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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume II - 2010 Sentence Classifiers and Verb Phrase Classifiers 68 h. raw kamlaŋ pay kin sìi thûay 6 bâan kamnan we now go eat four bowl house elder headman ‘We are going to have a feast at the elder headman’s house.’ 2. Conclusion The sentences above certainly show that sentences and verb phrases can take classifiers. Professor Prasert Na Nagara considers that sentences or verb phrases can function as abstract nouns in Thai and they can contain classifiers like other nouns. Thus it is normal for those learning Thai to memorize specific classifiers for certain nouns, sentences and verb phrases. References Apiluck Tumtavikul, Chirapha Niwataphant, Philipp Dill, 2009. ‘Classifiers in Thai Sign Language’. Festschrift in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language and Literature in Honor of Professor Dr. Udom Warotamasikkhadit on his 75 th Birthday. Bangkok, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University Press.,pp 255-275. Department of General Education, 2007. The Royal Chronicle of R.E. 120. Second Printing. Bangkok, Matichon. Noss, Richard B, 1964. Thai Reference Grammar. Washington, DC, Foreign Service Institute. Somsongse Burusphat, Zhou Guoyan, 2009. A Comparison of Classifiers in Tai- Kadai Languages. Nakhon Pathom, Language and Culture Institute for Rural Development, Mahidol University. The Royal Institute of Thailand, 2003. Classifiers. Revised edition. Bangkok, Sahamit Printing. The Royal Institute of Thailand, 2008. Classifiers. Seventh printing. Bangkok, Idea Square Partnership. 6 Traditional Thai desserts are of four kinds consisting of น้ำกะทิ ‘sweetened coconut cream mixed with palm sugar or coconut sugar’ in the center bowl of the tray, and four other bowls containing: one bowl of ไข่ กบ ‘frog eggs’ which are ‘cooked tapioca, or water soaked mint seeds’, one bowl of นกปล่อย free birds’ or ‘ลอด ช่อง which are sweetmeats similar to light green noodle’, one bowl of มะลิลอย ‘floating jasmines’ which are ‘popped rice’, and one bowl of อ้ายตื้อ ‘dark or white cooked sticky rice’ which were popular dessert in the old day.