ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน
“ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน” (бай ану йаат тхам нган) — work permit in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "sheet permitting to work": the familiar permit plus the familiar work. Without this paper one cannot work in Thailand, and the employer pays the fine. In a live sentence: “ยื่น เรื่อง ขอ ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน” — File an application for a work permit. Written with the characters ใ, บ, อ, น, ุ, ญ, า, ต, ท, ำ, ง, า…
In short
| Written in Thai | ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน |
| Read in Latin letters | бай ану йаат тхам нган |
| Translation | work permit |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "sheet permitting to work": the familiar permit plus the familiar work. Without this paper one cannot work in Thailand, and the employer pays the fine
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ยื่น เรื่อง ขอ ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งานйын мыанг кхо бай ану йаат тхам нганFile an application for a work permit
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “work permit” in Thai?
«ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน», read “бай ану йаат тхам нган”. In a live sentence: “ยื่น เรื่อง ขอ ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน” — File an application for a work permit. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ใ, บ, อ, น, ุ, ญ, า, ต, ท, ำ, ง, า…
How is “ใบ อนุ ญาต ทำ งาน” written in Latin letters?
бай ану йаат тхам нган. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "sheet permitting to work": the familiar permit plus the familiar work. Without this paper one cannot work in Thailand, and the employer pays the fine. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.