يفحص الأسلاك
“يفحص الأسلاك” (йяфхас аль-асляак) — to check the wires in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Yafhas, "checks", is the same verb the doctor feels a patient with. Aslaak, "wires", comes from the word for a hose: in Arabic a wire is the same hose, only for current. In a live sentence: “يفحص الأسلاك أولا” — He checks the wires first. Written with the characters ي, ف, ح, ص, ا, ل, أ, س, ل, ا, ك. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | يفحص الأسلاك |
| Read in Latin letters | йяфхас аль-асляак |
| Translation | to check the wires |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Yafhas, "checks", is the same verb the doctor feels a patient with. Aslaak, "wires", comes from the word for a hose: in Arabic a wire is the same hose, only for current
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.
- يفحص الأسلاك أولاйяфхас аль-асляак аувваланHe checks the wires first
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 “to check the wires” in Arabic?
«يفحص الأسلاك», read “йяфхас аль-асляак”. In a live sentence: “يفحص الأسلاك أولا” — He checks the wires first. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ي, ف, ح, ص, ا, ل, أ, س, ل, ا, ك.
How is “يفحص الأسلاك” written in Latin letters?
йяфхас аль-асляак. 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?
Yafhas, "checks", is the same verb the doctor feels a patient with. Aslaak, "wires", comes from the word for a hose: in Arabic a wire is the same hose, only for current. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.