วัน
wan/wan˧/
The English phrase 'days' is translated into Thai as วัน (wan).
วัน refers to a twenty-four hour period, a specific date or a specific day of the week, depending on the context of the sentence.
How does it change in a sentence?
Thai does not use a plural marker for วัน when expressing a quantity of days. The word remains the same whether you are referring to one day or many days.
How do you pronounce it?
wan
Did you know?
- In Thai culture, each day of the week is associated with a specific color, and people may wear those colors on the corresponding วัน for good luck.
- The Thai word วัน is a homograph that can mean two completely different things. Depending on the context and tone, it can mean 'day' or it can mean 'forest' when borrowed from Sanskrit.
- In formal contexts or royal language, the way one refers to วัน can change to reflect the social status of the person being spoken to.
Examples in context
- ผมชอบวันที่ฝนตกI like rainy days.This example shows how to use วัน to express liking rainy days.Tatoeba #10468566 by Somsak, translation #8825386 by CK
- ฝนตกติดต่อกันห้าวันIt rained five successive days.This example uses วัน to describe a duration of five successive days.Tatoeba #8669327 by pastelite, translation #72494 by Eldad
- เจอกันใหม่อีกสองวันSee you in two days.This example uses วัน to indicate a time frame of two days.Tatoeba #8673110 by pastelite, translation #3056419 by WestofEden
- เราจะไปเที่ยวในวันอาทิตย์We will go sightseeing on Sunday.
- 11 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Two colleagues are discussing a project deadline.
- กนกวรรณ Kanokwanงานชิ้นนี้ต้องใช้เวลาอีกกี่วันคะngaan chin nee tong chai vela eek gee wan khaHow many more days will this piece of work take?
- วิทวัส Witthawatผมคิดว่าต้องใช้เวลาสามวันครับphom khit waa tong chai vela saam wan khrapI think it will take three days.
- กนกวรรณ Kanokwanสามวันทันเวลาส่งไหมคะsaam wan than vela song mai khaWill three days be in time for the submission?
- วิทวัส Witthawatทันแน่นอนครับคุณกนกวรรณthan nae non khrap khun kanokwanIt will definitely be in time, Kanokwan.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry วัน, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
