Why does Thai have classifier?

Ep.4 WHY DOES THAI HAVE CLASSIFIERS?

Why do Thai people say:

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Instead of simply saying “two books” or “three cars”?

In this episode of Thai is Hard, we explore one of the most confusing parts of the Thai language: classifiers (คำลักษณนาม).

You’ll learn: Why Thai uses classifiers but English usually doesn’t The connection between Thai sentence structure and classifiers The most useful classifiers Thai people actually use every day.

By the end of this episode, classifiers won’t feel random anymore—they’ll finally make sense. Because Thai isn’t just counting things.It’s describing them too.

Listen now and make Thai a little less hard.

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