การ สอบ ย่อย
“การ สอบ ย่อย” (кан сооп йой) — quiz; minor test in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "small exam": the last word is "made smaller", like a portion. The big exam at the end of the semester goes without "small". In a live sentence: “พรุ่ง นี้ มี การ สอบ ย่อย” — Tomorrow there is a quiz. Written with the characters ก, า, ร, ส, อ, บ, ย, ่, อ, ย. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | การ สอบ ย่อย |
| Read in Latin letters | кан сооп йой |
| Translation | quiz; minor test |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "small exam": the last word is "made smaller", like a portion. The big exam at the end of the semester goes without "small"
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.
- พรุ่ง นี้ มี การ สอบ ย่อยпхрунг ний ми кан сооп йойTomorrow there is a quiz
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 “quiz; minor test” in Thai?
«การ สอบ ย่อย», read “кан сооп йой”. In a live sentence: “พรุ่ง นี้ มี การ สอบ ย่อย” — Tomorrow there is a quiz. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ก, า, ร, ส, อ, บ, ย, ่, อ, ย.
How is “การ สอบ ย่อย” written in Latin letters?
кан сооп йой. 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 "small exam": the last word is "made smaller", like a portion. The big exam at the end of the semester goes without "small". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.