1. Nouns and noun phrases คำนามและนามวลี
15 grammar points (TG001–TG015) · 5 beginner · 9 intermediate · 1 advanced
How Thai builds noun phrases: no articles or plural endings, modifiers after the noun, and prefixes such as การ, ความ and น่า that turn verbs into nouns or adjectives.
| ID | Grammar point | Meaning | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| TG001 | No plural or articles | Nouns don’t change for number; no “a/the” | Beginner |
| TG002 | Modifier after noun | Adjectives follow the noun | Beginner |
| TG003 | พวก (plural group) | Group plural: “the … (group)” | Beginner |
| TG004 | Basic word order: S + V + O | Subject, verb, object, as in English; modifiers follow what they modify | Beginner |
| TG005 | ค่า + N/V (fees and costs) | Forms words for bills, fees and costs (ค่าเช่า, ค่าน้ำ, ค่าอาหาร) | Beginner |
| TG006 | Reduplication (ๆ) | Plurality, softening or intensity (เด็ก ๆ, ช้า ๆ, ดี ๆ) | Intermediate |
| TG007 | การ + V | Nominalises actions: “-ing / -tion” | Intermediate |
| TG008 | ความ + Adj/V | Nominalises qualities/states: “-ness” | Intermediate |
| TG009 | นัก- / ผู้- / ช่าง- / คน- | Agent nouns: person who does X | Intermediate |
| TG010 | น่า + V | “-worthy, -able” (น่ากิน = appetising) | Intermediate |
| TG011 | ขี้ + Adj/V | “Prone to, always…” (often negative) | Intermediate |
| TG012 | ชาว + place / group | “People of, inhabitants of” (ชาวไทย, ชาวต่างชาติ) | Intermediate |
| TG013 | Topic–comment sentences | A topic noun is followed by a second noun and its predicate; Thai prefers this form (บ้านหลังนี้ค่าเช่าไม่แพง rather than ค่าเช่าบ้านหลังนี้ไม่แพง) | Intermediate |
| TG014 | ทาง + organisation | Refers to an institution as the actor: “the school / the company (as a body)” | Intermediate |
| TG015 | Compound words (คำประสม) and pairs (คำซ้อน) | Building vocabulary with compounds and paired synonyms | Advanced |