Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 22
ราคาและการจ่ายเงินPrices and paying
Price vocabulary: ราคา, แพง, ถูก, จ่าย, เงินสด, บัตร, บาท, ฟรี, เงินทอน, ลดราคา. Key grammar: ask a price with "อันนี้เท่าไร" — the thing comes first, the question word "เท่าไร" goes at the end. English speakers front the question word like "How much...?" — "เท่าไรอันนี้" ✗ → "อันนี้เท่าไร" ✓. Answer with a number + บาท (baht). Tone corner: the tones in the price words.
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เท่าไรอันนี้? อันนี้เท่าไร?
- Jamesสมชายเสื้อสวย!เท่าไรอันนี้Somchai, nice shirt! How much this? (slip: keep the item first → "อันนี้เท่าไร")
- Somchaiคำถามอยู่ท้ายครับ—"อันนี้เท่าไร"The question word goes at the end — "อันนี้เท่าไร".
- Jamesอันนี้เท่าไรครับHow much is this?
- Somchaiแปดสิบบาทไม่แพงครับEighty baht. Not expensive.
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จ่ายเงิน— Paying
- Jamesสวัสดีครับเสื้อตัวนี้เท่าไรครับHello. How much is this shirt?
- Maleeหกสิบบาทค่ะSixty baht.
- Jamesถูกดีผมจ่ายเงินสดครับThat's cheap. I'll pay in cash.
- Maleeขอบคุณค่ะนี่เงินทอนค่ะThank you. Here is your change.
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- ราคา
nounprice
- แพง
adjectiveexpensive
- ถูก
adjectivecheap
- จ่าย
verbto pay
- เงินสด
nouncash
- บัตร
nouncard
- บาท
nounbaht (Thai currency)
- ฟรี
adjectivefree (no cost)
- เงินทอน
nounchange (money returned)
- ลดราคา
verbto lower the price, discount
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Asking a price: "… เท่าไร"
Explanation
To ask a price, put the item first, then add the question word "เท่าไร" (how much) at the end: "อันนี้เท่าไร" (อันนี้ = this thing; เท่าไร = how much). The item comes at the front — Thai does not move the question word to the front. English speakers, used to "How much is this?", often say "เท่าไรอันนี้" ✗ → "อันนี้เท่าไร" ✓. Answer: number + บาท — "ห้าสิบบาท" (fifty baht). React to a price: "แพงจัง!" (so expensive) or "ถูกจัง" (so cheap). Ask for a discount: "ลดหน่อยได้ไหม" (can you lower it a bit?).
Examples
- อันนี้เท่าไรHow much is this?
- ห้าสิบบาทFifty baht.
- เสื้อตัวนี้แพงThis shirt is expensive.
- ผมจ่ายเงินสดI pay in cash.
Script & tones
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วรรณยุกต์ในคำเรื่องราคา— Tones in the Price Words
Read the words and sentence aloud, keeping the tones:
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