5. Classifiers and quantifiers ลักษณนามและคำบอกจำนวน
23 grammar points (TG039–TG061) · 12 beginner · 11 intermediate
Counting nouns in Thai needs a classifier: N + number + classifier. This category also covers words like ทุก, หลาย, บาง, แต่ละ and ordinal numbers.
| ID | Grammar point | Meaning | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| TG039 | Noun + number + classifier | Counting always needs a classifier | Beginner |
| TG040 | Common classifiers | Each noun class has its own classifier (people, animals, things, books, cars…) | Beginner |
| TG041 | N + CLF + นี้/นั้น/โน้น | “This/that N” uses a classifier | Beginner |
| TG042 | ทุก + CLF | “Every” | Beginner |
| TG043 | หลาย + CLF | “Several, many” | Beginner |
| TG044 | ที่ + number (ordinal) | Ordinal numbers “first, second…” | Beginner |
| TG045 | อีก | “Another, more, again” | Beginner |
| TG046 | ประมาณ / ราว ๆ | “About, approximately” | Beginner |
| TG047 | ทั้งหมด | “All, in total” | Beginner |
| TG048 | Numbers and counting (เอ็ด, ยี่) | Numbers are built regularly, except “one” after a ten (เอ็ด) and “twenty” (ยี่สิบ) | Beginner |
| TG049 | อื่น / อื่นๆ | “Other, else” | Beginner |
| TG050 | Measurements: Adj + number + unit | Size and weight are stated with the adjective followed by the amount | Beginner |
| TG051 | หนึ่ง (indefinite “a”) | After a classifier หนึ่ง means “a, one (some)” | Intermediate |
| TG052 | บาง + CLF | “Some (of them)” | Intermediate |
| TG053 | แต่ละ + CLF | “Each” | Intermediate |
| TG054 | ทั้ง + number + CLF | “All (n of them)” | Intermediate |
| TG055 | ละ / ต่อ (per) | “Per, each” | Intermediate |
| TG056 | number + กว่า (more than) | “Over, more than (a number)” | Intermediate |
| TG057 | N + CLF + Adj (specifying) | Picks out one of several: “the red one” | Intermediate |
| TG058 | สัก + number / CLF | “About, just (a few)”; in negatives “not even one”; softens requests | Intermediate |
| TG059 | คนละ + CLF | “Each (person) …”; also “different (ones)” | Intermediate |
| TG060 | V + แต่ + N (only) | “Only, nothing but” | Intermediate |
| TG061 | ทั้งนั้น | “All of them, without exception” | Intermediate |