همه چیز مثل قبل
“همه چیز مثل قبل” (hame chiz mesle ghâbl) — everything as before, back to normal in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "everything as before": the like — as, similar to. The frequent answer to "how are things after it all?" Everything is back to normal, says the example. In a live sentence: “همه چیز مثل قبل است.” — Everything is back to normal. Written with the characters ه, م, ه, چ, ی, ز, م, ث, ل, ق, ب, ل.
In short
| Written in Persian | همه چیز مثل قبل |
| Read in Latin letters | hame chiz mesle ghâbl |
| Translation | everything as before, back to normal |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "everything as before": the like — as, similar to. The frequent answer to "how are things after it all?" Everything is back to normal, 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.
- همه چیز مثل قبل است.hame chiz mesle ghâbl ast.Everything is back to normal.
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 “everything as before, back to normal” in Persian?
«همه چیز مثل قبل», read “hame chiz mesle ghâbl”. In a live sentence: “همه چیز مثل قبل است.” — Everything is back to normal. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ه, م, ه, چ, ی, ز, م, ث, ل, ق, ب, ل.
How is “همه چیز مثل قبل” written in Latin letters?
hame chiz mesle ghâbl. 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 "everything as before": the like — as, similar to. The frequent answer to "how are things after it all?" Everything is back to normal, 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.