ทัน ข่าว
“ทัน ข่าว” (тан кхао) — to keep up with; to be up to date in Thai. Phrase, level A2. Literally "manage with the news": the manage from this course plus the news. Whoever is up to date does not fall behind the news. In a live sentence: “อยู่ ที่ นี่ ก็ ทัน ข่าว ได้” — Here too you can keep up with the news. Written with the characters ท, น, ข, ่, า, ว. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | ทัน ข่าว |
| Read in Latin letters | тан кхао |
| Translation | to keep up with; to be up to date |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "manage with the news": the manage from this course plus the news. Whoever is up to date does not fall behind the news
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.
- อยู่ ที่ นี่ ก็ ทัน ข่าว ได้ю ти ний ко тан кхао даайHere too you can keep up with the news
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 keep up with; to be up to date” in Thai?
«ทัน ข่าว», read “тан кхао”. In a live sentence: “อยู่ ที่ นี่ ก็ ทัน ข่าว ได้” — Here too you can keep up with the news. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ท, น, ข, ่, า, ว.
How is “ทัน ข่าว” written in Latin letters?
тан кхао. 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 "manage with the news": the manage from this course plus the news. Whoever is up to date does not fall behind the news. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.