طرف کسی را گرفتن
“طرف کسی را گرفتن” (tarâfe ksi râ gereftan) — to take sides in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to take the side of someone": the side. "To be on your side" is said with the same pair of words. Mother took my side, says the example. In a live sentence: “مادرم طرف من را گرفت.” — Mother took my side. Written with the characters ط, ر, ف, ک, س, ی, ر, ا, گ, ر, ف, ت… A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | طرف کسی را گرفتن |
| Read in Latin letters | tarâfe ksi râ gereftan |
| Translation | to take sides |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to take the side of someone": the side. "To be on your side" is said with the same pair of words. Mother took my side, 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.
- مادرم طرف من را گرفت.mâdaram tarâfe man râ gereft.Mother took my side.
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 take sides” in Persian?
«طرف کسی را گرفتن», read “tarâfe ksi râ gereftan”. In a live sentence: “مادرم طرف من را گرفت.” — Mother took my side. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ط, ر, ف, ک, س, ی, ر, ا, گ, ر, ف, ت…
How is “طرف کسی را گرفتن” written in Latin letters?
tarâfe ksi râ gereftan. 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 take the side of someone": the side. "To be on your side" is said with the same pair of words. Mother took my side, 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.