حساب را جدا کردن
“حساب را جدا کردن” (hesâb râ dzhâdâ kân) — to split the bill in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to make the bill separate": the waiter is told exactly this. The apart word is asked for bills and seats alike. At the restaurant we split the bill, says the example. In a live sentence: “در رستوران حساب را جدا میکنیم.” — At the restaurant we split the bill. Written with the characters ح, س, ا, ب, ر, ا, ج, د, ا, ک, ر, د…
In short
| Written in Persian | حساب را جدا کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | hesâb râ dzhâdâ kân |
| Translation | to split the bill |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to make the bill separate": the waiter is told exactly this. The apart word is asked for bills and seats alike. At the restaurant we split 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.
- در رستوران حساب را جدا میکنیم.dar resturân hesâb râ dzhâdâ mi-kânim.At the restaurant we split 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 split the bill” in Persian?
«حساب را جدا کردن», read “hesâb râ dzhâdâ kân”. In a live sentence: “در رستوران حساب را جدا میکنیم.” — At the restaurant we split the bill. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ح, س, ا, ب, ر, ا, ج, د, ا, ک, ر, د…
How is “حساب را جدا کردن” written in Latin letters?
hesâb râ dzhâdâ 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 make the bill separate": the waiter is told exactly this. The apart word is asked for bills and seats alike. At the restaurant we split 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.