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Free thai lesson 47: 1....2....3.....action!!!


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Thai Numbers

Number

ð

ñ

ò

ó

ô

õ

ö

÷

ø

ù

ñð

Arabic Number

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

Thai counting system

The Thai counting system is similar to the western counting system. The general rule is that the leftmost digit is mentioned first, for example: For 12, it is the digit 10 followed by 2, hence "sìp-sŏrng". For 30, it is 3 times of the digit unit 10, hence "three ten" or "săhm -sìp".

But 20 is "yêe sìp" (not song-sip). Historically, yii mean 2 use for 20-29.it is old thai word.And 1 in the first digit (such as in 11, 21, etc..) is pronounced "et

Number

Reading

Meaning

0

sŏon

0

1

nèung

1

2

sŏrng

2

3

săhm

3

4

sèe

4

5

hâh

5

6

hòk

6

7

jèt

7

8

bpàirt

8

9

gâo

9

10

sìp

10

11

sìp èt

10 + 1

12

sìp sŏrng

10 + 2

13

sìp săhm

10 + 3

14

sìp sèe

10 + 4

15

sìp hâh

10 + 5

16

sìp hòk

10 + 6

17

sìp jèt

10 + 7

18

sìp bpàirt

10 + 8

19

sìp gâo

10 + 9

20

yêe sìp

2* × 10

21

yêe sìp èt

2* × 10 + 1

22

yêe sìp sŏrng

2* × 10 + 2

23

yêe sìp săhm

2* × 10 + 3

24

yêe sìp sèe

2* × 10 + 4

25

yêe sìp hâh

2* × 10 + 5

26

yêe sìp hòk

2* × 10 + 6

27

yêe sìp jèt

2* × 10 + 7

28

yêe sìp bpàirt

2* × 10 + 8

29

yêe sìp gâo

2* × 10 + 9

30

săhm sìp

3 × 10

31

săhm sìp èt

3 × 10 + 1

32

săhm sìp sŏrng

3 × 10 + 2

33

săhm sìp săhm

3 × 10 + 3

34

săhm sìp sèe

3 × 10 + 4

35

săhm sìp hâh

3 × 10 + 5

36

săhm sìp hòk

3 × 10 + 6

37

săhm sìp jèt

3 × 10 + 7

38

săhm sìp bpàirt

3 × 10 + 8

39

săhm sìp gâo

3 × 10 + 9

40

sèe sìp

4 × 10

41

sèe sìp èt

4 × 10 + 1

42

sèe sìp sŏrng

4 × 10 + 2

43

sèe sìp săhm

4 × 10 + 3

44

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Thai Numbers

Number

ð

ñ

ò

ó

ô

õ

ö

÷

ø

ù

ñð

Arabic Number

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

Thai counting system

The Thai counting system is similar to the western counting system. The general rule is that the leftmost digit is mentioned first, for example: For 12, it is the digit 10 followed by 2, hence "sìp-sŏrng". For 30, it is 3 times of the digit unit 10, hence "three ten" or "săhm -sìp".

But 20 is "yêe sìp" (not song-sip). Historically, yii mean 2 use for 20-29.it is old thai word.And 1 in the first digit (such as in 11, 21, etc..) is pronounced "et

Number

Reading

Meaning

0

sŏon

0

1

nèung

1

2

sŏrng

2

3

săhm

3

4

sèe

4

5

hâh

5

6

hòk

6

7

jèt

7

8

bpàirt

8

9

gâo

9

10

sìp

10

11

sìp èt

10 + 1

12

sìp sŏrng

10 + 2

13

sìp săhm

10 + 3

14

sìp sèe

10 + 4

15

sìp hâh

10 + 5

16

sìp hòk

10 + 6

17

sìp jèt

10 + 7

18

sìp bpàirt

10 + 8

19

sìp gâo

10 + 9

20

yêe sìp

2* × 10

21

yêe sìp èt

2* × 10 + 1

22

yêe sìp sŏrng

2* × 10 + 2

23

yêe sìp săhm

2* × 10 + 3

24

yêe sìp sèe

2* × 10 + 4

25

yêe sìp hâh

2* × 10 + 5

26

yêe sìp hòk

2* × 10 + 6

27

yêe sìp jèt

2* × 10 + 7

28

yêe sìp bpàirt

2* × 10 + 8

29

yêe sìp gâo

2* × 10 + 9

30

săhm sìp

3 × 10

31

săhm sìp èt

3 × 10 + 1

32

săhm sìp sŏrng

3 × 10 + 2

33

săhm sìp săhm

3 × 10 + 3

34

săhm sìp sèe

3 × 10 + 4

35

săhm sìp hâh

3 × 10 + 5

36

săhm sìp hòk

3 × 10 + 6

37

săhm sìp jèt

3 × 10 + 7

38

săhm sìp bpàirt

3 × 10 + 8

39

săhm sìp gâo

3 × 10 + 9

40

sèe sìp

4 × 10

41

sèe sìp èt

4 × 10 + 1

42

sèe sìp sŏrng

4 × 10 + 2

43

sèe sìp săhm

4 × 10 + 3

44

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Sinenat: my bf can count only 1-10 , good for me he may not know how many bahts I spent last time as I put it in thai style number ;)

Neutron: thank you for that !!!!!!!!

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silvereagle: LOL she will not call you bad man if you say "that number for your x'mas shopping" :)

If I was your wife I would call you crazy ... I am thai ,maybe not 100% but with thai teaching degree.............. never ever count to mil LOL

you are so cute and smart

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Thanks Fay!! I might be able to get the (poor) pronouncation of the numbers before my trip

But reading ---???----impossible , I think ! No Quiz please...just let me audit your class

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