تا آخرش مینشینی
“تا آخرش مینشینی” (tâ âkhâresh mi-nshini) — unputdownable, you cannot tear away in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "until its end you sit": about a series one cannot rise from. Here one does not tear oneself away but sits it out — the image of sitting instead of looking. This series is good, you cannot tear yourself away, says the example. In a live sentence: “این سریال خوب است, تا آخرش مینشینی.” — This series is good, you cannot tear yourself away.
In short
| Written in Persian | تا آخرش مینشینی |
| Read in Latin letters | tâ âkhâresh mi-nshini |
| Translation | unputdownable, you cannot tear away |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "until its end you sit": about a series one cannot rise from. Here one does not tear oneself away but sits it out — the image of sitting instead of looking. This series is good, you cannot tear yourself away, 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.
- این سریال خوب است, تا آخرش مینشینی.in seriâl khub ast, tâ âkhâresh mi-nshini.This series is good, you cannot tear yourself away.
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 “unputdownable, you cannot tear away” in Persian?
«تا آخرش مینشینی», read “tâ âkhâresh mi-nshini”. In a live sentence: “این سریال خوب است, تا آخرش مینشینی.” — This series is good, you cannot tear yourself away. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ت, ا, آ, خ, ر, ش, م, ی, ن, ش, ی, ن…
How is “تا آخرش مینشینی” written in Latin letters?
tâ âkhâresh mi-nshini. 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 "until its end you sit": about a series one cannot rise from. Here one does not tear oneself away but sits it out — the image of sitting instead of looking. This series is good, you cannot tear yourself away, 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.