نیمهکاره رها کردن
“نیمهکاره رها کردن” (nime-kâre râhâ kân) — to abandon halfway, give up in Persian. Phrase, level B1. The half-break inside makes one word: nime-kaare. In a live sentence: “کار را نیمهکاره نگذار” — Do not abandon the matter halfway. Written with the characters ن, ی, م, ه, ک, ا, ر, ه, ر, ه, ا, ک… A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | نیمهکاره رها کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | nime-kâre râhâ kân |
| Translation | to abandon halfway, give up |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the half-break inside makes one word: nime-kaare
Why it looks that way
Literally "to throw the half-deed": the half plus the released. A course dropped in the middle is named by this phrase. Do not abandon the matter halfway, 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.
- کار را نیمهکاره نگذارkâr râ nime-kâre negâzârDo not abandon the matter halfway
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 abandon halfway, give up” in Persian?
«نیمهکاره رها کردن», read “nime-kâre râhâ kân”. The half-break inside makes one word: nime-kaare. In a live sentence: “کار را نیمهکاره نگذار” — Do not abandon the matter halfway. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ن, ی, م, ه, ک, ا, ر, ه, ر, ه, ا, ک…
How is “نیمهکاره رها کردن” written in Latin letters?
nime-kâre râhâ 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?
Literally "to throw the half-deed": the half plus the released. A course dropped in the middle is named by this phrase. Do not abandon the matter halfway, 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.