ได้ ยิน มา ว่า
“ได้ ยิน มา ว่า” (даай йин ма ваа) — I heard that; word is in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "heard coming that": I heard that, word is. You know the hearsay; here it introduces another's words. In a live sentence: “ได้ ยิน มา ว่า ร้าน นี้ จะ ปิด” — I heard that this shop will close. Written with the characters ไ, ด, ้, ย, ิ, น, ม, า, ว, ่, า. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ได้ ยิน มา ว่า |
| Read in Latin letters | даай йин ма ваа |
| Translation | I heard that; word is |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "heard coming that": I heard that, word is. You know the hearsay; here it introduces another's words
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.
- ได้ ยิน มา ว่า ร้าน นี้ จะ ปิดдаай йин ма ваа ран ний ча питI heard that this shop will close
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 “I heard that; word is” in Thai?
«ได้ ยิน มา ว่า», read “даай йин ма ваа”. In a live sentence: “ได้ ยิน มา ว่า ร้าน นี้ จะ ปิด” — I heard that this shop will close. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ไ, ด, ้, ย, ิ, น, ม, า, ว, ่, า.
How is “ได้ ยิน มา ว่า” written in Latin letters?
даай йин ма ваа. 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 "heard coming that": I heard that, word is. You know the hearsay; here it introduces another's words. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.