Daily Thai Confidence — Using ความทรงจำ (khwāam-sōng-jām)

Noun: ความทรงจำ (k^hwāam-sōng-jām)
Meaning: memory / memories / recollection

In this Thai lesson, we learn how to use the noun ความทรงจำ (k^hwāam-sōng-jām), which means ‘memory,’ ‘memories,’ or ‘recollection.’ It refers to things that a person remembers from the past, including experiences, events, people, places, and feelings.

It is made up of two words:

• ความ (k^hwāam) = a prefix used to turn verbs and adjectives into abstract nouns
• ทรงจำ (sōng-jām) = to remember

Together, ความทรงจำ (k^hwāam-sōng-jām) means “memory’ or ‘recollection.’

For examples (ตัวอย่างเช่น — dtūa-^awyàang chên)

ฉันยังมีความทรงจำดีๆเกี่ยวกับเขา

chǎn yāng mēe k^hwāam-sōng-jām gìew-gàb k^hǎo
Literal: I still  have memory good-good about him.
I still have good memories of him.

The preposition เกี่ยวกับ (gìew-gàb) means ‘about,’ ‘regarding,’ or ‘concerning.’ It is used to show the topic or subject that something relates to. It connects information, speech, writing, or actions to a topic.

เธอชอบนึกถึงความทรงจำในวัยเด็ก

t^hēr châwb néuk-t^hěung k^hwāam-sōng-jām nāi wāi-dèk
Literal: She like think-arrive memory in age-child.
She likes to reminisce about her childhood memories.

The verb นึกถึง (néuk-t^hěung) means ‘to think of,’ ‘to recall,’ or ‘to be reminded of.’ It is used when something makes you remember a person, place, event, feeling, or idea from the past.

ฉันถ่ายรูปไว้เพื่อเก็บเป็นความทรงจำ

chǎn t^hàai-rûub wái p^hêua gèb bpēn k^hwāam-sōng-jām
Literal: I take-picture keep in order to collect to be memory.
I took the photos to keep as memories.

The verb ถ่ายรูป (t^hàai-rûub) means ‘to take a photo’ or ‘to take pictures.’ It is used in everyday life whenever someone uses a camera or a phone to capture an image.

เธอเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของความทรงจำที่มีค่าของฉัน

t^hēr bpēn sùan ^hnèung k^hǎwng k^hwāam-sōng-jām t^hêe mēe k^hâa k^hǎwng-chǎn
Literal: She to be part one belonging to memory that have value belonging to-me.
She is a part of my precious memories.

The verb phrase เป็นส่วนหนึ่ง (bpēn sùan ^hnèung) means ‘to be part of,’ ‘to be a part of,’ or ‘to be one component of something larger.’ It is commonly used to show that someone or something belongs within a bigger group, system, experience, or whole.

Homework (การบ้าน — gāan-bâan)

Practise putting your newly learned Thai word into a sentence by translating the following sentences below.

1. These photos make me think of old memories.
2. That trip was full of good memories.
3. I want to keep this moment as a memory.
4. This house is full of memories.
5. That day is an important memory.

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