เว็บ
“เว็บ” (вэп) — website; web in Thai. Noun, level A2. The shortening web. "The site will not open" Thais say with the same formula as "the door will not open" — with the cannot-word. In a live sentence: “เว็บ นี้ เปิด ไม่ ได้” — This site will not open. Written with the characters เ, ว, บ. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Thai | เว็บ |
| Read in Latin letters | вэп |
| Translation | website; web |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The shortening web. "The site will not open" Thais say with the same formula as "the door will not open" — with the cannot-word
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.
- เว็บ นี้ เปิด ไม่ ได้вэп ний пёт май дайThis site will not open
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 “website; web” in Thai?
«เว็บ», read “вэп”. In a live sentence: “เว็บ นี้ เปิด ไม่ ได้” — This site will not open. Noun, level A2; written with the characters เ, ว, บ.
How is “เว็บ” written in Latin letters?
вэп. 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?
The shortening web. "The site will not open" Thais say with the same formula as "the door will not open" — with the cannot-word. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.