حرکت کردن
“حرکت کردن” (harekat kân) — to depart in Persian. Verb, level A1. Harekat is motion, kardan does it. Ghatatr harekat mikonad: the train departs — the announcement voice at the station. In a live sentence: “قطار حرکت میکند” — The train departs. Written with the characters ح, ر, ک, ت, ک, ر, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Persian | حرکت کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | harekat kân |
| Translation | to depart |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Harekat is motion, kardan does it. Ghatatr harekat mikonad: the train departs — the announcement voice at the station
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.
- قطار حرکت میکندghâtar harekat mi-kânadThe train departs
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 depart” in Persian?
«حرکت کردن», read “harekat kân”. In a live sentence: “قطار حرکت میکند” — The train departs. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ح, ر, ک, ت, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “حرکت کردن” written in Latin letters?
harekat 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?
Harekat is motion, kardan does it. Ghatatr harekat mikonad: the train departs — the announcement voice at the station. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.