Thai · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 35
เยอะหรือน้อยA lot or a little?
Food and quantity vocabulary: ข้าว, ผัก, เนื้อ, ปลา, ไข่, น้ำตาล, เยอะ, นิดหน่อย, น้อย, พอ. Key grammar: quantity words like "เยอะ" (a lot), "นิดหน่อย" (a little), "น้อย" (few) go AFTER the noun: "ข้าวเยอะ" (a lot of rice), "น้ำนิดหน่อย" (a little water), "ผักน้อย" (few vegetables). There is no "ของ" (of) in between. English speakers say "a lot OF rice", putting the quantity before the noun, so they tend to say "เยอะข้าว" ✗ → "ข้าวเยอะ" ✓. Tone corner: เยอะ (high), น้อย (high) — same tone, opposite meaning.
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เยอะข้าว? ข้าวเยอะ— เยอะข้าว? or ข้าวเยอะ
- Somchaiเจมส์คุณกินอะไรเป็นประจำครับJames, what do you eat regularly?
- JamesผมกินเยอะผักI eat a lot of vegetables. (slip: the quantity goes AFTER the noun → ผมกินผักเยอะ)
- Somchaiปริมาณอยู่หลังคำนามครับ:"ผมกินผักเยอะ"The quantity goes after the noun: "ผมกินผักเยอะ".
- Jamesอ๋อผมกินผักเยอะและกินเนื้อน้อยOh, I eat a lot of vegetables and little meat.
- Somchaiถูกต้องครับ!"ผักเยอะ","เนื้อน้อย"—คำนามก่อนปริมาณตามหลังCorrect! "ผักเยอะ", "เนื้อน้อย" — noun first, quantity after.
- Jamesเข้าใจแล้วครับขอข้าวเยอะๆกับน้ำนิดหน่อยครับI understand. A lot of rice and a little water, please.
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สั่งอาหารที่ร้าน— Ordering at the restaurant
- Maleeเจมส์คุณอยากกินอะไรคะJames, what would you like to eat?
- Jamesผมอยากกินข้าวผัดกับผักเยอะๆครับI want fried rice with a lot of vegetables.
- Maleeใส่เนื้อไหมคะShall we add meat?
- Jamesใส่เนื้อนิดหน่อยพอครับผมกินเนื้อน้อยJust a little meat is enough. I eat little meat.
- Maleeได้ค่ะสั่งสองจานพอสำหรับเราสองคนAlright. Let's order two plates, enough for the two of us.
- Jamesเยี่ยมเลยครับ!ขอน้ำเปล่าเยอะๆด้วยครับWonderful! And a lot of water too, please.
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- ข้าว
nounrice; food
- ผัก
nounvegetables
- เนื้อ
nounmeat
- ปลา
nounfish
- ไข่
nounegg
- น้ำตาล
nounsugar
- เยอะ
adverba lot, much, many
- นิดหน่อย
adverba little, a bit
- น้อย
adjectivefew, little (in amount)
- พอ
adjectiveenough
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Quantity goes after the noun (no "ของ")
Explanation
In Thai, a quantity word goes AFTER the noun it describes, just like an adjective (ch20): "ข้าวเยอะ" (a lot of rice), "น้ำนิดหน่อย" (a little water), "ผักน้อย" (few vegetables), "เนื้อพอ" (enough meat). No linking word is needed between the noun and the quantity — there is no "ของ". English says "a lot OF rice", which both has "of" and puts the quantity before the noun, so English speakers tend to put the quantity first: "เยอะข้าว" ✗ → the correct form is "ข้าวเยอะ" ✓. Easy to remember: noun first, then the quantity after it — just like colours (เสื้อสีแดง, a red shirt) and adjectives (บ้านใหญ่, a big house).
Examples
- ผมกินผักเยอะI eat a lot of vegetables.
- ขอน้ำตาลนิดหน่อยA little sugar, please.
- เขากินเนื้อน้อยHe eats little meat.
- อาหารพอสำหรับสองคนThe food is enough for two people.
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วรรณยุกต์: เยอะ กับ น้อย (ตรีทั้งคู่)— Tones: เยอะ and น้อย (both high)
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