بجلی چلی گئی
“بجلی چلی گئی” (bidzhli chali gaii) — the power went out in Urdu. Phrase, level A1. The power going out here is "the electricity went away". Nobody switched it off — it left of itself, and returns of itself. In a live sentence: “رات کو بجلی چلی گئی” — At night the power went out. Written with the characters ب, ج, ل, ی, چ, ل, ی, گ, ی. A word from the everyday Urdu course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Urdu | بجلی چلی گئی |
| Read in Latin letters | bidzhli chali gaii |
| Translation | the power went out |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The power going out here is "the electricity went away". Nobody switched it off — it left of itself, and returns of itself
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.
- رات کو بجلی چلی گئیrat ko bidzhli chali gaiiAt night the power went out
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 “the power went out” in Urdu?
«بجلی چلی گئی», read “bidzhli chali gaii”. In a live sentence: “رات کو بجلی چلی گئی” — At night the power went out. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ب, ج, ل, ی, چ, ل, ی, گ, ی.
How is “بجلی چلی گئی” written in Latin letters?
bidzhli chali gaii. 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 power going out here is "the electricity went away". Nobody switched it off — it left of itself, and returns of itself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.