Prepositions of place in Thai

by | Sep 28, 2020 | Thai

Let’s learn some prepositions of place in Thai such as on, in, below, in front of, behind, between, etc.

เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡ (kรขang) and เธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™ (dรขan) both mean “side”. So, in the following examples, you will see different ways to say the same thing.

เธšเธ™ (bon) = on top of/above

Prepositions of place in Thai 1

  • The dog is on the table
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธšเธ™เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo bon dtรณ)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธšเธ™เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang bon dtรณ)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เธšเธ™เธ‚เธญเธ‡เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan bon kลng dtรณ)

เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธฅเนˆเธฒเธ‡ (kรขang lรขang), เนƒเธ•เน‰ (dtรขi) = below, under

Prepositions of place in Thai 2

  • The dog is under the table
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเนƒเธ•เน‰เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo dtรขi dtรณ)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เนƒเธ•เน‰เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang dtรขi dtรณ)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธฅเนˆเธฒเธ‡เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang lรขang dtรณ)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เธฅเนˆเธฒเธ‡เธ‚เธญเธ‡เน‚เธ•เนŠเธฐ (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan lรขang kลng dtรณ)

เธซเธ™เน‰เธฒ (nรขa) = in front of

Prepositions of place in Thai 3

  • The dog is in front of the door
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธซเธ™เน‰เธฒเธ›เธฃเธฐเธ•เธน (mฤƒa yรฒo nรขa bprร -dtoo)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธซเธ™เน‰เธฒเธ›เธฃเธฐเธ•เธน (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang nรขa bprร -dtoo)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เธซเธ™เน‰เธฒเธ›เธฃเธฐเธ•เธน (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan nรขa bprร -dtoo)

เธซเธฅเธฑเธ‡ (lฤƒng) = Behind

Prepositions of place in Thai 4

  • The dog is behind the door
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธซเธฅเธฑเธ‡เธ›เธฃเธฐเธ•เธน (mฤƒa yรฒo lฤƒng bprร -dtoo)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธซเธฅเธฑเธ‡เธ›เธฃเธฐเธ•เธน (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang lฤƒng bprร -dtoo)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เธซเธฅเธฑเธ‡เธ›เธฃเธฐเธ•เธน (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan lฤƒng bprร -dtoo)

เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡ (kรขang) = side

Prepositions of place in Thai 5

  • The dog is beside the house
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™ (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang bรขan)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เน†เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™
    (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang kรขang bรขan)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธ‚เธญเธ‡เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™
    (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan kรขang kลng bรขan)

เธฃเธฐเธซเธงเนˆเธฒเธ‡ (rรก-wร ang) = between

Prepositions of place in Thai 6

  • The dog is between the houses.
  • เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธฃเธฐเธซเธงเนˆเธฒเธ‡เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™ (mฤƒa yรฒo rรก-wร ang bรขan)

เนƒเธ™ (nai) = Inside

Prepositions of place in Thai 7

  • The dog is inside the house.
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเนƒเธ™เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™ (mฤƒa yรฒo nai bรขan)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เนƒเธ™เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™
    (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang nai bรขan)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เนƒเธ™เธšเน‰เธฒเธ™
    (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan nai bรขan)

เธ™เธญเธ (nรดk) = outside

Prepositions of place in Thai 8

  • The dog is out side of the house.
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ™เธญเธเธšเน‰เธฒเธ™ (mฤƒa yรฒo nรดk bรขan)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ‚เน‰เธฒเธ‡เธ™เธญเธเธšเน‰เธฒเธ™
    (mฤƒa yรฒo kรขang nรดk bรขan)
    เธซเธกเธฒเธญเธขเธนเนˆเธ”เน‰เธฒเธ™เธ™เธญเธเธšเน‰เธฒเธ™ (mฤƒa yรฒo dรขan nรดk bรขan)


I hope you learned how to talk about the location of things in Thai by learning the words for behind, in front of, between, inside, etc.

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