في تلك اللحظة
“في تلك اللحظة” (фи тилька аль-ляха) — at that moment in Arabic. Phrase, level A2. "That one, over there" — about the farther thing. "An instant"; at that moment — "in that instant". In a live sentence: “في تلك اللحظة فهمت كل شيء” — At that moment I understood everything. Written with the characters ف, ي, ت, ل, ك, ا, ل, ل, ح, ظ, ة. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | في تلك اللحظة |
| Read in Latin letters | фи тилька аль-ляха |
| Translation | at that moment |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
"That one, over there" — about the farther thing. "An instant"; at that moment — "in that instant"
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.
- في تلك اللحظة فهمت كل شيءфи тилька аль-ляха фахимту куль шайʾAt that moment I understood everything
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 “at that moment” in Arabic?
«في تلك اللحظة», read “фи тилька аль-ляха”. In a live sentence: “في تلك اللحظة فهمت كل شيء” — At that moment I understood everything. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ف, ي, ت, ل, ك, ا, ل, ل, ح, ظ, ة.
How is “في تلك اللحظة” written in Latin letters?
фи тилька аль-ляха. 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?
"That one, over there" — about the farther thing. "An instant"; at that moment — "in that instant". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.