همان‌طور که می‌دانید
“همان‌طور که می‌دانید” (hâmân-tur ke mi-dânid) — as you know in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "in the manner that you know": a polite aside before the obvious. To oneself one says it in the singular. As you know, the shop is closed on Saturday, says the example. In a live sentence: “همان‌طور که می‌دانید، فروشگاه جمعه بسته است.” — As you know, the shop is closed on Saturday. Written with the characters ه, م, ا, ن, ط, و, ر, ک, ه, م, ی, د…
In short
| Written in Persian | همان‌طور که می‌دانید |
| Read in Latin letters | hâmân-tur ke mi-dânid |
| Translation | as you know |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "in the manner that you know": a polite aside before the obvious. To oneself one says it in the singular. As you know, the shop is closed on Saturday, 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.
- همان‌طور که می‌دانید، فروشگاه جمعه بسته است.hâmân-tur ke mi-dânid, fârushgâh dzhâme bâste ast.As you know, the shop is closed on Saturday.
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 “as you know” in Persian?
«همان‌طور که می‌دانید», read “hâmân-tur ke mi-dânid”. In a live sentence: “همان‌طور که می‌دانید، فروشگاه جمعه بسته است.” — As you know, the shop is closed on Saturday. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ه, م, ا, ن, ط, و, ر, ک, ه, م, ی, د…
How is “همان‌طور که می‌دانید” written in Latin letters?
hâmân-tur ke mi-dânid. 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 manner that you know": a polite aside before the obvious. To oneself one says it in the singular. As you know, the shop is closed on Saturday, 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.