ออก จาก
“ออก จาก” (оок джак) — to exit from; to leave in Thai. Verb, level A1. The familiar ok, "departure", plus jaak, "from": to exit from somewhere. Thai always names the direction separately. In a live sentence: “ออก จาก บ้าน ตอน เจ็ด โมง” — I leave the house at seven. Written with the characters อ, อ, ก, จ, า, ก. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ออก จาก |
| Read in Latin letters | оок джак |
| Translation | to exit from; to leave |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The familiar ok, "departure", plus jaak, "from": to exit from somewhere. Thai always names the direction separately
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.
- ออก จาก บ้าน ตอน เจ็ด โมงоок джак бан тон джет монгI leave the house at seven
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 exit from; to leave” in Thai?
«ออก จาก», read “оок джак”. In a live sentence: “ออก จาก บ้าน ตอน เจ็ด โมง” — I leave the house at seven. Verb, level A1; written with the characters อ, อ, ก, จ, า, ก.
How is “ออก จาก” written in Latin letters?
оок джак. 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?
The familiar ok, "departure", plus jaak, "from": to exit from somewhere. Thai always names the direction separately. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.