พิมพ์ เอก สาร
“พิมพ์ เอก สาร” (пхим ээк саан) — to type; to print in Thai. Verb, level A1. The familiar phim, "print out", here about typing at the keyboard: to type a document, not to copy a page. In a live sentence: “พิมพ์ เอก สาร ให้ เสร็จ ก่อน เที่ยง” — Finish typing the document by noon. Written with the characters พ, ิ, ม, พ, เ, อ, ก, ส, า, ร. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | พิมพ์ เอก สาร |
| Read in Latin letters | пхим ээк саан |
| Translation | to type; to print |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The familiar phim, "print out", here about typing at the keyboard: to type a document, not to copy a page
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.
- พิมพ์ เอก สาร ให้ เสร็จ ก่อน เที่ยงпхим ээк саан хай сэт кон тиангFinish typing the document by noon
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 type; to print” in Thai?
«พิมพ์ เอก สาร», read “пхим ээк саан”. In a live sentence: “พิมพ์ เอก สาร ให้ เสร็จ ก่อน เที่ยง” — Finish typing the document by noon. Verb, level A1; written with the characters พ, ิ, ม, พ, เ, อ, ก, ส, า, ร.
How is “พิมพ์ เอก สาร” written in Latin letters?
пхим ээк саан. 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 phim, "print out", here about typing at the keyboard: to type a document, not to copy a page. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.