สมัคร
“สมัคร” (самак) — to register; to sign up in Thai. Verb, level A1. One word both for "file an application" and "sign up on a site". On a site Thai says it shortest: the one verb — and done. In a live sentence: “สมัคร ก่อน แล้ว เข้า สู่ ระบบ” — First sign up, then log in. Written with the characters ส, ม, ค, ร. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | สมัคร |
| Read in Latin letters | самак |
| Translation | to register; to sign up |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
One word both for "file an application" and "sign up on a site". On a site Thai says it shortest: the one verb — and done
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 ก่อน แล้ว เข้า สู่ ระบบсамак кон лаэо кхао су рабопFirst sign up, then log in
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 register; to sign up” in Thai?
«สมัคร», read “самак”. In a live sentence: “สมัคร ก่อน แล้ว เข้า สู่ ระบบ” — First sign up, then log in. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ส, ม, ค, ร.
How is “สมัคร” written in Latin letters?
самак. 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?
One word both for "file an application" and "sign up on a site". On a site Thai says it shortest: the one verb — and done. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.