أتعلم بسرعة
“أتعلم بسرعة” (атаʿалламу би-сурʿа) — I learn fast in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Surʿa, "speed", comes from sariiʿ, "quick", of earlier lessons. A ready phrase for interviews: ataʿallamu bi-surʿa — "I learn fast" — a description, not a promise. In a live sentence: “لا خبرة عندي، لكن أتعلم بسرعة” — I have no experience, but I learn fast. Written with the characters أ, ت, ع, ل, م, ب, س, ر, ع, ة. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | أتعلم بسرعة |
| Read in Latin letters | атаʿалламу би-сурʿа |
| Translation | I learn fast |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Surʿa, "speed", comes from sariiʿ, "quick", of earlier lessons. A ready phrase for interviews: ataʿallamu bi-surʿa — "I learn fast" — a description, not a promise
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.
- لا خبرة عندي، لكن أتعلم بسرعةля хибра ʿиндий, лякинн атаʿалламу би-сурʿаI have no experience, but I learn fast
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 “I learn fast” in Arabic?
«أتعلم بسرعة», read “атаʿалламу би-сурʿа”. In a live sentence: “لا خبرة عندي، لكن أتعلم بسرعة” — I have no experience, but I learn fast. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters أ, ت, ع, ل, م, ب, س, ر, ع, ة.
How is “أتعلم بسرعة” written in Latin letters?
атаʿалламу би-сурʿа. 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?
Surʿa, "speed", comes from sariiʿ, "quick", of earlier lessons. A ready phrase for interviews: ataʿallamu bi-surʿa — "I learn fast" — a description, not a promise. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.