خود را وفق دادن
“خود را وفق دادن” (khâd râ vefg dâdân) — to adapt oneself, adjust in Persian. Verb, level B1. Literally "to bring oneself into accord": the accord, the correspondence. Set with the to: to the city, to the schedule, to other people’s habits. I adapted myself to the big city, says the example. In a live sentence: “به شهر بزرگ خود را وفق دادم.” — I adapted myself to the big city. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | خود را وفق دادن |
| Read in Latin letters | khâd râ vefg dâdân |
| Translation | to adapt oneself, adjust |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to bring oneself into accord": the accord, the correspondence. Set with the to: to the city, to the schedule, to other people’s habits. I adapted myself to the big city, 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.
- به شهر بزرگ خود را وفق دادم.be shahre bâzârg khâd râ vefg dâdam.I adapted myself to the big city.
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 adapt oneself, adjust” in Persian?
«خود را وفق دادن», read “khâd râ vefg dâdân”. In a live sentence: “به شهر بزرگ خود را وفق دادم.” — I adapted myself to the big city. Verb, level B1; written with the characters خ, و, د, ر, ا, و, ف, ق, د, ا, د, ن.
How is “خود را وفق دادن” written in Latin letters?
khâd râ vefg dâdân. 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 bring oneself into accord": the accord, the correspondence. Set with the to: to the city, to the schedule, to other people’s habits. I adapted myself to the big city, 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.