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LESSON 10.A. CONVERSATION
10.A.2. Vocabulary.


Many, several.
LAI
r
หลาย

How many?
GEE
l
กี่

These
LOW NEE
l-h
เหล่านี้

Those
LOW NUN
l-h
เหล่านั้น

Things
KORNG
r
ของ


SING
l
สิ่ง

Self
AYNG
c
เอง


DTON
c
ตน

Male person
POO CHAI
d-c
ผู้ชาย


BOOROOT
l-l
บุรุษ

Female person
POO YING
d-r
ผู้หญิง


SADTREE
l-c
สตรี

Dog
MAH
r
หมา


SOONUK
l-h
สุนัข

Coat
SEU-A
d
เสื้อ

Long
YAOU
c
ยาว

Good
DEE
c
ดี

Bad
LAYW
c
เลว


MY DEE
d-c
ไม่ดี

Cut
DTUT
l
ตัด

Hair
POM
r
ผม


KON
r
ขน

Market
DTALAHT
l-l
ตลาด

Fruit
PONLAMY
r-h-h
ผลไม้

Cheap
TOOK
l
ถูก

Expensive
PAANG
c
แพง

Short
SUN
d
สั้น

Short, low.
DTEE-A
d
เตี้ย

Wait
KOY
c
คอย


ROR
c
รอ

Classifiers.


KON
c
คน
(Person) Used for human beings.


DTOO-A
c
ตัว
(Animal) Used for all living creatures other than humans and also for certain inanimate objects which might be considered as having a body, arms and legs such as tables, chairs, coats, trousers etc.


KUN
c
คัน
(Vehicle) Used for all vehicles except ox carts. Umbrellas, spoons, forks and other similar things which have handles.


LEM
d
เล่ม
(Volume) Used for books and also for flat or pointed objects such as scissors, combs, needles etc. and for ox carts.


PON
r
ผล
(Fruit) Used for fruit.


KOO
d
คู่
(Pair) Used for pairs of things such as shoes, gloves, pairs of animals etc. but not for things joined together such as trousers for which we use DTOO-A.


CHABUP
l-l
ฉบับ
(Document) Used for documents and sheets of paper which are written on or printed.


BAHT
l
บาท
(Tical) Used as a classifier for money.

It is not easy at the start for a beginner to learn to pick out the right classifier to use in each case but facility in this will come with practice and experience in the language.


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