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นำ หน้า

“นำ หน้า” (нам наа) — to lead; to be ahead in Thai. Verb, level B1. Literally "lead by the head": going ahead in numbers and on the road. The lead you know from presenting — here it is leadership in the score. In a live sentence: “ทีม เรา นำ หน้า สอง ต่อ ศูนย์” — Our team is ahead two-nil. Written with the characters น, ำ, ห, น, ้, า. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

In short

“to lead; to be ahead” in Thai
Written in Thaiนำ หน้า
Read in Latin lettersнам наа
Translationto lead; to be ahead
Part of speechverb
LevelB1

Why it looks that way

Literally "lead by the head": going ahead in numbers and on the road. The lead you know from presenting — here it is leadership in the score

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.

  • ทีม เรา นำ หน้า สอง ต่อ ศูนย์
    тхим рао нам наа сонг тё суун
    Our team is ahead two-nil

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.

Frequently asked

How do you say “to lead; to be ahead” in Thai?

«นำ หน้า», read “нам наа”. In a live sentence: “ทีม เรา นำ หน้า สอง ต่อ ศูนย์” — Our team is ahead two-nil. Verb, level B1; written with the characters น, ำ, ห, น, ้, า.

How is “นำ หน้า” written in Latin letters?

нам наа. 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 "lead by the head": going ahead in numbers and on the road. The lead you know from presenting — here it is leadership in the score. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.

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