Learn how to count to ten
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Thai Survival Phrases brought to you by ThaiPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Thailand. You will be surprised at how far a little Thai will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com, and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| This lesson is very straightforward, as we're going to cover counting 0 through 10. Let's jump right in. |
| "One" - nùeng |
| "Two" - sǎawng |
| "three" - sǎam |
| "four" - sìi |
| "five" - hâa |
| "six" - hòk |
| "seven" - jèt |
| "eight" - bpàaet |
| "nine" - gâao |
| "10" - sìp |
| Counting in Thai is not complicated, as Thai has no singular or plural forms. But don't get too happy because there is some difficulty in counting in Thai too. Unlike English, we use a pronoun in representing an object when counting instead of a noun. To make it easy for you to understand, I'll give you some example. |
| The word for "car" is rót. |
| rót |
| However, to say "one car" in Thai is nùeng khan. |
| nùeng khan |
| Let's hear this one more time, slowly: nùeng khan |
| nùeng khan |
| The first word, nùeng, which means "one," is followed by khan, which is a pronoun for "car." Therefore, nùeng khan means "one car." |
| In some cases, noun and pronoun is the same word. For example, both noun and pronoun for "person" is khon. |
| khon |
| To say "one person" in Thai is nùeng khon. |
| nùeng khon |
| Let's hear this one more time: nùeng khon |
| Thai has particular pronouns for each of every object. And to make your life easier, I'm going to teach you a few more pronouns that you will find very useful. |
| To say "two items," is sǎawng an |
| sǎawng an |
| Let's hear this one more time: sǎawng an |
| sǎawng an |
| The first word, sǎawng, mean "two," followed by an, which is the pronoun of the items. Therefore, sǎawng an means "two items." |
| Another useful pronouns is "dish." To say "three dishes" is sǎam jaan. |
| sǎam jaan |
| Let's hear this one more time: sǎam jaan |
| sǎam jaan |
Outro |
| Okay. To close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase, and you are responsible of saying it loud. You will have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chôok-dii khâ, that mean "good luck" in Thai. |
| Remember, khâ is for women, and khráp is for men. Okay. Here we go. |
| Let’s count from one to 10 in Thai. |
| nùeng |
| sǎawng |
| sǎam |
| sìi |
| hâa |
| hòk |
| jèt |
| bpàaet |
| gâao |
| sìp |
| “One car” - nùeng khan |
| nùeng khan |
| nùeng khan |
| “One person” - nùeng khon |
| nùeng khon |
| nùeng khon |
| “Two items” - sǎawng an |
| sǎawng an |
| sǎawng an |
| “Three dishes” - sǎam jaan |
| sǎam jaan |
| sǎam jaan |
| All right. That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ThaiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Comments
HideHello Erik,
Thank you very much for your comment and question. Yes, we have lessons on the written symbols for the Thai numbers, which is call Thai alphabet made easy lesson: https://www.thaipod101.com/index.php?cat=38
Arabic numbers is common in Thailand. Hope that’s help.Please let me know if you have any future questions. I will be glad to help. We wish you have a good progress with your Thai. :)
Have a nice day.
Parisa
Team ThaiPod101.com
This is a very helpful lesson for pronunciation of numbers, and introduction to classifiers. I am curious if you have lessons on the written symbols for the Thai numbers? Also I would assume a lot more classifiers are introduced in future lessons and higher levels? Are the Arabic numbers also common in Thailand? Thank you for reading my comment and answering my questions.
Hello Pablo,
Hope you are doing well. For your question, " I want to buy 2 cars" in Thai would be "súue rót saawng kan kráp/kâ". You can also say "súue / ao saawng kan kráp/kâ" incase you and the person you communicate with know what you both are talking about. Hope that help.
Have a nice day.
Parisa
Team ThaiPod101.com
Hello Parisa
When I want to say car I say Rót but if you need to say 1 car or 2 cars you say khan, I understand according to what you say it that if I want to buy 2 cars that would be ao sawng khan or ao rot sawng khan.
Why is the classifier in this case replacing the object that would be rot?
kawp khun krap
Pablo
Hello Nuno,
We pronounce "p" and "t" in these words "bpen phûut" but it not as strong as in English. bp sound is pronounce between b and p. Hope that help.
Have a great day.
Parisa
Team ThaiPod101.com
Hello Nuno,
We speak "nùeng khan rót" mean you carry something full on the back of your truck.
Have a nice day.
Parisa
Team ThaiPod101.com
bpen
phûut
In the first word you don't pronounce the 'p' and in the second you don't pronounce the 't'.
What's the point of having them?
Thks.
Is it possible to say
'nùeng khan rót' - one car
Hello Mikihail,
Thank you very much for your comment. Yes, "555" for Thai people means like "lol" for English speaking people.
Have a nice day.
Parisa
Team ThaiPod101.com
I got a text message from a Thai friend. She ended it with 555. I had to look up the meaning. I told her it's a lot better than LOL!
Hi Samatha,
You're welcome. We're glad you enjoy the lesson and find it interesting. :)
Have a good day.
Parisa
Team Thaipod101.com
very interesting thank you for this