Breakdown of เสื้อ ตัว นี้ ราคา ตั้ง พัน บาท ครับ
เสื้อ
the shirt
ตัว
classifier for animals and things
ราคา
price
บาท
Baht
นี้
this (modifier)
พัน
thousand
ตั้ง
as much as (emphatic, before amounts)
Questions & Answers about เสื้อ ตัว นี้ ราคา ตั้ง พัน บาท ครับ
I know ตั้ง usually means "to set up" or "since". What does it mean here before the price?
In this sentence, ตั้ง acts as an emphasizing word meaning "as much as" or "all of." You use it right before a number or quantity to show surprise that the amount is so high. Here, the speaker thinks a thousand baht is surprisingly expensive for this shirt.
I thought ตัว was the counting word (classifier) for animals. Why is it used with เสื้อ (shirt)?
You're right that ตัว is used for animals, but it is also the standard classifier for most items of clothing, including shirts, pants, and skirts. Remember the Thai pattern for saying "this [noun]" is noun + classifier + นี้, which gives us เสื้อ ตัว นี้ (this shirt).
The English translation says "a thousand baht," but I don't see the word for "one" (หนึ่ง) in the Thai sentence. Is it missing?
In spoken Thai, it is very common to drop หนึ่ง (one) before units like hundred (ร้อย), thousand (พัน), or ten thousand (หมื่น) when you are talking about exactly one of that unit. Saying พัน บาท is the most natural, conversational way to say "one thousand baht."
Is ราคา acting as a noun meaning "price" or a verb meaning "to cost"?
It can be thought of as both! In Thai, you don't need a separate verb like "is" or "costs" when talking about prices. You simply put ราคา between the item and the amount. You can think of the literal translation as either "This shirt's price is a thousand baht" or "This shirt costs a thousand baht."
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