พื้น ฐาน
“พื้น ฐาน” (пын тхаан) — grounds; basis in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "floor-foundation": what a decision stands on. The floor is from this course, and the base is from proof. In a live sentence: “ไม่ มี พื้น ฐาน พอ จะ ฟ้อง ร้อง” — There are not sufficient grounds for the claim. Written with the characters พ, ื, ้, น, ฐ, า, น. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | พื้น ฐาน |
| Read in Latin letters | пын тхаан |
| Translation | grounds; basis |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "floor-foundation": what a decision stands on. The floor is from this course, and the base is from proof
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.
- ไม่ มี พื้น ฐาน พอ จะ ฟ้อง ร้องмай ми пын тхаан пхо ча фонг ронгThere are not sufficient grounds for the claim
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 “grounds; basis” in Thai?
«พื้น ฐาน», read “пын тхаан”. In a live sentence: “ไม่ มี พื้น ฐาน พอ จะ ฟ้อง ร้อง” — There are not sufficient grounds for the claim. Noun, level B1; written with the characters พ, ื, ้, น, ฐ, า, น.
How is “พื้น ฐาน” written in Latin letters?
пын тхаан. 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 "floor-foundation": what a decision stands on. The floor is from this course, and the base is from proof. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.