ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ
“ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ” (май кхит ваа ча) — I did not expect that in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "did not think that would": I did not expect it. Substitute any event after — the phrase assembles the rest itself. In a live sentence: “ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ เจอ เพื่อน เก่า ที่ นี่” — I did not expect to meet an old friend here. Written with the characters ไ, ม, ่, ค, ิ, ด, ว, ่, า, จ, ะ.
In short
| Written in Thai | ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ |
| Read in Latin letters | май кхит ваа ча |
| Translation | I did not expect that |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "did not think that would": I did not expect it. Substitute any event after — the phrase assembles the rest itself
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.
- ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ เจอ เพื่อน เก่า ที่ นี่май кхит ваа ча джёт пхиуан гао ти нийI did not expect to meet an old friend here
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 “I did not expect that” in Thai?
«ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ», read “май кхит ваа ча”. In a live sentence: “ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ เจอ เพื่อน เก่า ที่ นี่” — I did not expect to meet an old friend here. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ไ, ม, ่, ค, ิ, ด, ว, ่, า, จ, ะ.
How is “ไม่ คิด ว่า จะ” written in Latin letters?
май кхит ваа ча. 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 "did not think that would": I did not expect it. Substitute any event after — the phrase assembles the rest itself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.