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1. How to say how much in Thai?
2. How to say “how much is this one” in Thai?
3. How to ask for discount in Thai

After you get to know the important numbers in Thai, the next step is to try using it in daily life. If you buy street food at the market or go shopping and want to know about the price, you need to know how to say how much in Thai.

In this article, we will look through how to ask for the price in Thai and ask for a discount in Thai.

How to say how much in Thai?

There are 2 typical ways to say how much in Thai 

• tâo-rài (เท่าไหร่) *direct translation for how much
• gìi-bàat (กี่บาท) (how many + baht)
  • How many = gìi (กี่)
  • Thai currency (baht) = bàat (บาท)

How to say “how much is this one” in Thai?

If you want to be more clear and ask for the price of the particular thing, you can ask in Thai “how much is this one?” Let’s take a look at a few new vocab words you should know.

• This = níi (นี้)
• That = nán (นั้น)
• Piece = an (อัน)
  • How much is this one? อันนี้เท่าไหร่? = an nii tao-rai? (piece + this + how much)
  • How much is that one? อันนั้นกี่บาท? = an nan gii baat? (piece + that + how many + baht)
• Per = lá / dtàaw (ละ/ต่อ)
  • This one is 125 baht. อันนี้ 125 บาท = an nii 125 baat (piece + this + 125 baht)
  • 125 baht per piece / 2 pieces 200 baht อันละ 125 บาท / 125 บาทต่ออัน / 2 อัน 200 บาท = an la 125 baat / 125 baat dtaaw an / 2 an 200 baat (piece + per / per + piece 125 baht / 2 piece 200 baht)

After you know How to ask for the price in Thai already, let’s learn how to ask for a discount in Thai as well.

How to ask for discount in Thai

• Reduce = lót (ลด)
• Price = raa-kaa (ราคา)
  • Could you reduce the price? ลดราคาได้ไหม? = lot <raa-kaa> dai mai? (reduce + price + can + yes-no question word)

And that’s all about how to ask for the price in Thai and how to say discount in Thai. If you have any chance in daily life, let’s try to use these useful phrases to practise more on using Thai in your daily life.

If they are saying too fast and you want to ask them “Can you repeat that again?” You can ask in Thai “kun puut iik krang dai mai krap / ka” (คุณพูดอีกครั้งได้ไหมครับ / คะ?)

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