การ ตั้ง ครรภ์
“การ ตั้ง ครรภ์” (кан танг кхан) — pregnancy in Thai. Noun, level A1. Literally "the matter of conceiving a fruit": a bookish word beside the colloquial thong — "belly", which is busy and also names the pregnant one. In a live sentence: “การ ตั้ง ครรภ์ ต้อง ดู แล” — Pregnancy requires care. Written with the characters ก, า, ร, ต, ้, ง, ค, ร, ร, ภ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | การ ตั้ง ครรภ์ |
| Read in Latin letters | кан танг кхан |
| Translation | pregnancy |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the matter of conceiving a fruit": a bookish word beside the colloquial thong — "belly", which is busy and also names the pregnant one
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.
- การ ตั้ง ครรภ์ ต้อง ดู แลкан танг кхан тонг ду лэPregnancy requires care
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 “pregnancy” in Thai?
«การ ตั้ง ครรภ์», read “кан танг кхан”. In a live sentence: “การ ตั้ง ครรภ์ ต้อง ดู แล” — Pregnancy requires care. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ก, า, ร, ต, ้, ง, ค, ร, ร, ภ.
How is “การ ตั้ง ครรภ์” written in Latin letters?
кан танг кхан. 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 "the matter of conceiving a fruit": a bookish word beside the colloquial thong — "belly", which is busy and also names the pregnant one. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.