با اعتماد به نفس
“با اعتماد به نفس” (ba e'temâd be nefs) — self-confident in Persian. Adjective, level A1. Literally "with trust in oneself": confidence here is trust issued to yourself. "I am sure" speaks of facts; this word speaks of a person. He answers so, says the example. In a live sentence: “او با اعتماد به نفس جواب میدهد.” — He answers with self-confidence. Written with the characters ب, ا, ا, ع, ت, م, ا, د, ب, ه, ن, ف…
In short
| Written in Persian | با اعتماد به نفس |
| Read in Latin letters | ba e'temâd be nefs |
| Translation | self-confident |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "with trust in oneself": confidence here is trust issued to yourself. "I am sure" speaks of facts; this word speaks of a person. He answers 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.
- او با اعتماد به نفس جواب میدهد.u ba e'temâd be nefs dzhavâb mi-dehad.He answers with self-confidence.
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 “self-confident” in Persian?
«با اعتماد به نفس», read “ba e'temâd be nefs”. In a live sentence: “او با اعتماد به نفس جواب میدهد.” — He answers with self-confidence. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters ب, ا, ا, ع, ت, م, ا, د, ب, ه, ن, ف…
How is “با اعتماد به نفس” written in Latin letters?
ba e'temâd be nefs. 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 "with trust in oneself": confidence here is trust issued to yourself. "I am sure" speaks of facts; this word speaks of a person. He answers 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.