ทำ สำ เร็จ
“ทำ สำ เร็จ” (тхам сам рэт) — I managed; it worked out in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "did with success": the success is both "success" and "it worked" — the one in the success word. "It worked" is the success of the deed, not of the person. In a live sentence: “ครั้ง นี้ ทำ สำ เร็จ แล้ว” — This time it worked out. Written with the characters ท, ำ, ส, ำ, เ, ร, จ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ทำ สำ เร็จ |
| Read in Latin letters | тхам сам рэт |
| Translation | I managed; it worked out |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "did with success": the success is both "success" and "it worked" — the one in the success word. "It worked" is the success of the deed, not of the person
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.
- ครั้ง นี้ ทำ สำ เร็จ แล้วкхранг ний тхам сам рэт лаэоThis time it worked out
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 “I managed; it worked out” in Thai?
«ทำ สำ เร็จ», read “тхам сам рэт”. In a live sentence: “ครั้ง นี้ ทำ สำ เร็จ แล้ว” — This time it worked out. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ท, ำ, ส, ำ, เ, ร, จ.
How is “ทำ สำ เร็จ” written in Latin letters?
тхам сам рэт. 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 "did with success": the success is both "success" and "it worked" — the one in the success word. "It worked" is the success of the deed, not of the person. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.