What it is made of: ทำ จาก and the material after the thing
"Made of" in Thai is ทำ จาก: tham jak pha — made of fabric. Jak here is the same "from" as in ma jaak nai — "where are you from". The material follows and never changes. For example: “กระเป๋า นี้ ทำ จาก หนัง แท้” — This bag is made of genuine leather. A rule from the Thai course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
"Made of" in Thai is ทำ จาก (тхам джак): tham jak pha — made of fabric. Jak here is the same "from" as in ma jaak nai — "where are you from". The material follows and never changes.
Often you do not need tham jak at all. Put the material right after the object, like an adjective: krapao nang — a leather bag, literally "bag-leather". The same goes for rong thao nang — leather shoes. This is the most frequent path: suea khon khae — a wool sweater, "sweater-wool".
"Genuine" is แท้ (тэ): nang thae — genuine leather. A fake is khong plom: plom means "false". At the market Thais check exactly this: they ask khong thae mai — "a genuine thing?"
Do not mix up material and purpose. pha kan puean — an apron, "cloth against dirt" — is built with kan, "protects against".
Table
| Material | Word | Reading | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| of fabric | ทำ จาก ผ้า | tham jak pha | กระเป๋า ทำ จาก ผ้า — a bag of fabric |
| of leather | ทำ จาก หนัง | tham jak nang | รอง เท้า ทำ จาก หนัง — shoes of leather |
| of silk | ทำ จาก ผ้า ไหม | tham jak pha mai | ชุด ทำ จาก ผ้า ไหม — a dress of silk |
| of plastic | ทำ จาก พลาสติก | tham jak phalatik | ขวด ทำ จาก พลาสติก — a bottle of plastic |
| of metal | ทำ จาก โลหะ | tham jak lo ha | โต๊ะ ทำ จาก โลหะ — a table of metal |
| glass as material | แก้ว | kaeo | ขวด แก้ว — a glass bottle |
| genuine | แท้ | thae | หนัง แท้ — genuine leather |
| false | ปลอม | plom | ของ ปลอม — a fake |
By example
- กระเป๋า นี้ ทำ จาก หนัง แท้крапхао ний тхам джак нанг тэThis bag is made of genuine leather
- เสื้อ ตัว นี้ ทำ จาก ผ้า ไหมсыа туа ний тхам джак пхаа майThis shirt is made of silk
- ขวด พลาสติก ราคา ถูก กว่า ขวด แก้วкхуат пхаастик ракхаа тхук кваа кхуат гэоA plastic bottle is cheaper than a glass one
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
What it is made of: how does it work in Thai?
"Made of" in Thai is ทำ จาก: tham jak pha — made of fabric. Jak here is the same "from" as in ma jaak nai — "where are you from". The material follows and never changes.
What does it look like in a Thai example sentence?
“กระเป๋า นี้ ทำ จาก หนัง แท้” (крапхао ний тхам джак нанг тэ) — This bag is made of genuine leather. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.