میکروفون را روشن کردن
“میکروفون را روشن کردن” (mikrâfân râ râshân kardan) — to unmute the microphone in Persian. Phrase, level A1. The microphone button is turned on by the same making-light as the lamp: know the light — know the sound. I turned it on, now speak, says the example. In a live sentence: “میکروفون را روشن کردم، حالا حرف بزن.” — I turned on the microphone, now speak. Written with the characters م, ی, ک, ر, و, ف, و, ن, ر, ا, ر, و…
In short
| Written in Persian | میکروفون را روشن کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | mikrâfân râ râshân kardan |
| Translation | to unmute the microphone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The microphone button is turned on by the same making-light as the lamp: know the light — know the sound. I turned it on, now speak, 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.
- میکروفون را روشن کردم، حالا حرف بزن.mikrâfân râ râshân kardam, hâlâ harf bezan.I turned on the microphone, now speak.
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 unmute the microphone” in Persian?
«میکروفون را روشن کردن», read “mikrâfân râ râshân kardan”. In a live sentence: “میکروفون را روشن کردم، حالا حرف بزن.” — I turned on the microphone, now speak. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters م, ی, ک, ر, و, ف, و, ن, ر, ا, ر, و…
How is “میکروفون را روشن کردن” written in Latin letters?
mikrâfân râ râshân kardan. 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 microphone button is turned on by the same making-light as the lamp: know the light — know the sound. I turned it on, now speak, 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.