لا يوجد صوت
“لا يوجد صوت” (ля йууджад саут) — there is no sound in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Literally "the sound is not found": the lost in Arabic has not vanished — it has not been found. Sawt, "sound", you know from the volume: now it is lost, and the same is said of the internet. In a live sentence: “الشاشة تعمل ولا يوجد صوت” — The screen works, but there is no sound. Written with the characters ل, ا, ي, و, ج, د, ص, و, ت.
In short
| Written in Arabic | لا يوجد صوت |
| Read in Latin letters | ля йууджад саут |
| Translation | there is no sound |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the sound is not found": the lost in Arabic has not vanished — it has not been found. Sawt, "sound", you know from the volume: now it is lost, and the same is said of the internet
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.
- الشاشة تعمل ولا يوجد صوتаш-шаша таʿмаль ва-ля йууджад саутThe screen works, but there is no sound
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 “there is no sound” in Arabic?
«لا يوجد صوت», read “ля йууджад саут”. In a live sentence: “الشاشة تعمل ولا يوجد صوت” — The screen works, but there is no sound. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ل, ا, ي, و, ج, د, ص, و, ت.
How is “لا يوجد صوت” written in Latin letters?
ля йууджад саут. 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?
Literally "the sound is not found": the lost in Arabic has not vanished — it has not been found. Sawt, "sound", you know from the volume: now it is lost, and the same is said of the internet. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.