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How to say things, stuff
in Thai
ของ
kǎawng
things, stuff · goods, of, belonging to
kǎawng rising
Here the noun: ของ 'stuff', ซื้อของ 'go shopping', ของฝาก 'souvenirs to bring home'. Its other job, 'of' (ห้องของผม), comes in unit 10.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Remember it
- KING KONG's stuff fills the room.
In a sentence
- ของเยอะมากkǎawng yóe mâakSo much stuff!
- ไปซื้อของbpai súue kǎawngto go shopping
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Chatuchak and the weekend-market rhythm
From the same situation: Shopping and the market
- ซื้อto buy
- ขายto sell
- ตัวclassifier for clothes and animals
- ลูกclassifier for round fruit and balls
- คันclassifier for vehicles
- คู่pair (classifier)
- มีto have; there is
- ลองto try, to try on
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Your first 90 days of Thai
Jingjok teaches ของ with audio, the tone drawn on screen, and a check on your own voice. Buy clothes, fruit and everyday things: ask for sizes and colours, compare, bargain politely, and exchange or return.
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- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
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