دکمه کار نمیکند
“دکمه کار نمیکند” (dâkme kâr nemi-kâned) — the button does not press in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "the button does no work": the button plus the work you know. The broken is spoken of through work: does not press — "does not work". It does not, says the example. In a live sentence: “دکمه کار نمیکند” — The button does not press. Written with the characters د, ک, م, ه, ک, ا, ر, ن, م, ی, ک, ن…
In short
| Written in Persian | دکمه کار نمیکند |
| Read in Latin letters | dâkme kâr nemi-kâned |
| Translation | the button does not press |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the button does no work": the button plus the work you know. The broken is spoken of through work: does not press — "does not work". It does not, 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.
- دکمه کار نمیکندdâkme kâr nemi-kânedThe button does not press
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 “the button does not press” in Persian?
«دکمه کار نمیکند», read “dâkme kâr nemi-kâned”. In a live sentence: “دکمه کار نمیکند” — The button does not press. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters د, ک, م, ه, ک, ا, ر, ن, م, ی, ک, ن…
How is “دکمه کار نمیکند” written in Latin letters?
dâkme kâr nemi-kâned. 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 "the button does no work": the button plus the work you know. The broken is spoken of through work: does not press — "does not work". It does not, 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.