ตาม ตาราง เว ลา
“ตาม ตาราง เว ลา” (таам таараанг ве лаа) — according to schedule in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "follow the table of time": on schedule. You know the time-table as a schedule — work is governed by it the same way. In a live sentence: “รถ ขน ของ วิ่ง ตาม ตาราง เว ลา” — The trucks run according to schedule. Written with the characters ต, า, ม, ต, า, ร, า, ง, เ, ว, ล, า. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ตาม ตาราง เว ลา |
| Read in Latin letters | таам таараанг ве лаа |
| Translation | according to schedule |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "follow the table of time": on schedule. You know the time-table as a schedule — work is governed by it the same way
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.
- รถ ขน ของ วิ่ง ตาม ตาราง เว ลาрот кхон кхонг винг таам таараанг ве лааThe trucks run according to schedule
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 “according to schedule” in Thai?
«ตาม ตาราง เว ลา», read “таам таараанг ве лаа”. In a live sentence: “รถ ขน ของ วิ่ง ตาม ตาราง เว ลา” — The trucks run according to schedule. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ต, า, ม, ต, า, ร, า, ง, เ, ว, ล, า.
How is “ตาม ตาราง เว ลา” written in Latin letters?
таам таараанг ве лаа. 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 "follow the table of time": on schedule. You know the time-table as a schedule — work is governed by it the same way. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.