พอ ดี ตอน นั้น
“พอ ดี ตอน นั้น” (пхо ди тон нан) — just then; at that very moment in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "exactly at that moment": just then. You know the just-right about size — here it is about the moment. In a live sentence: “พอ ดี ตอน นั้น ผม เดิน ผ่าน มา” — Just then I was walking past. Written with the characters พ, อ, ด, ี, ต, อ, น, น, ้, น. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | พอ ดี ตอน นั้น |
| Read in Latin letters | пхо ди тон нан |
| Translation | just then; at that very moment |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "exactly at that moment": just then. You know the just-right about size — here it is about the moment
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.
- พอ ดี ตอน นั้น ผม เดิน ผ่าน มาпхо ди тон нан пхом дён паан маJust then I was walking past
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 “just then; at that very moment” in Thai?
«พอ ดี ตอน นั้น», read “пхо ди тон нан”. In a live sentence: “พอ ดี ตอน นั้น ผม เดิน ผ่าน มา” — Just then I was walking past. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters พ, อ, ด, ี, ต, อ, น, น, ้, น.
How is “พอ ดี ตอน นั้น” written in Latin letters?
пхо ди тон нан. 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 "exactly at that moment": just then. You know the just-right about size — here it is about the moment. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.