لحظة، سأشرح
“لحظة، سأشرح” (ляхза, са-ашрах) — one moment, I will explain in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Lahza, "an instant", was in "wait a moment": the Arabic "minute" is shorter than the clock one. Sa-ashrahu — "I will explain" — from sharh, the explanation you already had. In a live sentence: “لحظة، سأشرح لك كل شيء” — One moment; I will explain everything. Written with the characters ل, ح, ظ, ة, س, أ, ش, ر, ح. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | لحظة، سأشرح |
| Read in Latin letters | ляхза, са-ашрах |
| Translation | one moment, I will explain |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Lahza, "an instant", was in "wait a moment": the Arabic "minute" is shorter than the clock one. Sa-ashrahu — "I will explain" — from sharh, the explanation you already had
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.
- لحظة، سأشرح لك كل شيءляхза, са-ашрах ляк куль шайOne moment; I will explain 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 “one moment, I will explain” in Arabic?
«لحظة، سأشرح», read “ляхза, са-ашрах”. In a live sentence: “لحظة، سأشرح لك كل شيء” — One moment; I will explain everything. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ل, ح, ظ, ة, س, أ, ش, ر, ح.
How is “لحظة، سأشرح” written in Latin letters?
ляхза, са-ашрах. 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?
Lahza, "an instant", was in "wait a moment": the Arabic "minute" is shorter than the clock one. Sa-ashrahu — "I will explain" — from sharh, the explanation you already had. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.