Timeweek (also: the sun) noun everyday
- aa mid
- tít high
- High: start high and go a little higher, a bit tense; don’t let it fall.
week (formal, written) noun
- sàp low
- daa mid
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
How to use it
In conversation a week is อาทิตย์aa-tít, the same word as the sun and as in Sunday, วันอาทิตย์wan-aa-tít; the context makes it clear. News, timetables and forms use สัปดาห์sàp-daa, which you'll also hear in careful speech.
This week is อาทิตย์นี้aa-tít níi, next week อาทิตย์หน้าaa-tít nâa and last week อาทิตย์ที่แล้วaa-tít tîi-láew. "Once a week" puts ละlá, per, after the week: อาทิตย์ละครั้งaa-tít lá kráng.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- athit
- ah tit
- sapda
- sap da
- sapdah
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