สมัคร งาน
“สมัคร งาน” (самак нгаан) — to apply (for a job) in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "file an application for the work": the verb is to join voluntarily — one enlists in the army and joins a club with it too. In a live sentence: “สมัคร งาน ทาง อิน เทอร์ เน็ต” — I am applying for the job online. Written with the characters ส, ม, ค, ร, ง, า, น. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | สมัคร งาน |
| Read in Latin letters | самак нгаан |
| Translation | to apply (for a job) |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "file an application for the work": the verb is to join voluntarily — one enlists in the army and joins a club with it too
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.
- สมัคร งาน ทาง อิน เทอร์ เน็ตсамак нгаан таанг ин тёр нетI am applying for the job online
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 apply (for a job)” in Thai?
«สมัคร งาน», read “самак нгаан”. In a live sentence: “สมัคร งาน ทาง อิน เทอร์ เน็ต” — I am applying for the job online. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ส, ม, ค, ร, ง, า, น.
How is “สมัคร งาน” written in Latin letters?
самак нгаан. 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 "file an application for the work": the verb is to join voluntarily — one enlists in the army and joins a club with it too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.