สัม ภาษณ์
“สัม ภาษณ์” (сам пхан) — interview in Thai. Noun, level B1. The same word as in the job interview: Thai does not split an interview with an artist from a talk about work — the second half of the phrase tells them. The consonant cluster is said as one. In a live sentence: “นัก ข่าว สัม ภาษณ์ เขา แล้ว” — The journalist has interviewed him already. Written with the characters ส, ม, ภ, า, ษ, ณ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | สัม ภาษณ์ |
| Read in Latin letters | сам пхан |
| Translation | interview |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same word as in the job interview: Thai does not split an interview with an artist from a talk about work — the second half of the phrase tells them. The consonant cluster is said as one
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.
- นัก ข่าว สัม ภาษณ์ เขา แล้วнак кхао сам пхан кхао лаэоThe journalist has interviewed him already
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 “interview” in Thai?
«สัม ภาษณ์», read “сам пхан”. In a live sentence: “นัก ข่าว สัม ภาษณ์ เขา แล้ว” — The journalist has interviewed him already. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ส, ม, ภ, า, ษ, ณ.
How is “สัม ภาษณ์” written in Latin letters?
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 word as in the job interview: Thai does not split an interview with an artist from a talk about work — the second half of the phrase tells them. The consonant cluster is said as one. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.