How do you count to 10 in Thai?
You count to 10 in Thai with the words below, and Mooteach's numbers reference plays each one in a male and a female voice.
- ศูนย์
- หนึ่ง
- สอง
- สาม
- สี่
- ห้า
- หก
- เจ็ด
- แปด
- เก้า
- สิบ
How do you say 11 to 99 in Thai?
You say 11 to 99 in Thai by putting the tens before the digit.
Eleven to nineteen are ten followed by the digit, so seventeen is sìp-jèt. For thirty to ninety, say the digit, then ten: sǎam-sìp is thirty. A number like 45 is the tens, then the digit: sìi-sìp-hâa.
- สามสิบ
What are the exceptions in Thai numbers?
The exceptions in Thai numbers are twenty, said yîi-sìp, and a one at the end of a number above ten, said èt.
Twenty is yîi-sìp, not sǒrng-sìp. One at the end of a number above ten is not nùeng but èt, so eleven is sìp-èt and twenty-one is yîi-sìp-èt.
- ยี่สิบ
- เอ็ด
- สิบเอ็ด
- ยี่สิบเอ็ด
How do you say hundreds, thousands and millions in Thai?
You say hundreds, thousands and millions in Thai with a word for every place up to a million.
Because ten thousand and a hundred thousand have their own words, fifty thousand is "five ten-thousands", hâa-mùuen, not "fifty thousand".
- ร้อย
- พัน
- หมื่น
- แสน
- ล้าน
Build a number from the largest place down, with each digit before its place word: 2,500 is sǒrng-pan-hâa-rói. A hundred is usually said หนึ่งร้อยnùeng-rói, "one hundred", and a million หนึ่งล้านnùeng-láan. The number converter says any number for you.
How do you say prices in Thai?
You say prices in Thai with the number followed by the word for baht.
At a stall, ask the price with tâo-rai; ordering street food has the phrases.
How do you read a phone number in Thai?
You read a phone number in Thai one digit at a time.
Zero is ศูนย์sǔun.
Does Thai have its own digits?
Yes, Thai has its own digits, one for each of 0 to 9, though most prices and signs use the same digits as English.
You will see Thai digits on some official documents, temple signs and banknotes, but most prices, signs and phone numbers use the same digits as English.
Dates are said with these numbers too, and the year is the Buddhist Era one: the Thai calendar shows how to say any date.
Is there an app for learning Thai numbers?
Yes, there is an app for learning Thai numbers: Mooteach, whose numbers reference plays every number and whose number and phone pads let you practice saying them.
See how Mooteach compares with other Thai apps.
