حساب دادن
“حساب دادن” (hesâb dâdan) — to pay the bill in Persian. Phrase, level A2. At the café they say exactly this: "I give the bill" — hand it over with money. The same account word as in the bank: it covers everything moneyish. I paid the bill, says the example. In a live sentence: “حساب دادم” — I paid the bill. Written with the characters ح, س, ا, ب, د, ا, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Persian | حساب دادن |
| Read in Latin letters | hesâb dâdan |
| Translation | to pay the bill |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
At the café they say exactly this: "I give the bill" — hand it over with money. The same account word as in the bank: it covers everything moneyish. I paid the bill, 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.
- حساب دادمhesâb dâdamI paid the bill
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 pay the bill” in Persian?
«حساب دادن», read “hesâb dâdan”. In a live sentence: “حساب دادم” — I paid the bill. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ح, س, ا, ب, د, ا, د, ن.
How is “حساب دادن” written in Latin letters?
hesâb dâdan. 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?
At the café they say exactly this: "I give the bill" — hand it over with money. The same account word as in the bank: it covers everything moneyish. I paid the bill, 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.