Numbers and Counting Word.

By Jang

Being able to speak and understand numbers in Thai is an essential skill for any traveler in Thailand.

Using these charts, arbitrary numbers in Thai can be constructed much as they are inEnglish. However, please note the following:

·        Numbers ending in one between eleven and ninety-one use the word เอ็ด / èt / instead of หนึ่ง / nùng / (one, 1) as in the following:

·        Numbers between twelve and nineteen are not special as they are in English. They are considered “ten-two,” “ten-three,” etc.

·        If a rule in English is to add -ty to a digit to obtain the tens series, then twenty, thirty, and fifty are exceptions. In Thai, the only special word is ยี่สิบ / yîi sìp / (twenty, 20).

·        Ordinals are formed by prefixing a number with the word ที่ / tîi / as in the following examples:

·        Note that the words Ten-thousand and hundred-thousand are not compounds as they are in English‚there are unique Thai words for these shown in the chart above.

·        The word หนึ่ง / nùng / (one, 1) can be omitted if it occurs at the beginning of any number (other than one, of course).

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What numbers should you call when you need help?? : Learn Thai with Useful Telephone Numbers

By Jang

“Hello…This is an emergency!” for Emergency….call 191

The phrase ‘Hèd-duàn Hèd-raaí Jaêng 191  เหตุด่วน เหตร้าย แจ้ง 191’ literally means ‘urgent matter….bad matter…inform 191’  which commonly means ‘Emergency call 191’ The number 191 is a phone number operated in Thailand when people want some help or want to report something to the police. It is pronounced as ‘neùng-gaô-neùng’.

When should you call 191?

When you need help or something bad is happening to you.  But one thing you have to remember is ‘Help might not be there for you right away’.  It usually gets to you when it is a little too late. You might need to wait about 30 minutes or longer…and sometimes you might need to call again. I would recommend you to fight for yourself and act like a cop!

Oh…one more thing…when you call 191 please make sure that you really dial 191 Not 911 because you might get used to it from watching American movies too much! J

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“Oh…where am I? I get lost!  How can I get to this place? What can I do when I lost my passport? What if I am cheated by bad people?” Please call 1155…any helps that you might need…Let the Tourist Police help you out!

1155 is the phone number of Tourist Police or in Thai we say ‘dtam-ruàd tâwng-tiâw  ตำรวจท่องเที่ยว’. For any tourists who need help please call 1155 or if you walk pass the 1155 Police Booth you can also ask for help too. Please note that most of the tourist police they can speak only Thai and English and sometimes their English is not so perfect…you might need to move your hands or use body language when explaining things to them…this might help! But don’t worry we are happy to help you J

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Fire! Please call…199

199 is the number to call when your place is on fire or you want to report the fire. Usually 199 or Fire Police ‘dtam-ruàd dàp-ploeng  ตำรวจดับเพลิง’ here work quite fast so you can be sure that help will come to you or your neighbours.

Also, if you need to warn the people or your neighbours  or puên-baân เพื่อนบ้าน when you see the fire, just shout ‘Fai-maî…Fai-maî   ไฟไหม้…ไฟไหม้’  which means ‘Fire…Fire’. This phrase works very well…Thai people will be very alert once they hear this phrase! If your bath tub is still filled with water…grab your bucket and scoop some water…then go out to be a hero (wee-rá-bù-rùd วีรบุรุษ)!

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Need to be Rescued?? Here are the numbers 02 - 751-0951 or 02-226-4444

02 - 751-0951 is the number of ‘Ruâm-Gà-dtan-yoo ร่วมกตัญญู’ Foundation or you can call

02-226-4444 which is the number of ‘Bpor-dték-dteúng ปอเต็กตึ๊ง’ Foundation.

When you see the car accident…or even if your leg is stuck in the drainpipe or manhole somewhere in Bangkok and no one around can help you out…you will need to be rescued…call them up 02-751-0951 or 02-226-4444 and help will be on the way…these staff they are very helpful and they don’t like to wait…you can be sure that soon they will come to take your leg out of the hole! They are very brave since they have to deal with the dead bodies on the road almost everyday…don’t be scared if you get in their truck and see the dead body lies next to you

Telling time…Something Extraordinary… This helps you to speak Thai fluently

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