Numbers

This exercise will help you to attach the sound to the number without relying on the order of the numbers. Please complete the exercises in the respective orders.

1-10

Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
Number	Leg
2	Song
3	Sam
0	Soon
5	Ha

Exercise: Read these numbers aloud without looking at the transcriptions.

Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
1	Neung
4	See
6	Hok

Exercise: Read these numbers aloud without looking at the transcriptions.

Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
7	Jed
8	Paed
9	Gao
10	Sib

Exercise: Read these numbers aloud without looking at the transcriptions.

Exercise: Count the numbers from 1 to 10

Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
1	Neung
2	Song
3	Sam
4	See
5	Ha
6	Hok
7	Jed
8	Paed
9	Gao
10	Sib

11 and up

Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
11	Sib-Ed
12	Sib-Song
13	Sib-Sam
14	Sib-See
15	Sib-Ha
16	Sib-Hok
17	Sib-Jed
18	Sib-Paed
19	Sib-Gao

Notes:

1. The numbers from twelve to nineteen are formed by simple addition. For example 12 (Sib-Song) derives from 10 (Sib) + 2 (Song). The same pattern applies to form the rest of the numbers up to and including nineteen.
2. The number 11 (Sib-Ed) is formed like the numbers from twelve to nineteen. However, the word "Neung" does not appear in the word for Sib-Ed (eleven). It is replaced by the word "Ed" which also means one but is never used by itself. It is always combined with some other numbers as in 21, 31, 41,..101, etc.

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Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
10	Sib
20	Yee-Sib
30	Sam-Sib
40	See-Sib
50	Ha-Sib
60	Hok-Sib
70	Jed-Sib
80	Paed-Sib
90	Gao-Sib

Notes:

1. The numbers thirty to ninety are formed by adding the word "Sib" after 3,4,5,...,9. The number 30 (Sam-Sib) comes from 3 (Sam) followed by 10 (Sib). The same process is used to form the rest of the numbers from forty upto and including ninety.
2. However, the word "Song" ( number 2) does not appear in the word for twenty but it is replaced by the word "Yee" which also means two. The word "Yee" is never used by itself. It is always combined with some other numbers as in Yee-Sib Song (22), Yee-Sib Sam (23), Yee-Sib See (24),....... Yee-Sib Gao (29), etc.

Number in English	Number in Thai	Practice
1000	Nueng-Pun
10,000	Nueng-Muen
100,000	Nueng-Saen
1,000,000	Nueng-Laan

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