فایل را حذف کردن
“فایل را حذف کردن” (fael râ hazf kân) — to delete a file in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to delete the file": the file, international; the deletion — a bookish word living in phones. The deleted "has been erased". I deleted the file, says the example. In a live sentence: “فایل را حذف کردم” — I deleted the file. Written with the characters ف, ا, ی, ل, ر, ا, ح, ذ, ف, ک, ر, د… A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | فایل را حذف کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | fael râ hazf kân |
| Translation | to delete a file |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to delete the file": the file, international; the deletion — a bookish word living in phones. The deleted "has been erased". I deleted the file, 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.
- فایل را حذف کردمfael râ hazf kârdamI deleted the file
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 delete a file” in Persian?
«فایل را حذف کردن», read “fael râ hazf kân”. In a live sentence: “فایل را حذف کردم” — I deleted the file. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ف, ا, ی, ل, ر, ا, ح, ذ, ف, ک, ر, د…
How is “فایل را حذف کردن” written in Latin letters?
fael râ hazf 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?
Literally "to delete the file": the file, international; the deletion — a bookish word living in phones. The deleted "has been erased". I deleted the file, 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.