به کلاس نیامدم
“به کلاس نیامدم” (be klâs niâmâdam) — to miss a class in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to the class did not come": absences here are counted as comings. The not has settled onto the past — as in "I did not understand". Yesterday I missed the class, says the example. In a live sentence: “دیروز به کلاس نیامدم” — Yesterday I missed the class. Written with the characters ب, ه, ک, ل, ا, س, ن, ی, ا, م, د, م.
In short
| Written in Persian | به کلاس نیامدم |
| Read in Latin letters | be klâs niâmâdam |
| Translation | to miss a class |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to the class did not come": absences here are counted as comings. The not has settled onto the past — as in "I did not understand". Yesterday I missed the class, 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.
- دیروز به کلاس نیامدمdiruz be klâs niâmâdamYesterday I missed the class
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 miss a class” in Persian?
«به کلاس نیامدم», read “be klâs niâmâdam”. In a live sentence: “دیروز به کلاس نیامدم” — Yesterday I missed the class. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ب, ه, ک, ل, ا, س, ن, ی, ا, م, د, م.
How is “به کلاس نیامدم” written in Latin letters?
be klâs niâmâdam. 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 the class did not come": absences here are counted as comings. The not has settled onto the past — as in "I did not understand". Yesterday I missed the class, 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.