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Lesson 4 of 10
Counting to ten in Thai
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Thai words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Thai phrases in this lesson
- หนึ่งNUNG
- One
- สองSONG
- Two
- สามSAHM
- Three
- สี่SEE
- Four
- ห้าHAH
- Five
- หกHOK
- Six
- เจ็ดJET
- Seven
- แปดPAET
- Eight
- เก้าGAO
- Nine
- สิบSIP
- Ten
Used alone in counting. With objects comes a counter word: "nuang" for round things, "an" for general objects. Thais view grammar as helpful guidance, not rules.
555 is how Thais type laughter online: hah hah hah.
Nine is lucky, as it sounds like the word for step forward.
Numbers 11 to 19 are "sip et" through "sip kao" (10-1 through 10-9). Twenty through ninety are straightforward: yee-sip (20), sam-sip (30), etc.