قفل را عوض کردن
“قفل را عوض کردن” (gâfl râ âvaz kân) — to change the lock in Persian. Phrase, level A1. Ghofl the lock + avaz change: qofl ra avaz kardim — we changed the lock. Keys and locks change together. In a live sentence: “قفل را عوض کردیم” — We changed the lock. Written with the characters ق, ف, ل, ر, ا, ع, و, ض, ک, ر, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Persian | قفل را عوض کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | gâfl râ âvaz kân |
| Translation | to change the lock |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Ghofl the lock + avaz change: qofl ra avaz kardim — we changed the lock. Keys and locks change together
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.
- قفل را عوض کردیمgâfl râ âvaz kânimWe changed the lock
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 “to change the lock” in Persian?
«قفل را عوض کردن», read “gâfl râ âvaz kân”. In a live sentence: “قفل را عوض کردیم” — We changed the lock. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ق, ف, ل, ر, ا, ع, و, ض, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “قفل را عوض کردن” written in Latin letters?
gâfl râ âvaz kân. 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?
Ghofl the lock + avaz change: qofl ra avaz kardim — we changed the lock. Keys and locks change together. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.