Editing Thai language (section)

==== Nominal phrases ====
[[Noun phrase|Nominal phrases]] in Thai often use a special class of words [[classifier (linguistics)|classifiers]]. As previously mentioned, these classifiers are obligatory for noun phrases containing numerals e.g.

{{fs interlinear|lang=th|indent=3|glossing4=yes
|ผู้หญิง สอง คน
|phuying song khon
|/{{IPA|pʰûː.jǐŋ}} {{IPA|sɔ̌ːŋ}} {{IPA|kʰōn}}/
|woman two CL
|two women<ref name=":1" />}}

Unlike any numeral, {{lang|th|หนึ่ง}} ('one') can mark on both positions of classifier, but in different functions. The post-head one potentially marks a referent as [[indefinite article]].

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{{fs interlinear|lang=th|indent=3|glossing4=yes
|แก้ว หนึ่ง ใบ
|kaew neung bai
|/{{IPA|kɛ̂ːw}}  {{IPA|nɯ̀ŋ}} {{IPA|bāj}}/
|glass one CL
|"one glass" (quantificational)}}
{{Col-2}}
{{fs interlinear|lang=th|indent=3|glossing4=yes
|แก้ว ใบ หนึ่ง
|kaew bai neung
|/{{IPA|kɛ̂ːw}} {{IPA|bāj}} {{IPA|nɯ̀ŋ}}/
|glass CL one
|"a glass" (referential)}}
{{Col-end}}

In the previous example {{lang|th-Latn|khon}} ({{lang|th|คน}}) acts as the classifier in the nominal phrase. This follows the form of noun-cardinal-classifier mentioned above. Classifiers are also required to form quantified noun phrases in Thai with some quantifiers such as {{lang|th|ทุก}} ('all'), {{lang|th|บาง}} ('some'). The examples below are demonstrated using the classifier {{lang|th-Latn|khon}}, which is used for people.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{{fs interlinear|lang=th|indent=3|glossing4=yes
|{นักเรียน} ทุก คน
|{nak rian} thuk khon
|/{{IPA|nák rīa̯n}} {{IPA|tʰúk}} {{IPA|kʰōn}}/
|student every CL
|"every student"}}
{{Col-2}}
{{fs interlinear|lang=th|indent=3|glossing4=yes
|ครู บาง คน
|khru bang khon
|/{{IPA|kʰrūː}} {{IPA|bāːŋ}} {{IPA|kʰōn}}/
|teacher some CL
|"some teacher"}}
{{Col-end}}

However, classifiers are not utilized for negative quantification. Negative quantification is expressed by the pattern {{lang|th|ไม่มี}} ({{lang|th-Latn|mai mi}}, {{IPA|/mâj mīː/}}) + NOUN.