ญาติ พี่ น้อง
“ญาติ พี่ น้อง” (йаат пхии нонг) — the whole kin; extended family in Thai. Noun, level A1. Literally "kin, elders and youngers": the whole family at once, from the uncle to the cousins. The bare "relative" word is already taken. In a live sentence: “ญาติ พี่ น้อง มา บ้าน วัน นี้” — Today the family comes to the house. Written with the characters ญ, า, ต, ิ, พ, ี, ่, น, ้, อ, ง. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ญาติ พี่ น้อง |
| Read in Latin letters | йаат пхии нонг |
| Translation | the whole kin; extended family |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "kin, elders and youngers": the whole family at once, from the uncle to the cousins. The bare "relative" word is already taken
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.
- ญาติ พี่ น้อง มา บ้าน วัน นี้йаат пхии нонг ма бан ван нийToday the family comes to the house
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 “the whole kin; extended family” in Thai?
«ญาติ พี่ น้อง», read “йаат пхии нонг”. In a live sentence: “ญาติ พี่ น้อง มา บ้าน วัน นี้” — Today the family comes to the house. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ญ, า, ต, ิ, พ, ี, ่, น, ้, อ, ง.
How is “ญาติ พี่ น้อง” written in Latin letters?
йаат пхии нонг. 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 "kin, elders and youngers": the whole family at once, from the uncle to the cousins. The bare "relative" word is already taken. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.