Editing Thai language (section)

=== Demonstratives ===
Thai has three of its distinctions. ''Proximal'' {{lang|th|นี่}} ({{lang|th-Latn|ni}}, {{IPA|/nîː/}}; 'this/these'), ''medial'' {{lang|th|นั่น}} ({{lang|th-Latn|nan}}, {{IPA|/nân/}}; 'that/those'), and ''distal'' {{lang|th|โน่น}} ({{lang|th-Latn|non}}, {{IPA|/nôːn/}}; 'that/those over there') which is rarely used.

It also has different usage of distinguishing the demonstratives by changing tones. In which the pronoun itself used for ''{{lang|th|นี่}} ({{lang|th-Latn|ni}}, {{IPA|/nîː/}})''; while ''{{lang|th|นี้}} ({{lang|th-Latn|ni}}, {{IPA|/níː}})'' refers to be modifier placed after the noun, prepositions, classifiers, etc. For example:

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|'''นี่''' คือ โต๊ะ ใหม่
|'''ni''' kheu to mai
|/'''{{IPA|nîː}}''' {{IPA|kʰɯ̄ː}} {{IPA|tóʔ}} {{IPA|màj}}/
|'''this'''-PRO be table new
|"this is a new table"}}

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|วาง ถ้วย บน '''นั้น'''
|wang thuai bon '''nan'''
|/{{IPA|wāːŋ}} {{IPA|tʰûa̯j}} {{IPA|bōn}} '''{{IPA|nán}}'''/ 
|{put down} bowl on '''that'''-PREP
|"put a bowl on there"}}

Following the word {{lang|th|ไหน}} ({{lang|th-Latn|nai}}, {{IPA|/nǎj/}}) which plays role as interrogative determiner or pronoun.

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|แมว ตัว ไหน
|maew tua nai
|/{{IPA|mɛ̄ːw}} {{IPA|tūa̯}} {{IPA|nǎj}}/ 
|cat CL INT
|"which cat?"}}
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|จอด ที่ ไหน
|joat thi nai
|/{{IPA|t͡ɕɔ̀ːt}} {{IPA|tʰîː}} {{IPA|nǎj}}/ 
|park PREP INT
|"where to park?"}}
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|พัก ตอน ไหน
|phak toan nai
|/{{IPA|pʰák}} {{IPA|tɔ̄ːn}} {{IPA|nǎj}}/ 
|rest since INT
|"when to rest?"}}
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The syntax for demonstrative phrases, however, differ from that of cardinals and follow the pattern ''noun-classifier-demonstrative''. For example, the noun phrase "this dog" would be expressed in Thai as {{lang|th|หมาตัวนี้}} (literally 'dog (classifier) this').<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Smyth|first=David |title=Thai|date=2014|publisher=Taylor and Francis|isbn=978-1-317-97457-4|edition=2nd |location=Hoboken|oclc=879025983}}</ref>