از وقتی یادم میآید
“از وقتی یادم میآید” (az vagti yodam miyode) — in living memory, as long as I remember in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "from the time that I remember": the count from the first memory. So one speaks of rivers, streets and prices that have not changed a whole life. In living memory this lane has always been so, says the example. In a live sentence: “از وقتی یادم میآید, این کوچه همینطور بوده.” — In living memory this lane has always been so.
In short
| Written in Persian | از وقتی یادم میآید |
| Read in Latin letters | az vagti yodam miyode |
| Translation | in living memory, as long as I remember |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "from the time that I remember": the count from the first memory. So one speaks of rivers, streets and prices that have not changed a whole life. In living memory this lane has always been so, says the example
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.
- از وقتی یادم میآید, این کوچه همینطور بوده.az vagti yodam miyode, in kuche hamin-târ bude.In living memory this lane has always been so.
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 “in living memory, as long as I remember” in Persian?
«از وقتی یادم میآید», read “az vagti yodam miyode”. In a live sentence: “از وقتی یادم میآید, این کوچه همینطور بوده.” — In living memory this lane has always been so. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, ز, و, ق, ت, ی, ی, ا, د, م, م, ی…
How is “از وقتی یادم میآید” written in Latin letters?
az vagti yodam miyode. 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 "from the time that I remember": the count from the first memory. So one speaks of rivers, streets and prices that have not changed a whole life. In living memory this lane has always been so, says the example. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.