Classifiers (particule)

Question 1

The Thai syntax to tell an amount of noun is

Answer 1

Noun + Amount + Classifier

Ex : I have 2 dogs : pom mii mǎa song dtua

Question 2

How to ask “how many” ? (stucture - amount of noun)

Answer 2

Noun + กี่ (gee) + Classifier = How many?

For beginners, you probably learned the word เท่าไหร่ (tâo-rài) as “how much/how many?”, but if you want to speak natural Thai, you better use the word “กี่ gee”


How many students? : nák-riian gee kon
How many bottle of beer do you want? : kun ao beer. gee kùuad => pom ao beer sam kùuad

Question 3

How to say “which” ? (stucture - to specify a noun)

Answer 3

Noun + classifier + ไหน (nǎi) = Which?

Whenever you want to ask someone to specify a noun, or when you want to specify a noun, you need to use a classifier.

Which dog?: mǎa dtua nǎi
Which student?: nák-riian kon nǎi

Question 4

People – classifier

Answer 4

Kon คน

Question 5

Animals (sad), Clothes (sua-paa), Table (dto), Chairs (gao-ee), Dolls (dtuk-ga-dtaa) – Classifier

Answer 5

Dtua ตัว

Question 6

Small Things, Combs (wee), Toothpicks (mai-jim-fan), Objects with unknown classifiers – classifier

Answer 6

An อัน

Question 7

Banana (gluuay) – classifier

Answer 7

Wee หว

Question 7

Fruits (pon-la-maai), Ball (luuk-bawn), Mountains (puu-kao) – classifier

Answer 7

Luuk ลูก

Question 8

Pairs of things, Couple – classifier

Answer 8

Kuu คู่

Question 9

Slices of bread, Pieces of meat, pieces of cake, pieces of cheese – classifier

Answer 9

Chin ชิน

Question 10

Egg (kai) – classifier

Answer 10

Fawng ฟอง

Question 11

Room (hong) – classifier

Answer 11

Hong

Question 12

Movie (nang), Tales (ni-yaai), Drama (la-korn) – classifier

Answer 12

Rueng เรือง

Question 13

Bottle (kuad) – classifier

Answer 13

Kuad

Question 14

Glass (gaew) – classifier

Answer 14

Gaew