[Lesson 2] Special: A way of counting.

In first, study from 1 to 10. 1 neung 2 saung 3 sahm 4 see 5 hah 6 hok 7 jet 8 pat 9 gow 10 sib Next, from 11 to 20 11 sib-et 12 sib-saung 13 sib-sahm 14 sib-see 15 sib-hah 16 sib-hok 17 sib-jet 18 sib-pat 19 sib-gow 20 zee-sib Two number, 11 and 20 only are changed in special. 11 sib-et 20 zee-sib If the last number is 1 over ten, the last 1 is pronounced "et". 11 sib-et 21 zee-sib-et 31 sahm-sib-et 20 is pronounced "zee-sib" specially, but other numbers are pronounced according to rule. 30 sahm-sib 40 see-sib 50 hah-sib 60 hok-sib 70 jed-sib 80 pat-sib 90 gow-sip The number over 100 are changed on rule. The rule is " the first number plus the word of place. 100 neung-roy 200 saung-roy 300 sahm-roy 400 see-roy 500 hah-roy 600 hok-roy 700 jet-roy 800 pat-roy 900 gow-roy 1000 neung-pun The thousand is "pun". Other places are as follows. 10,000 moon 100,000 sarn 1000,000 lahn In Thai, the "lahn (million) " is the most big place. Over million, usually combined two places same as English. 1,0000,000 = sib-lahn 10,0000,000 = roy-lahn So, check some number as follows, 125 Baht = neung- roy-zee-sib-hah Baht 3,500 Baht = sahm-pun-hah-roy Baht 12,531 Baht = neung-moon-saung-pun-hah-roy-sahm-sib-et Baht How about ? It is easy ? ^)^.... [Note] This lesson usually has sample pronunciation, but this section does not have it. Because the sound data size is big and my remained data space is little. Sorry this part cannot hear the pronunciation.

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