حساب کردن
“حساب کردن” (hesâb kâne) — to count, add up in Persian. Verb, level A2. The bill word you know from the café: by the same word money, days and votes are counted. Counting twice — nobody is shy. He counted the money in the till twice, says the example. In a live sentence: “پول صندوق را دو بار حساب کرد” — He counted the money in the till twice. Written with the characters ح, س, ا, ب, ک, ر, د, ن.
In short
| Written in Persian | حساب کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | hesâb kâne |
| Translation | to count, add up |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The bill word you know from the café: by the same word money, days and votes are counted. Counting twice — nobody is shy. He counted the money in the till twice, 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.
- پول صندوق را دو بار حساب کردpule sandug râ dâ bâr hesâb kardHe counted the money in the till twice
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 count, add up” in Persian?
«حساب کردن», read “hesâb kâne”. In a live sentence: “پول صندوق را دو بار حساب کرد” — He counted the money in the till twice. Verb, level A2; written with the characters ح, س, ا, ب, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “حساب کردن” written in Latin letters?
hesâb kâne. 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?
The bill word you know from the café: by the same word money, days and votes are counted. Counting twice — nobody is shy. He counted the money in the till twice, 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.