Persian/Lesson 12

فارسی (‹fârsi›, “Persian”)
Learn the Persian language
Contents • Introduction
Persian Alphabet lessons: 1 ( ۱ ) • 2 ( ۲ ) • 3 ( ۳ ) • 4 ( ۴ )
Elementary grammar: 5 ( ۵ ) • 6 ( ۶ ) • 7 ( ۷ ) • 8 ( ۸ ) • 9 ( ۹ )
10 ( ۱۰ ) • 11 ( ۱۱ ) • 12 ( ۱۲ ) • 13 ( ۱۳ ) • 14 ( ۱۴ ) • 15 ( ۱۵ )
Intermediate: 16 ( ۱۶ ) • 17 ( ۱۷ ) • 18 ( ۱۸ ) • 19 ( ۱۹ ) • 20 ( ۲۰ )
21 ( ۲۱ ) • 22 ( ۲۲ ) • 23 ( ۲۳ ) • 24 ( ۲۴ ) • 25 ( ۲۵ ) • 26 ( ۲۶ )
Advanced:
Appendix: Alphabet • Glossary • Handwriting

To continue, your computer must display Persian. The box below should show these Persian letters on the far right:

ا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن و ه ی

If they are different or in the wrong order, see Persian Computing.

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خ

ميخ – talk, speak1

تخته – hout

ميز – tafel

كمد – kast

خانه – house

خريد – hij koopt

خريدن – kopen,(werkwoord voor kopen)

فروختن – verkopen, (werkwoord voor verkopen)

ساختن – maken, (werkwoord voor maken)

ساخت – hij maakt

كمك – help

كمك كردن - help, (werkwoord voor helpen)

بازار – markt

فعل) تخته خريدن) – hout kopen

من تخته خريدم - ik koop hout

تو تخته خريدي – jij koopt hout

اوتخته خريد – hij koopt hout

ما تخته خريديم – wij kopen hout

شما تخته خريديد – jullie kopen hout

ايشان تخته خريدند – zij kopen hout

امين با پدرش از بازارآمد – Amin komt van de markt met zijn vader

انها تخته و ميخ خريدند – Zij kopen hout en spijkers

پدرش با تخته وميخ ميزساخت – Zijn vader maakt van hout en spijkers een tafel

امين با پدرش در ساختن ميز كمك كرد – Amin helpt zijn vader met het maken van een tafel

تكليف شب – jullie's homework

فعل بسازيد – werkwoord vervoegen

خريدن – buy

فروختن – verkopen

ساختن – do, make

كمك كردن – help

جمله بسازيد – zin maken

پدر . تخته. ميز . بازار. ميخ

جمله هاي زير را كامل كنيد- invullen

خورشيد – zon

خود – zelf

نوك – bek

آسمان – lucht, hemel. firmament

خوردن – eat

نوشتن – write

رفتن go

. خروس......... دارد

خروس به زمين نوك مي زند ودانه ..........

............. را در آسمان مي بينيم

امين به دوست ........... نامه مي نويسد.

سارا.......... روز بيمار بود .

Simple present tense

		“I work everyday.”
	هر روز کر می‌کنم.
	هر	روز	کار	می‌کنم
←	‹har›	‹ruz›	‹kar›	‹mikonam›
←	“every”	“day”	“work”	“I do”

The simple present tense is used to describe an event or to comment about the state of something without regard to a particular time, as shown in the example on the right.

گرفتن ‹gereftan› (“to get”) Simple present tense Present stem: گیر ‹gir›	Number
	Singular	Plural
First person	(من) می‌گیرم	(ما) می‌گیریم
	(‹man›) ‹migiram›	(‹mâ›) ‹migirim›
	“(I) get”	“(we) get”
Second person	(تو) می‌گیری	(شما) می‌گیرید
	(‹to›) ‹migiri›	(‹šomâ›) ‹migirin›^[1]
	“(you) get”	“(you) get”
Third person	(او) می‌گیرد	(آنها) می‌گیرند
	(‹u›) ‹migirad›	(‹ânhâ›) ‹migiran›^[1]
	“(he/she/it) gets”	“(they) get”

The table on the right shows the simple present tense forms of گرفتن ‹gereftan› (“to get”), consisting of the present/imperfect^[2] prefix می ‹mi› , the present stem گیر ‹gir› and suffixes to indicate the person and number.

To make a simple present tense form of a Persian verb, begin with the prefix می ‹mi› . Then add the present tense stem (which can be looked up in most dictionaries), e.g. گیر ‹gir› . Finally, add the appropriate present tense personal suffix from the table below to make the simple present tense verb form:

Simple present tense Present stem + personal suffix	Number
Simple present tense Present stem + personal suffix	Singular	Plural
First person	... + م	... + یم
	present stem + ‹am›	present stem + ‹im›
	“I [do...]”	“we [do...]”
Second person	... + ی	... + ید
	present stem + ‹i›	present stem + ‹in›^[1]
	“you [do...]”	“you [do...]”
Third person	... + د	... + ند
	present stem + ‹ad›	present stem + ‹an›^[1]
	“he/she/it [does...]”	“they [do...]”

As you can see, the present tense personal suffixes are the same as the past tense ones, except for the third person singular, which is د ‹ad› in the present tense and nothing in the past.

Every Persian verb has two stems: the imperative/present stem and the past stem. In general, both stems of each verb must be learned because neither is not completely predictable from the other. There are some common patterns, though. For example, verbs whose infinitives end with تن ‹tan› , دن ‹dan› , or یدن ‹idan› often form the present stem by dropping those endings:

Verb		Present stem
کشتن ‹koštan› (“to kill”)		کش ‹koš›
آوردن ‹âvardan› (“to bring”)		آور ‹âvar›
رسیدن ‹residan› (“to arrive”)		رس ‹res›

		“I work tomorrow.”
	فردا کر می‌کنم.
	فردا	کار	می‌کنم
←	‹fardâ›	‹kar›	‹mikonam›
←	“tomorrow”	“work”	“I do”

The simple present tense is also used to talk about a future event, as shown on the right.

The simple present tense can also be used to express that an event is occurring at the very moment that the speaker is speaking, but the present continuous tense is used more often for that purpose in both English and Persian. The present continuous tense will be discussed in a later chapter.

Review

Contents • Introduction

Persian Alphabet lessons: 1 ( ۱ ) • 2 ( ۲ ) • 3 ( ۳ ) • 4 ( ۴ )
Elementary grammar: 5 ( ۵ ) • 6 ( ۶ ) • 7 ( ۷ ) • 8 ( ۸ ) • 9 ( ۹ )
10 ( ۱۰ ) • 11 ( ۱۱ ) • 12 ( ۱۲ ) • 13 ( ۱۳ ) • 14 ( ۱۴ ) • 15 ( ۱۵ )
Intermediate: 16 ( ۱۶ ) • 17 ( ۱۷ ) • 18 ( ۱۸ ) • 19 ( ۱۹ ) • 20 ( ۲۰ )
21 ( ۲۱ ) • 22 ( ۲۲ ) • 23 ( ۲۳ ) • 24 ( ۲۴ ) • 25 ( ۲۵ ) • 26 ( ۲۶ )
Advanced:
Appendix: Alphabet • Glossary • Handwriting

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Note: The Persian script here uses formal spelling, but the transcriptions in angle brackets shows typical colloquial pronunciation. In colloquial speech, for example, the ending ‍ید ‹-id› is often pronounced as ‹-in›. Other differences between spoken and written Persian will be given in the lessons that follow.
↑ Persian used to have a truly simple present tense with no prefix, distinct from the present imperfect tense with the prefix می ‹mi› . In modern Persian, though, the present imperfect tense has replaced the simple present tense for all verbs but داشتن ‹dâštan› (“to have”) and بودن ‹budan› (“to be”).

[formal_spelling_colloquial_transcription-1] Note: The Persian script here uses formal spelling, but the transcriptions in angle brackets shows typical colloquial pronunciation. In colloquial speech, for example, the ending ‍ید ‹-id› is often pronounced as ‹-in›. Other differences between spoken and written Persian will be given in the lessons that follow.

[2] Persian used to have a truly simple present tense with no prefix, distinct from the present imperfect tense with the prefix می ‹mi› . In modern Persian, though, the present imperfect tense has replaced the simple present tense for all verbs but داشتن ‹dâštan› (“to have”) and بودن ‹budan› (“to be”).

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