ของ ขวัญ
“ของ ขวัญ” (кхонг кхуан) — present; gift in Thai. Noun, level A1. Literally "thing-amulet": the same khong as in the toy. A present is given with both hands — that is politeness. In a live sentence: “ของ ขวัญ วัน เกิด” — A birthday present. Written with the characters ข, อ, ง, ข, ว, ญ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ของ ขวัญ |
| Read in Latin letters | кхонг кхуан |
| Translation | present; gift |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "thing-amulet": the same khong as in the toy. A present is given with both hands — that is politeness
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.
- ของ ขวัญ วัน เกิดкхонг кхуан ван кёртA birthday present
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 “present; gift” in Thai?
«ของ ขวัญ», read “кхонг кхуан”. In a live sentence: “ของ ขวัญ วัน เกิด” — A birthday present. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ข, อ, ง, ข, ว, ญ.
How is “ของ ขวัญ” written in Latin letters?
кхонг кхуан. 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 "thing-amulet": the same khong as in the toy. A present is given with both hands — that is politeness. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.