ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้
“ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้” (танг тэ джам кхуам даай) — in my memory; as far back as I remember in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "since I remember": in my memory, as long as I can remember. The remember you know; here the whole life remembers. In a live sentence: “ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้ ไม่ เคย เห็น ฝน หิมะ” — In my memory I have never seen snow. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้ |
| Read in Latin letters | танг тэ джам кхуам даай |
| Translation | in my memory; as far back as I remember |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "since I remember": in my memory, as long as I can remember. The remember you know; here the whole life remembers
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.
- ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้ ไม่ เคย เห็น ฝน หิมะтанг тэ джам кхуам даай май кхёй хэн фон химаIn my memory I have never seen snow
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 memory; as far back as I remember” in Thai?
«ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้», read “танг тэ джам кхуам даай”. In a live sentence: “ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้ ไม่ เคย เห็น ฝน หิมะ” — In my memory I have never seen snow. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ต, ้, ง, แ, ต, ่, จ, ำ, ค, ว, า, ม…
How is “ตั้ง แต่ จำ ความ ได้” written in Latin letters?
танг тэ джам кхуам даай. 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 "since I remember": in my memory, as long as I can remember. The remember you know; here the whole life remembers. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.