โกหก
“โกหก” (кохок) — to lie; to tell lies in Thai. Verb, level A2. Dead syllables, both short. The word is sharp: about an innocent untruth one says softer — "speaks not the truth". In a live sentence: “โกหก ไม่ ดี” — Lying is not good. Written with the characters โ, ก, ห, ก. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | โกหก |
| Read in Latin letters | кохок |
| Translation | to lie; to tell lies |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Dead syllables, both short. The word is sharp: about an innocent untruth one says softer — "speaks not the truth"
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.
- โกหก ไม่ ดีкохок май диLying is not good
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 lie; to tell lies” in Thai?
«โกหก», read “кохок”. In a live sentence: “โกหก ไม่ ดี” — Lying is not good. Verb, level A2; written with the characters โ, ก, ห, ก.
How is “โกหก” written in Latin letters?
кохок. 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?
Dead syllables, both short. The word is sharp: about an innocent untruth one says softer — "speaks not the truth". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.