در حال تمام شدن است
“در حال تمام شدن است” (dar hâle tamâm shâdan ast) — running out, on its last legs in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "in the state of ending": so one speaks of gasoline, bread and patience. The end is already seen but has not come. Our time is running out, says the example. In a live sentence: “وقت ما در حال تمام شدن است” — Our time is running out. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | در حال تمام شدن است |
| Read in Latin letters | dar hâle tamâm shâdan ast |
| Translation | running out, on its last legs |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "in the state of ending": so one speaks of gasoline, bread and patience. The end is already seen but has not come. Our time is running out, 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.
- وقت ما در حال تمام شدن استvaktte mâ dar hâle tamâm shâdan astOur time is running out
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 “running out, on its last legs” in Persian?
«در حال تمام شدن است», read “dar hâle tamâm shâdan ast”. In a live sentence: “وقت ما در حال تمام شدن است” — Our time is running out. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters د, ر, ح, ا, ل, ت, م, ا, م, ش, د, ن…
How is “در حال تمام شدن است” written in Latin letters?
dar hâle tamâm shâdan ast. 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 "in the state of ending": so one speaks of gasoline, bread and patience. The end is already seen but has not come. Our time is running out, 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.