ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์
“ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์” (пхан сам пхан) — to pass the interview in Thai. Phrase, level B1. The same pass as in "pass the exam": to pass through. The interview in Thai is an exam, and the logic is the same. In a live sentence: “ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์ แล้ว ดี ใจ มาก” — I passed the interview; I am very glad. Written with the characters ผ, ่, า, น, ส, ม, ภ, า, ษ, ณ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์ |
| Read in Latin letters | пхан сам пхан |
| Translation | to pass the interview |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same pass as in "pass the exam": to pass through. The interview in Thai is an exam, and the logic is the same
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.
- ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์ แล้ว ดี ใจ มากпхан сам пхан лаэо ди джай макI passed the interview; I am very glad
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 pass the interview” in Thai?
«ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์», read “пхан сам пхан”. In a live sentence: “ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์ แล้ว ดี ใจ มาก” — I passed the interview; I am very glad. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ผ, ่, า, น, ส, ม, ภ, า, ษ, ณ.
How is “ผ่าน สัม ภาษณ์” written in Latin letters?
пхан сам пхан. 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 same pass as in "pass the exam": to pass through. The interview in Thai is an exam, and the logic is the same. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.