لم دادن
“لم دادن” (lam dâdan) — to lie (rest) in Persian. Verb, level A1, topic — everyday life and routine. Lam is sprawl, dadan gives it: lam midaham — I give a sprawl, I lounge. The verb of doing nothing on purpose. In a live sentence: “عصر لم میدهم” — In the evening I lounge. Written with the characters ل, م, د, ا, د, ن. One of 12 words in the set “everyday life and routine” in the Persian course.
In short
| Written in Persian | لم دادن |
| Read in Latin letters | lam dâdan |
| Translation | to lie (rest) |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Lam is sprawl, dadan gives it: lam midaham — I give a sprawl, I lounge. The verb of doing nothing on purpose
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.
- عصر لم میدهمasr lam mi-dehamIn the evening I lounge
Nearby words: everyday life and routine
Work, home, rest, errands. The words the answer to “how are things?” is made of.
- کارkârworkWork, a job, a deed — and the verb partner kar kardan, to work, literally "to do work"
- کار کردنkâr kânto workTo do work — the compound that says half of everyday activity. Dar resturan kar mikonam: I work at a restaurant
- بیدار شدنbidâr shâdanto wake upBidar is awake; shodan makes you become it. Sobh bidar mishavam: I wake in the morning
- بلند شدنbâland shâdanto get upTo become tall — rise from bed, rise from a chair. Sobh zood boland mishavam: I get up early
- صورت شستنsurât shâstanto wash one’s faceSurat is the face; shostan washes it — and dishes, and clothes. The morning verb of the bathroom
- شانه کردنshâne kânto combShane is the comb; kardan does the combing. Sobh shane mikonam — morning routine, item three
- شیو کردنshiv kânto shaveThe borrowed shiv — from the French rasage world via Russian. Har ruz shiv mikonam: a daily habit
- لباس پوشیدنlebâs pushidanto get dressedLebas is clothes; pushidan is to wear, to cover. Sobh lebas mipoosham: I dress in the morning
- لباس درآوردنlebâs dârâvardanto get undressedLiterally "to bring the clothes out": dar-avar make-out. The evening reverse of dressing
- نشستنneshâstanto sit downThe sitting verb whose command is a single syllable: beshin, sit! Inja beshin: sit here
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “everyday life and routine”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “to lie (rest)” in Persian?
Lam is sprawl, dadan gives it: lam midaham — I give a sprawl, I lounge. The verb of doing nothing on purpose
- How do you say “to shave” in Persian?
The borrowed shiv — from the French rasage world via Russian. Har ruz shiv mikonam: a daily habit
- How do you say “to wake up” in Persian?
Bidar is awake; shodan makes you become it. Sobh bidar mishavam: I wake in the morning
- How do you say “to sit down” in Persian?
The sitting verb whose command is a single syllable: beshin, sit! Inja beshin: sit here
- How do you say “to comb” in Persian?
Shane is the comb; kardan does the combing. Sobh shane mikonam — morning routine, item three
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 lie (rest)” in Persian?
«لم دادن», read “lam dâdan”. In a live sentence: “عصر لم میدهم” — In the evening I lounge. Verb, level A1, from the set “everyday life and routine”; written with the characters ل, م, د, ا, د, ن.
How is “لم دادن” written in Latin letters?
lam dâdan. 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?
Lam is sprawl, dadan gives it: lam midaham — I give a sprawl, I lounge. The verb of doing nothing on purpose. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.