ບົດຮຽນ ໗ · MODULE C
ລັກສະນະນາມ
Classifiers — counting nouns
ເນື້ອໃນທີ່ຂຽນຂຶ້ນ · Authored content
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In Lao, you do not say "two cars" or "three books". You say "car two [vehicle-unit]" and "book three [volume-unit]".
The counting formula is strictly: Noun + Number + Classifier. Common classifiers include ຄົນ (people), ຄັນ (vehicles/umbrellas), ຫົວ (books/fruits), and ໂຕ (animals/garments).
ໂຄງສ້າງ · The three slots
ລົດ
lot
car
ນາມ
subject
໑
neung
one
ຈຳນວນ
verb
ຄັນ
khan
unit
ລັກສະນະນາມ
object
The canonical formula: Noun + Numeral + Classifier.POS reference →
ການປ່ຽນຮູບ · One sentence, four jobs
Only the highlighted token moves or appears. The three original words never change — no conjugation, no agreement, no tense on the verb.
ລົດ (ຄັນ)
vehicles
ລົດ ໑ ຄັນ
lot neung khan — One car
ປຶ້ມ (ຫົວ)
books / publications
ປຶ້ມ ໒ ຫົວ
puem song hua — Two books
ຄົນ (ຄົນ)
persons
ນັກຮຽນ ໓ ຄົນ
nak hian sam khon — Three students
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