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Lesson 4

Text 
Pronunciation 
Vocabulary 
Grammar 
Exercise 
Exercise Answers

Text

Emruz ci kãr mikoni ?
Fardã ci kãr mikoni ?
Emruz berim bazãr, fardã berim gardeš.
Fardã baccehã ro bebarim pãrk.
Emruz kojã berim ?
Emšab šãm ci dorost konam ?
Fardã nãhãr tašrif biyãrid.
Fardã sobh bãroon miyãd.

Pronunciation

ã		arthur, art
š		shell, she
x		Spanish jose, or Dutch goede
c		chair, check
e		let, check
q		French rouge

Vocabulary

Persian	English		Persian	English
Emruz	Today		Emšab	Tonight
Fardã	Tomorrow		Tašrif biyarid	Please come over
Chi kãr mikoni	What are you doing
Berim	Let's go		Sobh	Morning
Bãzãr	Market		Bãran, Bãrun	Rain
Gardeš	Going out and around		Mi-ã-yad, miyãd	It comes
Bacce	Child		Bãrun miyãd	It rains
Bacce hã	Children
Ro, Rã	Indicator of direct object
Bebarim	Let's take
Kojã	Where
Kojã berim	Where should we go ?

Grammar

In informal everyday speec, present tense can be substituted for future tense.

Emruz kãr mikonam.		I work today.
Fardã kãr mikonam.		I work tomorrow.

Ra (formal), or Ro (informal) follows the direct object.

Rezã rã bebar.		Take Reza.
Bacce hã ro bebar.		Take the children.

The suffix hã indicates plural.

Ketãb		Book
Ketãbhã		Books
Bacce		Kid
Baccehã		Kids

Ãmadan is "to come". The imperative root (bon e amr) is ãy. Here is the conjugation for present tense.

mi-ãy-am		I come
mi-ãy-i		You come
mi-ãy-ad		He/She comes
mi-ãy-im		We come
mi-ãy-id		You come
mi-ãy-and		They come

Bãrãn is the correct pronunciation. The Tehrani dialect tends to replace the ã sound with u :

Bãrãn		Bãrun
Tehrãn		Tehrun
Irãn		Irun
xãneh (house)		xuneh

Certain verbs are abbreviated in informal speech.

mi-rav-am		mi-r-am		I go
mi-rav-i		mi-r-i		You go
mi-rav-ad		mi-r-e		He/She goes
mi-rav-im		mi-r-im		We go
mi-rav-id		mi-r-id		You go
mi-rav-and		mi-r-and		They go



mi-ãy-am		mi-y-am		I come
mi-ãy-i		mi-ãy-i		You come
mi-ãy-ad		mi-y-ad		He/She comes
mi-ãy-im		mi-y-aim		We come
mi-ãy-id		mi-ãy-id		You come
mi-ãy-and		mi-y-and		They come

Exercise

Translate the following to Persian :

Take the children tomorrow morning.
It rains tomorrow night.
Bijan comes tomorrow morning.
It rains everyday.
Nasrin makes dinner every night.
Where are taking the children ?

Exercise Answers

Fardã sobh baccehã ro bebar.
Fardã šab bãroon miyãd.
Bijan fardã sobh miyãd.
Har ruz bãrun miyãd.
Nasrin har šab šãm dorost mikonad.
Bacce hã ro kojã mibarid ?

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