يؤجل الموعد
“يؤجل الموعد” (йюʾаджжиль аль-мавиид) — to move the meeting in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. The same yuʾajjil, "postpones", as with the trip: Arabic has one verb for "put off" and "move". The verb does not change — what is moved does: a term or a meeting. In a live sentence: “يؤجل الموعد إلى الخميس بسبب العمل” — He moves the meeting to Thursday because of work. Written with the characters ي, ؤ, ج, ل, ا, ل, م, و, ع, د.
In short
| Written in Arabic | يؤجل الموعد |
| Read in Latin letters | йюʾаджжиль аль-мавиид |
| Translation | to move the meeting |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same yuʾajjil, "postpones", as with the trip: Arabic has one verb for "put off" and "move". The verb does not change — what is moved does: a term or a meeting
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.
- يؤجل الموعد إلى الخميس بسبب العملйюʾаджжиль аль-мавиид иля аль-хамис бисабаб аль-ʿамальHe moves the meeting to Thursday because of work
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 move the meeting” in Arabic?
«يؤجل الموعد», read “йюʾаджжиль аль-мавиид”. In a live sentence: “يؤجل الموعد إلى الخميس بسبب العمل” — He moves the meeting to Thursday because of work. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ي, ؤ, ج, ل, ا, ل, م, و, ع, د.
How is “يؤجل الموعد” written in Latin letters?
йюʾаджжиль аль-мавиид. 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?
The same yuʾajjil, "postpones", as with the trip: Arabic has one verb for "put off" and "move". The verb does not change — what is moved does: a term or a meeting. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.