เขา ว่า กัน ว่า
“เขา ว่า กัน ว่า” (кхао ваа кан ваа) — they say that; it is said in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "he-speak-each-other-that": who speaks is not named, and that is honest. Thai rumors begin with these words. In a live sentence: “เขา ว่า กัน ว่า ปี นี้ ข้าว แพง” — They say rice is expensive this year. Written with the characters เ, ข, า, ว, ่, า, ก, น, ว, ่, า. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | เขา ว่า กัน ว่า |
| Read in Latin letters | кхао ваа кан ваа |
| Translation | they say that; it is said |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "he-speak-each-other-that": who speaks is not named, and that is honest. Thai rumors begin with these 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.
- เขา ว่า กัน ว่า ปี นี้ ข้าว แพงкхао ваа кан ваа пий ний кхао пхэнгThey say rice is expensive this year
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 “they say that; it is said” in Thai?
«เขา ว่า กัน ว่า», read “кхао ваа кан ваа”. In a live sentence: “เขา ว่า กัน ว่า ปี นี้ ข้าว แพง” — They say rice is expensive this year. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters เ, ข, า, ว, ่, า, ก, น, ว, ่, า.
How is “เขา ว่า กัน ว่า” written in Latin letters?
кхао ваа кан 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 "he-speak-each-other-that": who speaks is not named, and that is honest. Thai rumors begin with these words. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.