Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 23
เสื้อผ้าและสีClothes and colours
Clothes and colour vocabulary: เสื้อผ้า, กางเกง, กระโปรง, เสื้อแจ็คเก็ต, ไซส์, สี, แดง, น้ำเงิน, ดำ, ขาว. Key grammar: the colour (and any adjective) goes "AFTER" the noun — "เสื้อสีแดง" (a red shirt, not "สีแดงเสื้อ"), "กางเกงสีดำ" (black trousers), just like ch20. English speakers, used to "red shirt", put the colour first — "สีแดงเสื้อ" ✗ → "เสื้อสีแดง" ✓. Culture corner §2: markets, malls and haggling. Tone corner: the tones in the colour words.
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สีแดงเสื้อ? เสื้อสีแดง?
- Somchaiเจมส์ชอบสีอะไรครับJames, what colour do you like?
- Jamesผมชอบสีแดงผมอยากได้สีแดงเสื้อI like red. I want a red shirt. (slip: the colour goes after the noun → "เสื้อสีแดง")
- Somchaiคำนามก่อนสีหลังครับ—"เสื้อสีแดง"Noun first, colour after — "เสื้อสีแดง".
- Jamesอ๋อผมอยากได้เสื้อสีแดงครับOh, I want a red shirt.
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ซื้อเสื้อแจ็คเก็ต— Buying a jacket
- Jamesสวัสดีครับผมอยากซื้อเสื้อแจ็คเก็ตครับHello. I want to buy a jacket.
- MaleeชอบสีอะไรคะWhat colour do you like?
- Jamesผมชอบสีน้ำเงินมีเสื้อแจ็คเก็ตสีน้ำเงินไหมครับI like blue. Do you have a blue jacket?
- Maleeมีค่ะนี่เสื้อแจ็คเก็ตสีน้ำเงินค่ะYes. Here is a blue jacket.
- Jamesสวยมากอันนี้เท่าไรครับVery nice. How much is it?
- Maleeสี่ร้อยบาทค่ะFour hundred baht.
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- เสื้อผ้า
nounclothes
- กางเกง
nountrousers, pants
- กระโปรง
nounskirt
- เสื้อแจ็คเก็ต
nounjacket
- ไซส์
nounsize
- สี
nouncolour
- แดง
adjectivered
- น้ำเงิน
adjectiveblue
- ดำ
adjectiveblack
- ขาว
adjectivewhite
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The colour goes after the noun: "เสื้อสีแดง"
Explanation
Like every adjective in Thai (remember ch20: "ปลาอร่อย"), the colour goes "AFTER" the noun. The pattern is noun + สี + colour-name: "เสื้อสีแดง" (เสื้อ + สี + แดง = shirt + colour + red), "กางเกงสีดำ" (black trousers), "กระโปรงสีขาว" (white skirt). English speakers, used to "red shirt" (colour first), often say "สีแดงเสื้อ" — wrong. Correct: "เสื้อสีแดง". To ask the colour: "เสื้อสีอะไร" (what colour is the shirt?) → answer "เสื้อสีแดง". You can shorten it: "เสื้อแดง" (สี is optional). Chain with a classifier and number: "เสื้อสีขาวสองตัว" (two white shirts).
Examples
- เสื้อสีแดงa red shirt
- กางเกงสีดำblack trousers
- เสื้อตัวนี้สีอะไรWhat colour is this shirt?
- ผมอยากได้เสื้อสีขาวI want a white shirt.
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ตลาด ห้าง และการต่อราคาMarkets, malls & haggling
Thailand has two very different places to shop: the market, where prices are "soft" and you can haggle, and the mall or convenience store, where the price is fixed on the label. Knowing which one you are in tells you whether to bargain or just pay.
Fresh markets and weekend markets
The market is the heart of the neighbourhood: stalls packed side by side selling vegetables, meat, fish, fruit, clothes and household goods. Most sellers are older women who know their regular customers by face. Weekend markets like Chatuchak in Bangkok are enormous and sell everything. At the market, many goods have no price tag — you have to ask "อันนี้เท่าไร" (how much is this?). The first price a seller names is usually a little above the real price, especially for a tourist. That is not cheating — it is opening a conversation.
Haggling
Haggling is a normal and fun part of the market. The gentle way: ask the price, then smile and say "แพงจัง" (so expensive) or "ลดหน่อยได้ไหม" (can you lower it a bit?). The seller offers a lower price, you counter, and you meet in the middle. Don't bargain too low or too harshly — the goal is a price both sides are happy with. A smile and politeness help a lot; staying "ใจเย็น ๆ" (cool-hearted, calm) matters. If you have asked and haggled, you should buy. And remember: for vegetables or things worth a few baht, Thai people usually don't bargain.
Malls and fixed prices
At department stores and convenience stores like 7-Eleven it is the opposite: everything has a price tag and the price is fixed — no haggling. You just take the goods, go to the cashier, and pay in cash or tap a card. Young city people increasingly like malls because they are cool, clean and clearly priced. Many families use both: the market for fresh vegetables and fish in the morning, the mall for dry goods and clothes. Knowing where to ask a price and where to just pay is a small but useful skill.
In short: at the market, ask "อันนี้เท่าไร", smile and haggle gently; at the mall, just take the goods and pay. Both are part of Thai life — and a little cheerful bargaining at the market, with a smile, can be the start of a small friendship with the seller.
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วรรณยุกต์ในคำสี— Tones in the Colour Words
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