ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม
“ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม” (лот нынг наи саам) — by a third (less) in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "lower by one of three": the Thai expresses the difference by verb plus fraction. "A third more" — swap the verb for the increase one. In a live sentence: “ราคา ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม ตอน เทศกาล” — On holidays prices are a third lower. Written with the characters ล, ด, ห, น, ึ, ่, ง, ใ, น, ส, า, ม.
In short
| Written in Thai | ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม |
| Read in Latin letters | лот нынг наи саам |
| Translation | by a third (less) |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "lower by one of three": the Thai expresses the difference by verb plus fraction. "A third more" — swap the verb for the increase one
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.
- ราคา ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม ตอน เทศกาลракхаа лот нынг наи саам тон тхетсаганOn holidays prices are a third lower
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 “by a third (less)” in Thai?
«ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม», read “лот нынг наи саам”. In a live sentence: “ราคา ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม ตอน เทศกาล” — On holidays prices are a third lower. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ล, ด, ห, น, ึ, ่, ง, ใ, น, ส, า, ม.
How is “ลด หนึ่ง ใน สาม” written in Latin letters?
лот нынг наи саам. 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 "lower by one of three": the Thai expresses the difference by verb plus fraction. "A third more" — swap the verb for the increase one. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.