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Possession and classifiers

Read ของ possession and the classifier เล่ม in a bounded book dialogue.

Time
20 min
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Learning goalsRecognise possession with ของ and the book classifier เล่ม
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How to read the pronunciation guide

Tone marks: a = mid, à = low, â = falling, á = high, ǎ = rising. Doubled vowels are long. ŋ is the ng sound; y is as in yes. ɛ, ɔ, ə and ʉ represent distinct vowel sounds. ph, th and kh have a puff of air; th is not English th.

pay, mǎy and ŋ correspond to pai, mǎi and ng in other guides. Hyphens may separate syllables. This is a simplified reading guide, not an exact transcription of the recording. หนังสือ is shown as nǎŋsʉ̌ʉ and เขา as khǎw; naŋsʉ̌ʉ and kháw also occur in fluent speech.

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Notice the patternThree source examples

Read ของ possession and the classifier เล่ม in a bounded book dialogue.

ของ links possession; classifiers such as เล่ม occur with nouns in demonstrative and counting patterns.

หนังสือเล่มนี้ดี

nǎŋsʉ̌ʉ lêm níi diiThis book is good.

ของใครครับ

khɔ̌ɔŋ khray khrápWhose is it?

ของเพื่อนผมครับ

khɔ̌ɔŋ phʉ̂an phǒm khrápIt belongs to my friend.
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What does หนังสือเล่มนี้ดี mean here?

หนังสือเล่มนี้ดี

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Which Thai example means “Whose is it?”?

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Which Thai example means “It belongs to my friend.”?

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Examples are reused from the retained local FSI/Reading source. The new explanation and exercise framing require independent language, pedagogy and rights review before production.