ทำ ตก
“ทำ ตก” (тхам ток) — to drop in Thai. Verb, level A2. Literally "make fall": the Thai blames the one who let go. The fall you know — here the fall has a culprit. In a live sentence: “อย่า ทำ ตก แก้ว” — Do not drop the glass. Written with the characters ท, ำ, ต, ก. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | ทำ ตก |
| Read in Latin letters | тхам ток |
| Translation | to drop |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "make fall": the Thai blames the one who let go. The fall you know — here the fall has a culprit
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.
- อย่า ทำ ตก แก้วйа тхам ток гэоDo not drop the glass
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 “to drop” in Thai?
«ทำ ตก», read “тхам ток”. In a live sentence: “อย่า ทำ ตก แก้ว” — Do not drop the glass. Verb, level A2; written with the characters ท, ำ, ต, ก.
How is “ทำ ตก” written in Latin letters?
тхам ток. 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 "make fall": the Thai blames the one who let go. The fall you know — here the fall has a culprit. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.