ใช้ ใหม่ ได้
“ใช้ ใหม่ ได้” (чай май даай) — renewable in Thai. Adjective, level B1. Literally "can be used again": sun and wind do not run out. There is no adjective in Thai — the ability describes it. In a live sentence: “แดด เป็น พลัง งาน ที่ ใช้ ใหม่ ได้” — The sun is renewable energy. Written with the characters ใ, ช, ้, ใ, ห, ม, ่, ไ, ด, ้. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ใช้ ใหม่ ได้ |
| Read in Latin letters | чай май даай |
| Translation | renewable |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "can be used again": sun and wind do not run out. There is no adjective in Thai — the ability describes it
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.
- แดด เป็น พลัง งาน ที่ ใช้ ใหม่ ได้дэт пен пхаланг нган ти чай май даайThe sun is renewable energy
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 “renewable” in Thai?
«ใช้ ใหม่ ได้», read “чай май даай”. In a live sentence: “แดด เป็น พลัง งาน ที่ ใช้ ใหม่ ได้” — The sun is renewable energy. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters ใ, ช, ้, ใ, ห, ม, ่, ไ, ด, ้.
How is “ใช้ ใหม่ ได้” written in Latin letters?
чай май даай. 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 "can be used again": sun and wind do not run out. There is no adjective in Thai — the ability describes it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.