Numbers and money
Thai numbers are genuinely one of the easiest parts of the language — ten words, no exceptions to memorize below a hundred, and they unlock prices, phone numbers, addresses, and bargaining all at once. An afternoon is enough to learn them cold.
1
หนึ่ง
neung
2
สอง
song
3
สาม
sam
4
สี่
see
5
ห้า
ha
6
หก
hok
7
เจ็ด
jet
8
แปด
paet
9
เก้า
gao
10
สิบ
sip
Thai numbers above ten follow a clean, learnable pattern:
No irregulars, no gendered forms, no cases — once the pattern clicks, every number up to a thousand follows the same logic.
Practice this before you land
Numbers live in Destination 3, Money & Market, paired with the Numbers, Money & Paying phrase pack — so you learn to count and to actually use it (asking prices, bargaining, paying) in the same lesson, with native audio for every number.
11–19: sip (ten) + digit — sip-et (11, note "et" not "neung" here), sip-song (12), sip-sam (13), and so on. 20 is its own word, yee-sip. After that: sam-sip (30), sam-sip-et (31) — tens word + digit, the same logic as English "thirty-one."
Just the spoken words. Thai has its own numeral script (๑ ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕) but Arabic numerals (1 2 3) are what you'll actually see on price tags, receipts, and menus almost everywhere. Learning to say the numbers matters far more than reading the Thai numeral glyphs.
Ask thao-rai khrap/kha? — เท่าไหร่ครับ — "how much is it?" and the numbers above let you understand and repeat back the answer, which is most of what bargaining actually requires.
Thailo is coming to iOS — numbers, prices, and every market situation. Join the waitlist for launch access.
Launching on iOS. One email when it's out — maybe two, if something's genuinely worth telling you.