ส่วน ตัว ผม
“ส่วน ตัว ผม” (суан туа пхом) — in my opinion (male) in Thai. Adverb, level B1. Literally "part-body-I": "as for me personally". A woman says it with the female words, and the opinion stays an opinion, not a quarrel. In a live sentence: “ส่วน ตัว ผม ชอบ ทาง เลือก ที่ หนึ่ง” — In my opinion the first option is better. Written with the characters ส, ่, ว, น, ต, ว, ผ, ม. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ส่วน ตัว ผม |
| Read in Latin letters | суан туа пхом |
| Translation | in my opinion (male) |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "part-body-I": "as for me personally". A woman says it with the female words, and the opinion stays an opinion, not a quarrel
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.
- ส่วน ตัว ผม ชอบ ทาง เลือก ที่ หนึ่งсуан туа пхом чоп таанг лыак ти нынгIn my opinion the first option is better
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 “in my opinion (male)” in Thai?
«ส่วน ตัว ผม», read “суан туа пхом”. In a live sentence: “ส่วน ตัว ผม ชอบ ทาง เลือก ที่ หนึ่ง” — In my opinion the first option is better. Adverb, level B1; written with the characters ส, ่, ว, น, ต, ว, ผ, ม.
How is “ส่วน ตัว ผม” written in Latin letters?
суан туа пхом. 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 "part-body-I": "as for me personally". A woman says it with the female words, and the opinion stays an opinion, not a quarrel. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.