Point
2. More about numbers
Point
2. More about numbers
| English | ภาษาไทย |
| ten (10) |
สิบ
 |
| hundred (100) |
ร้อย
|
| thousand (1,000) |
พัน
|
| ten thousand (10,000) |
หมื่น
|
|
hundred thousand
(100,000) |
แสน
|
| million (1,000,000) |
ล้าน
|
Every time another zero is added on Thai has a new term for that number until a million is reached. In English, on the other hand, there is a new term until a thousand is reached; then one counts by thousands until a million is reached. There is nothing complicated about the Thai system--it is actually simpler than the English one--and a little practice will make you feel quite at home with it.
After a million is reached, Thai counting proceeds as follows: |
| English | ภาษาไทย |
|
ten million (10,000,000) |
สิบล้าน
|
|
hundred million
(100,000,000) |
ร้อยล้าน
|
| billion (1,000,000,000) |
พันล้าน
|