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Classifiers
(Numerical Designators)

In the Thai language, It's important to use the correct classifier when enumerating (counting) or quantifying more than one object (noun). Each noun has a specific classifier word which should be appended to a sentence when you're referring to one or more specific items. We use a similar structure in English:

I'll have two loaves of bread.

Here, the word loaves can be considered a classifier for bread ; bread comes in loaves. Also as in English, powders, grains and other fluid substances are typically counted by the containers they come in.

He bought twelve sacks of rice.

Here are some Thai examples:

English

Thai

a sheaf of paper
กระดาษ 1 มัด

a pile of paper

กระดาษ 1 กอง (หรือตั้ง)

a ream of paper

กระดาษ 1 รีม ( formerly 1 ream = 480 pages but, it's 500 pages at present)

a piece of food

อาหาร 1 ชิ้น , อาหาร 1 ก้อน

a cob of corn

ข้าวโพด 1 ซัง

an ear of corn

ข้าวโพด 1 ฝัก

a spear of broccoli

ผักบรอคโคลิ 1 หัว

a head of lettuce

ผักกาดหอม 1 หัว

a leaf of lettuce

ผักกาดหอม 1 กลีบ

a bunch of grapes

องุ่น 1 พวง

a bunch of flowers

ดอกไม้ 1 ช่อ

a bundle of wood

ไม้ 1 มัด

a tube of toothpaste

ยาสีฟัน 1 หลอด

a bar of chocolate

ช็อกโกเลต 1 แท่ง

a herd of elephants

ช้าง 1 โขลง

a flock of sheep

แกะ 1 ฝูง

a carton of milk

นม 1 กล่อง

a bottle of milk

นม 1 ขวด

 

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