سایه درخت
“سایه درخت” (sâyee derekht) — tree shade in Persian. Noun, level B1. The linking vowel is heard between the words: saaye-ye derakht. In a live sentence: “در سایه درخت نشستیم” — We sat in the shade of the tree. Written with the characters س, ا, ی, ه, د, ر, خ, ت. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | سایه درخت |
| Read in Latin letters | sâyee derekht |
| Translation | tree shade |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the linking vowel is heard between the words: saaye-ye derakht
Why it looks that way
Our "of" is not translated: the shade is "the tree’s shade", the linking vowel holds the pair. In the heat tea is drunk in the shade. We sat in the shade of the tree, 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.
- در سایه درخت نشستیمdar sâyee derekht neshastimWe sat in the shade of the tree
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 “tree shade” in Persian?
«سایه درخت», read “sâyee derekht”. The linking vowel is heard between the words: saaye-ye derakht. In a live sentence: “در سایه درخت نشستیم” — We sat in the shade of the tree. Noun, level B1; written with the characters س, ا, ی, ه, د, ر, خ, ت.
How is “سایه درخت” written in Latin letters?
sâyee derekht. 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?
Our "of" is not translated: the shade is "the tree’s shade", the linking vowel holds the pair. In the heat tea is drunk in the shade. We sat in the shade of the tree, 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.