สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์
“สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์” (сат клай сун пхан) — endangered species in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "animal near the extinction of breed": so the Thais call the species of the Red Book. The extinct will come later in this same lesson. In a live sentence: “นก ใน ป่า นี้ เป็น สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์” — The birds of this forest are an endangered species. Written with the characters ส, ต, ว, ใ, ก, ล, ้, ส, ู, ญ, พ, น…
In short
| Written in Thai | สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์ |
| Read in Latin letters | сат клай сун пхан |
| Translation | endangered species |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "animal near the extinction of breed": so the Thais call the species of the Red Book. The extinct will come later in this same lesson
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.
- นก ใน ป่า นี้ เป็น สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์нок наи паа ний пен сат клай сун пханThe birds of this forest are an endangered species
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 “endangered species” in Thai?
«สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์», read “сат клай сун пхан”. In a live sentence: “นก ใน ป่า นี้ เป็น สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์” — The birds of this forest are an endangered species. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ส, ต, ว, ใ, ก, ล, ้, ส, ู, ญ, พ, น…
How is “สัตว์ ใกล้ สูญ พันธุ์” written in Latin letters?
сат клай сун 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?
Literally "animal near the extinction of breed": so the Thais call the species of the Red Book. The extinct will come later in this same lesson. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.