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Numbers And Counting In ThaiNumbers And Counting In Thai - Thai Language
The Thai language has its own set of numerals, although the standard Arabic/Western numerals are much more commonly encountered. You may come across the Thai numerals in government and official documents, legal documents, religious texts, page numbers of textbooks or generally anything related to Thai tradition or history. When doing mathematics, Thai students will typically use the Arabic numerals for doing calculations but will write the answer in Thai numerals.
A common use for the Thai numerals that you're likely to see is in double pricing situations, where a price for Thais is written in Thai numerals whereas the more expensive price for foreigners is written in Arabic numerals. If you can learn the Thai numerals, your chances of being able to only pay the Thai price are much improved!
Counting in Thai is relatively straightforward, and by memorising only 17 words you can count into the millions. Due to the frequent need to haggle prices in Thailand, knowing the numbers and being able to count comes in very useful. The numbers 1-10, shown below, form the basis of all the others.
Arabic Numerals Thai Numerals Pronunciation
0 ๐ ศนย soon
1 ๑ หนง neung
2 ๒ สอง song
3 ๓ สาม saam
4 ๔ ส see
5 ๕ หา haa
6 ๖ หก hok
7 ๗ เจด jet
8 ๘ แปด bpaet
9 ๙ เกา gao
10 ๑๐ สบ sip
Numbers 12 - 19 are the same as 2-9 except with the number ten , สบ ( sip ), in front of them. 11 is slightly different, as from 11 onwards whenever หนง ( neung , the number 1) is the last word in a number it becomes เอด ( et ) instead.
Arabic Numerals Thai Numerals Pronunciation
11 ๑๑ สบเอด sip et
12 ๑๒ สบสอง sip song
13 ๑๓ สบสาม sip saam
14 ๑๔ สบส sip see
15 ๑๕ สบหา sip haa
16 ๑๖ สบหก sip hok
17 ๑๗ สบเจด sip jet
18 ๑๘ สบแปด sip bpaet
19 ๑๙ สบเกา sip gao
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WAT YAI CHAIMONGKOLAYUTHAYA, THAILAND
TON SAI BEACHKO PHI PHI, THAILAND
Highlights Bangkok Guide Thailand Guide & FAQ Indonesia Guide & FAQ
Counting Large Numbers In ThaiCounting Large Numbers In Thai -Thai Language
Counting in Thai is relatively straightforward, and by memorising only 17 words you can count into the millions. Due to the frequent need to haggle prices in Thailand, knowing the numbers and being able to count comes in very useful. The numbers 1-10 form the basis of all the others.
For the numbers greater than 19, the multiple of ten is placed before the สบ sip at the start of the number. For instance, 30 is สามสบ saam sip which if translated literally is just "three ten". Numbers in the twenties are an exception though, as 20 is ยสบ yee sip not สอง สบ song sip.
Arabic Numerals Thai Numerals Pronunciation
20 ๒๐ ยสบ yee sip
21 ๒๑ ยสบเอด yee-sip-et
22 ๒๒ ยสบสอง yee-sip-song
23 ๒๓ ยสบสาม yee-sip-saam
30 ๓๐ สามสบ saam sip
31 ๓๑ สามสบเอด saam-sip-et
32 ๓๒ สามสบสอง saam-sip-song
40 ๔๐ สสบ see sip
50 ๕๐ หาสบ haa sip
60 ๖๐ หกสบ hok sip
70 ๗๐ เจดสบ jet sip
80 ๘๐ แปดสบ bpaet sip
90 ๙๐ เกาสบ gao sip
99 ๙๙ เกาสบเกา gao-sip-gao
Above that, 100 is รอย roi and 1000 is พน pan.
Arabic Numerals Thai Numerals Pronunciation
100 ๑๐๐ หนงรอย neung roi
200 ๒๐๐ สองรอย song roi
555 ๕๕๕ หารอยหาสบหา haa-roi-haa-sip-haa
1000 ๑๐๐๐ หนงพน neung pan
9999 ๙๙๙๙ เกาพนเการอยเกาสบเกา gao-pan-gao-roi-gao-sip-gao
Thai differs from English in that it also has separate words for 10,000 (หมน , meun ) and 100,000 (แสน , saen ) . 1,000,000 is ลาน ( laan ).
Arabic Numerals Thai Numerals Pronunciation
10,000 ๑๐ ,๐๐๐ หนงหมน neung meun
123,456 ๑๒๓ ,๔๕๖ หนงแสนสองหมนสามพนสรอยหาสบหก neung saen song meun saam pan see roi haa sip hok
1,999,999 ๑ ,๙๙๙ ,๙๙๙หนงลานเกาแสนเกาหมนเกาพนเการอยเกาสบเกา neung laan gao saen gao meun gao pan gao roi gao sip gao
In common speech, neung , the number 1, is frequently dropped when it appears first in a number (except for the number 1 itself, obviously). Similarly, roi , pan , meun and saen are often dropped when they are the last word in a larger number. For instance, roi can be dropped when it's the last word and the number is greater than 1000 . pan can be dropped when it's the last word and the number is greater than 10,000 etc.
To use the number 1700 as an example: its full pronunciation is neung pan jet roi , but in common speech it would often be abbreviated to just pan jet .
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The Thai LanguageHow To Speak ThaiSpeaking Polite Thai'Tinglish', the Thai version of EnglishThe Thai word 'farang'
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