Hatyai Kaki: 2012

If you want to be serious about shopping and bargaining then it is important to learn Thai numbers. In department stores all prices are marked but in outdoor markets you will have to ask for the price and then try and make it cheaper.

One
nueng

Two
song

Three
sam

Four
see

Five
har

Six
hok

Seven
jed

Eight
bad

Nine
gao

Ten
sib

Eleven
sib et

Twelve
sib song

Thirteen
sib sam

Once you can count 1-11 the rest will be very easy. In fact easier than English. Thai students are very good in learning Math. This is partly due to the way the numbers are named. Take thirty as an example. To us it is just a name but to a Thai student it is three blocks of ten. In Thai thirty is "sam sib" or literally "three tens". Thirty six is "three tens six".From twelve to nineteen you just repeat the same formula:14 = 10 + 4 (sib see)15 = 10 + 5 (sib har)

Twenty
yee sib

Twenty One
yee sib et

Twenty Two
yee sib song

Twenty Three
yee sib sam

Again, from twenty two to twenty nine you repeat the same formula:24 = 20 + 4 (yee sib see)25 = 20 + 5 (yee sib har)

Thirty
sam sib

Forty
see sib

By now you should be able to count all the way to one hundred.60 = 6 x 10 (hok sib)70 = 7 x 10 (jed sib)

One Hundred
nueng roi

Two Hundred
song roi

One Thousand
nueng pun

Two Thousand
song pun

Ten Thousand
nueng muen

NOTES:

All shops use Arabic numerals so it will be easy for you to read. The only time you will see Thai numerals is in a school or when there is a two price system at a tourist attraction.

If you haven't learned all of the numbers by the time you arrive in Thailand don't worry. Many shopkeepers will show you the price on a calculator!

Facts about Hatyai

Hat Yai (Thai: หาดใหญ่, pronounced [hàːt jàj], also Haad Yai or Had Yai) is a city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. Located at 7°1′N 100°28′E, it has a population of 157,359 (2008) in the city itself and about 800,000 in the greater Hat Yai area. Hat Yai is the largest city of Songkhla Province, the largest metropolitan area in Southern, and third largest metropolitan area of the country. It is often mistaken as being the capital of the province, but Songkhla is the capital and the center of administration and culture, while Hat Yai is the business center. The two cities are considered as twin cities due to their close connection, and accordingly, Hat Yai and Songkhla form the Greater Hatyai-Songkhla Metropolitan Area.

The name "Hat Yai" is a short version of "Mahat Yai", meaning big mahat (Thai: มะหาด) tree, a relative of jackfruits in genus Artocarpus.

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

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One nueng	Two song	Three sam	Four see	Five har


Six hok	Seven jed	Eight bad	Nine gao	Ten sib


Twenty yee sib	Twenty One yee sib et	Twenty Two yee sib song	Twenty Three yee sib sam


Eleven sib et	Twelve sib song	Thirteen sib sam