ยัง เท่า เดิม
“ยัง เท่า เดิม” (янг тао дым) — to stay the same in Thai. Phrase, level B1. Literally "still equal to the former": the former means as it was. Prices, times, opinions — all can stay as they were. In a live sentence: “ค่า เช่า ยัง เท่า เดิม สาม ปี แล้ว” — The rent has stayed the same for three years already. Written with the characters ย, ง, เ, ท, ่, า, เ, ด, ิ, ม. A word from the everyday Thai course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Thai | ยัง เท่า เดิม |
| Read in Latin letters | янг тао дым |
| Translation | to stay the same |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "still equal to the former": the former means as it was. Prices, times, opinions — all can stay as they were
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.
- ค่า เช่า ยัง เท่า เดิม สาม ปี แล้วкхаа чау янг тао дым саам пий лаэоThe rent has stayed the same for three years already
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 stay the same” in Thai?
«ยัง เท่า เดิม», read “янг тао дым”. In a live sentence: “ค่า เช่า ยัง เท่า เดิม สาม ปี แล้ว” — The rent has stayed the same for three years already. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ย, ง, เ, ท, ่, า, เ, ด, ิ, ม.
How is “ยัง เท่า เดิม” written in Latin letters?
янг тао дым. 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 "still equal to the former": the former means as it was. Prices, times, opinions — all can stay as they were. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.