สระ ว่าย น้ำ
“สระ ว่าย น้ำ” (са ваай нам) — swimming pool in Thai. Noun, level A2. Literally "pond of swimming": the pond serves for pool and pond alike, and the swimming is swim-water. In a condo the pool is almost always on the roof — and it is still this word. In a live sentence: “สระ ว่าย น้ำ อยู่ ชั้น ห้า” — The pool is on the fifth floor. Written with the characters ส, ร, ะ, ว, ่, า, ย, น, ้, ำ.
In short
| Written in Thai | สระ ว่าย น้ำ |
| Read in Latin letters | са ваай нам |
| Translation | swimming pool |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "pond of swimming": the pond serves for pool and pond alike, and the swimming is swim-water. In a condo the pool is almost always on the roof — and it is still this word
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.
- สระ ว่าย น้ำ อยู่ ชั้น ห้าса ваай нам ю чан хааThe pool is on the fifth floor
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 “swimming pool” in Thai?
«สระ ว่าย น้ำ», read “са ваай нам”. In a live sentence: “สระ ว่าย น้ำ อยู่ ชั้น ห้า” — The pool is on the fifth floor. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ส, ร, ะ, ว, ่, า, ย, น, ้, ำ.
How is “สระ ว่าย น้ำ” written in Latin letters?
са ваай нам. 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 "pond of swimming": the pond serves for pool and pond alike, and the swimming is swim-water. In a condo the pool is almost always on the roof — and it is still this word. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.