یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟
“یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟” (ye dige vâgt dârid؟) — do you have a minute? in Persian. Phrase, level B1. The spoken "one": it shrinks the request, like our "a little minute". The minute — the same word that counts minutes at the bazaar. So, says the example. In a live sentence: “یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟ سوالم کوتاهه” — Do you have a minute? The question is short. Written with the characters ی, ه, د, ق, ی, ق, ه, و, ق, ت, د, ا…
In short
| Written in Persian | یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟ |
| Read in Latin letters | ye dige vâgt dârid؟ |
| Translation | do you have a minute? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The spoken "one": it shrinks the request, like our "a little minute". The minute — the same word that counts minutes at the bazaar. So, 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.
- یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟ سوالم کوتاههye dige vâgt dârid؟ suâlâm kutâheDo you have a minute? The question is short
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 “do you have a minute?” in Persian?
«یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟», read “ye dige vâgt dârid؟”. In a live sentence: “یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟ سوالم کوتاهه” — Do you have a minute? The question is short. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ی, ه, د, ق, ی, ق, ه, و, ق, ت, د, ا…
How is “یه دقیقه وقت دارید؟” written in Latin letters?
ye dige vâgt dârid؟. 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?
The spoken "one": it shrinks the request, like our "a little minute". The minute — the same word that counts minutes at the bazaar. So, 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.