กำ จัด
“กำ จัด” (кам джат) — to eliminate; to root out in Thai. Verb, level B1. The bookish "destroy at the root": weeds, pests, an error in the system. Not "repair" — remove entirely, so it does not return. In a live sentence: “กำ จัด ข้อ ผิด พลาด ก่อน ส่ง ราย งาน” — Eliminate the error before sending the report. Written with the characters ก, ำ, จ, ด. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | กำ จัด |
| Read in Latin letters | кам джат |
| Translation | to eliminate; to root out |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The bookish "destroy at the root": weeds, pests, an error in the system. Not "repair" — remove entirely, so it does not return
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.
- กำ จัด ข้อ ผิด พลาด ก่อน ส่ง ราย งานкам джат кхо пхит пхлаат кон сонг раай нганEliminate the error before sending the report
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 “to eliminate; to root out” in Thai?
«กำ จัด», read “кам джат”. In a live sentence: “กำ จัด ข้อ ผิด พลาด ก่อน ส่ง ราย งาน” — Eliminate the error before sending the report. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ก, ำ, จ, ด.
How is “กำ จัด” written in Latin letters?
кам джат. 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?
The bookish "destroy at the root": weeds, pests, an error in the system. Not "repair" — remove entirely, so it does not return. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.