ข้อ อ้าง
“ข้อ อ้าง” (кхо аанг) — argument; plea in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "point-citation": one argument is one point. The argument-reason you know; this one counts arguments by pieces. In a live sentence: “ข้อ อ้าง แรก ของ เขา ฟัง แล้ว ไม่ ผ่าน” — His first argument does not hold up by ear. Written with the characters ข, ้, อ, อ, ้, า, ง. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ข้อ อ้าง |
| Read in Latin letters | кхо аанг |
| Translation | argument; plea |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "point-citation": one argument is one point. The argument-reason you know; this one counts arguments by pieces
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.
- ข้อ อ้าง แรก ของ เขา ฟัง แล้ว ไม่ ผ่านкхо аанг рэк кхонг кхао фанг лаэо май пхаанHis first argument does not hold up by ear
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 “argument; plea” in Thai?
«ข้อ อ้าง», read “кхо аанг”. In a live sentence: “ข้อ อ้าง แรก ของ เขา ฟัง แล้ว ไม่ ผ่าน” — His first argument does not hold up by ear. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ข, ้, อ, อ, ้, า, ง.
How is “ข้อ อ้าง” written in Latin letters?
кхо аанг. 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 "point-citation": one argument is one point. The argument-reason you know; this one counts arguments by pieces. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.