کتری را بگذار
“کتری را بگذار” (keteri râ bâzâr) — to put the kettle on in Persian. Phrase, level A1. Literally "put the teapot": the teapot word you know. It goes on the fire twice here — so every guest tea begins. Put it on, I want tea, says the example. In a live sentence: “کتری را بگذار, چای میخواهم” — Put the teapot on, I want tea. Written with the characters ک, ت, ر, ی, ر, ا, ب, گ, ذ, ا, ر.
In short
| Written in Persian | کتری را بگذار |
| Read in Latin letters | keteri râ bâzâr |
| Translation | to put the kettle on |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "put the teapot": the teapot word you know. It goes on the fire twice here — so every guest tea begins. Put it on, I want tea, 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.
- کتری را بگذار, چای میخواهمketeri râ bâzâr, chây mi-khâhamPut the teapot on, I want tea
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 put the kettle on” in Persian?
«کتری را بگذار», read “keteri râ bâzâr”. In a live sentence: “کتری را بگذار, چای میخواهم” — Put the teapot on, I want tea. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ک, ت, ر, ی, ر, ا, ب, گ, ذ, ا, ر.
How is “کتری را بگذار” written in Latin letters?
keteri râ bâzâr. 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 "put the teapot": the teapot word you know. It goes on the fire twice here — so every guest tea begins. Put it on, I want tea, 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.