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ครอบครัว　ของ　ฉัน　มี　ทั้งหมด　ห้า　คน　ค่ะ

ครอบครัว　ของ　ฉัน　มี　ทั้งหมด　ห้า　คน　ค่ะ
There are five people in my family in total.
From Lesson 20:Classifiers for counting (คน, อัน)·Thai

Questions & Answers about ครอบครัว　ของ　ฉัน　มี　ทั้งหมด　ห้า　คน　ค่ะ

Why do we use คน at the end of the sentence instead of just saying the number five?
In English, we just say 'five people.' But in Thai, you must use a classifier when counting. The pattern is Noun + Number + Classifier. Here, the number is ห้า (five) and the classifier for people is คน.
The English translation says 'There are...', but the Thai sentence uses มี. Doesn't มี mean 'to have'?
Yes, มี means 'to have', but it is also used to express 'there is' or 'there are'. Thai doesn't use a separate structure like 'there are five people in my family.' Instead, it literally says 'Family of mine has five people in total.'
What is the purpose of ทั้งหมด in this sentence?
ทั้งหมด means 'in total' or 'altogether.' While you could just say your family has five people, adding ทั้งหมด before the number is a very natural Thai way to emphasize the total count of the group.
How do we know this sentence is spoken by a female?
Two words give it away: the pronoun ฉัน (I/my) is most commonly used by women in polite settings, and the polite ending particle ค่ะ is exclusively used by female speakers. A male speaker would use ผม and ครับ instead.

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