ساعت کاری
“ساعت کاری” (sâate kâri) — work schedule in Persian. Noun, level A2. Working hours, said literally. The schedule is most often fixed, and being late for it is not accepted. Mine is eight, says the example. In a live sentence: “ساعت کاری من هشت است” — My work schedule is eight. Written with the characters س, ا, ع, ت, ک, ا, ر, ی. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Persian | ساعت کاری |
| Read in Latin letters | sâate kâri |
| Translation | work schedule |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Working hours, said literally. The schedule is most often fixed, and being late for it is not accepted. Mine is eight, 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.
- ساعت کاری من هشت استsâate kâre man hasht astMy work schedule is eight
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 “work schedule” in Persian?
«ساعت کاری», read “sâate kâri”. In a live sentence: “ساعت کاری من هشت است” — My work schedule is eight. Noun, level A2; written with the characters س, ا, ع, ت, ک, ا, ر, ی.
How is “ساعت کاری” written in Latin letters?
sâate kâri. 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?
Working hours, said literally. The schedule is most often fixed, and being late for it is not accepted. Mine is eight, 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.