วัต ถุ ประ สงค์
“วัต ถุ ประ สงค์” (ват тху пра сонг) — purpose of the trip in Thai. Noun, level A2. Literally "thing-intention": so the field in any form is called, not only a visa one. It is answered in one word: tourism, work. In a live sentence: “เขียน วัต ถุ ประ สงค์ ใน แบบ ฟอร์ม” — The purpose of the trip is written in the form. Written with the characters ว, ต, ถ, ุ, ป, ร, ะ, ส, ง, ค.
In short
| Written in Thai | วัต ถุ ประ สงค์ |
| Read in Latin letters | ват тху пра сонг |
| Translation | purpose of the trip |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "thing-intention": so the field in any form is called, not only a visa one. It is answered in one word: tourism, work
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.
- เขียน วัต ถุ ประ สงค์ ใน แบบ ฟอร์มкхиан ват тху пра сонг наи бэп фомThe purpose of the trip is written in the form
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 “purpose of the trip” in Thai?
«วัต ถุ ประ สงค์», read “ват тху пра сонг”. In a live sentence: “เขียน วัต ถุ ประ สงค์ ใน แบบ ฟอร์ม” — The purpose of the trip is written in the form. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ว, ต, ถ, ุ, ป, ร, ะ, ส, ง, ค.
How is “วัต ถุ ประ สงค์” written in Latin letters?
ват тху пра сонг. 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 "thing-intention": so the field in any form is called, not only a visa one. It is answered in one word: tourism, work. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.