از یادم نمیره
“از یادم نمیره” (az yodam nemire) — I cannot forget it, it stays with me in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "from my memory it does not go": a scene, a face, a voice. The spoken form of the verb makes the phrase warm, almost a whisper. That day does not leave my memory, says the example. In a live sentence: “آن روز از یادم نمیره.” — That day does not leave my memory. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | از یادم نمیره |
| Read in Latin letters | az yodam nemire |
| Translation | I cannot forget it, it stays with me |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "from my memory it does not go": a scene, a face, a voice. The spoken form of the verb makes the phrase warm, almost a whisper. That day does not leave my memory, 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.
- آن روز از یادم نمیره.ân ruz az yodam nemire.That day does not leave my memory.
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 “I cannot forget it, it stays with me” in Persian?
«از یادم نمیره», read “az yodam nemire”. In a live sentence: “آن روز از یادم نمیره.” — That day does not leave my memory. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, ز, ی, ا, د, م, ن, م, ی, ر, ه.
How is “از یادم نمیره” written in Latin letters?
az yodam nemire. 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 my memory it does not go": a scene, a face, a voice. The spoken form of the verb makes the phrase warm, almost a whisper. That day does not leave my memory, 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.