{"id":971,"date":"2011-11-29T05:29:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T05:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/?p=971"},"modified":"2011-11-16T05:35:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T05:35:11","slug":"rankings-of-stuff-by-number-in-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/rankings-of-stuff-by-number-in-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"Rankings of Stuff by Number in Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are competitive. We always need to compete. We need to be first in line. Win first in a competition. Be the first to finish. The first to the moon. Second place is as good as last, no?<\/p>\n<p>We also rank things in numerical order: first, second, third, etc. And that\u2019s what you\u2019ll learn today, how to rank things in Thai.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The word tee3 <strong>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48<\/strong> means \u2018place\u2019, \u2018location\u2019, or \u2018at\u2019. You put this before a number and you get a ranking.<\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tee3 sawng5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tee3 saam5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3<sup>rd<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e48 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tee3 see2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e1a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tee3 sib2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e1a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tee3 yee3 sib4\u00a0\u00a0 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e22 \u00a0 tee3 neung2 roi4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is one exception to this list, and that is for 1<sup>st<\/sup>. When it comes to ranking, such as the winner of a competition, you must use the word raek3 <strong>\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01<\/strong> to mean first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 raek3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<sup>st<\/sup> (as in 1<sup>st<\/sup> place, the first to invent the airplane, the first female Prime Minister, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, this isn\u2019t always the case. If there is a list of something that isn\u2019t ranked in any particular order, and you just want to refer to the first item on that list, then you can use tee3 neung2 <strong>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tee3 neung2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 first (as in the first house on the street, first name on the list, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u00a0\u00a0 lok3 tee3 saam5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> world<\/p>\n<p>\u0e2a\u0e07\u0e04\u0e23\u0e32\u0e21\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07\u00a0 song5kraam1 lok3 krang4 tee3 saam5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 World War II<\/p>\n<p>\u0e23\u0e16\u0e04\u0e31\u0e19\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u00a0\u00a0 rot4 kan1 raek3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 first car<\/p>\n<p>\u0e04\u0e19\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u00a0\u00a0 kon1 rak4 raek3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 first love<\/p>\n<p>\u0e04\u0e19\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e04\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kon1 rak4 kon1 tee3 sawng5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 second love<\/p>\n<p>\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e49\u0e32\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 naa3 raek3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 first page<\/p>\n<p>\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dtawn1 raek3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 at\/in the beginning<\/p>\n<p>\u0e1f\u0e31\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e25\u0e07\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fang1 pleng1 raek3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 listen to the first song<\/p>\n<p>\u0e41\u0e1f\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u00a0 faen1 tee3 saam5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 third girl\/boyfriend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are competitive. We always need to compete. We need to be first in line. Win first in a competition. Be the first to finish. The first to the moon. Second place is as good as last, no?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[10208],"tags":[96663,7492,94596,10177],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-beginner","tag-first","tag-number","tag-ranking","tag-thai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/thai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}