กฎ
“กฎ” (кот) — rule in Thai. Noun, level A1. One syllable, "kot": the final t is not released. The rule of school, of a game and of the law — all of it this word; the same spelling as "press", the tone tells them apart. In a live sentence: “โรง เรียน มี กฎ มาก” — There are many rules at school. Written with the characters ก, ฎ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | กฎ |
| Read in Latin letters | кот |
| Translation | rule |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
One syllable, "kot": the final t is not released. The rule of school, of a game and of the law — all of it this word; the same spelling as "press", the tone tells them apart
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.
- โรง เรียน มี กฎ มากронг риан ми кот макThere are many rules at school
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 “rule” in Thai?
«กฎ», read “кот”. In a live sentence: “โรง เรียน มี กฎ มาก” — There are many rules at school. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ก, ฎ.
How is “กฎ” written in Latin letters?
кот. 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?
One syllable, "kot": the final t is not released. The rule of school, of a game and of the law — all of it this word; the same spelling as "press", the tone tells them apart. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.