کم کردن
“کم کردن” (kam kâne) — to reduce, decrease in Persian. Verb, level B1. The little: a price, a weight, a speed made smaller. To cut a text is another word; to cut an expense — this one. Prices were reduced by ten percent, says the example. In a live sentence: “قیمتها را ده درصد کم کردند” — Prices were reduced by ten percent. Written with the characters ک, م, ک, ر, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | کم کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | kam kâne |
| Translation | to reduce, decrease |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The little: a price, a weight, a speed made smaller. To cut a text is another word; to cut an expense — this one. Prices were reduced by ten percent, 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.
- قیمتها را ده درصد کم کردندgiyâmatghâ râ dah darsad kam kardandPrices were reduced by ten percent
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 reduce, decrease” in Persian?
«کم کردن», read “kam kâne”. In a live sentence: “قیمتها را ده درصد کم کردند” — Prices were reduced by ten percent. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ک, م, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “کم کردن” written in Latin letters?
kam 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 little: a price, a weight, a speed made smaller. To cut a text is another word; to cut an expense — this one. Prices were reduced by ten percent, 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.