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĻž āĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϕ⧇-āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻĨāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āϰāĻžāĨ¤

People seem to know each other very well. Everyone was seen smiling and calling each other by name.

āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻšā§‡āύ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϗ⧇āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϕ⧇-āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϛ⧇āĨ¤

The locate did not notice Mita and others much. They were all busy buying and selling. They passed an hour and a half at the market and enjoyed the business.

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§ŸāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āϤ⧇āĻŽāύ āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§œ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϚāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤

Then all of them were hungry. They rowed near the boat of an elderly woman, who was selling food.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒ⧜āϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύ⧌āĻ•āĻž āĻŦā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦ⧟āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

She welcomed them with a smile and showed them the foods. They bought the traditional and very popular food called ‘Pad Thai’, a kind of noodles with shrimps, tomato and some vegetables, with freshly roasted crushed peanut.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āĻ“ āϐāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞāĨ¤āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ “āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻĨāĻžāχ”- āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻĻāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ‚ā§œāĻŋ, āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻŸā§‹, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļāĻžāĻ•āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āĻ“ āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāϜāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽ-āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āύ⧁āĻĄā§āϞāϏāĨ¤

The food was served in a bowl made from banana leaf. After Pad Thai, they ate ‘Kanom Krok’. It is a coconut pancake which is very sweet.

āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻž āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻĨāĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ‘āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻ•”āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ­āĻžāϜāĻž āύāĻžāϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻž-āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĨ¤

The Tha Kha people are simple and easy going. They are very friendly and polite. They do not understand English or any other language.

āĻĨāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āϰ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ“ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ“ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻā§‡ āύāĻžāĨ¤

Yet they have a way to communicate with Mita and others. Mita was delighted to see a traditional Thai floating market. She took a lot of pictures with the elderly sellers. (246 words)

āϤāϰ⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ-āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻĨāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āĻŦ⧟āĻ¸ā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϤ⧁āϞāϞ⧋āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
Vocabulary

01.  Traditional (adj)

02.  Tourist (n)

03.  Trade (n)

04.  Take place (v)

05.  Main (adj)

06.  People (n)

07.  Everyone (pro)

08.  Smiling (adj)

09.  Notice (v)

10.  Busy (adj)

11.  Passed (v)

12.  Enjoyed (v)

13.  Business (n)

14.  Hungry (adj)

15.  Welcomed (v)

16.  Showed (v)

17.  Bought (v)

18.  Popular (adj)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϏāĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ

ā§Ļā§§. āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€

ā§Ļ⧍. āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϚāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ē. āϘāϟāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ, āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ

ā§Ļā§­. āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϕ⧇

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāϤ

ā§Ļ⧝. āϞāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāϜāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ

ā§§ā§§. āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϞ⧋

⧧⧍. āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ

ā§§ā§Š. āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž, āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻž

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧋

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ

ā§§ā§­. āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ

ā§§ā§Ž. āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟