کمرم درد میکند
“کمرم درد میکند” (kameram dard mi-kânad) — my back hurts in Persian. Phrase, level A2. Literally "my lower-back does pain": the little tail stuck to the back word, no pronoun needed. The same pattern as in the headache of the first lessons. My back hurts, the chair is bad, says the example. In a live sentence: “کمرم درد میکند, صندلی بد است.” — My back hurts, the chair is bad. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Persian | کمرم درد میکند |
| Read in Latin letters | kameram dard mi-kânad |
| Translation | my back hurts |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "my lower-back does pain": the little tail stuck to the back word, no pronoun needed. The same pattern as in the headache of the first lessons. My back hurts, the chair is bad, 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.
- کمرم درد میکند, صندلی بد است.kameram dard mi-kânad, sândali bâd ast.My back hurts, the chair is bad.
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 “my back hurts” in Persian?
«کمرم درد میکند», read “kameram dard mi-kânad”. In a live sentence: “کمرم درد میکند, صندلی بد است.” — My back hurts, the chair is bad. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ک, م, ر, م, د, ر, د, م, ی, ک, ن, د.
How is “کمرم درد میکند” written in Latin letters?
kameram dard mi-kânad. 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 "my lower-back does pain": the little tail stuck to the back word, no pronoun needed. The same pattern as in the headache of the first lessons. My back hurts, the chair is bad, 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.