مدرسه را تمام کردن
“مدرسه را تمام کردن” (mâdrese râ tamâm kân) — to finish school, graduate in Persian. Phrase, level B1. The school word — the same in the names of the old colleges. "Bring to an end": school here is not "finished" but "brought to its end". I finished school last year, says the example. In a live sentence: “مدرسه را سال گذشته تمام کردم” — I finished school last year. Written with the characters م, د, ر, س, ه, ر, ا, ت, م, ا, م, ک…
In short
| Written in Persian | مدرسه را تمام کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | mâdrese râ tamâm kân |
| Translation | to finish school, graduate |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The school word — the same in the names of the old colleges. "Bring to an end": school here is not "finished" but "brought to its end". I finished school last year, 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.
- مدرسه را سال گذشته تمام کردمmâdrese râ sâle gâshte tamâm kerdamI finished school last year
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 finish school, graduate” in Persian?
«مدرسه را تمام کردن», read “mâdrese râ tamâm kân”. In a live sentence: “مدرسه را سال گذشته تمام کردم” — I finished school last year. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters م, د, ر, س, ه, ر, ا, ت, م, ا, م, ک…
How is “مدرسه را تمام کردن” written in Latin letters?
mâdrese râ tamâm kân. 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?
The school word — the same in the names of the old colleges. "Bring to an end": school here is not "finished" but "brought to its end". I finished school last year, 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.