Persian/Lesson 8

فارسی (‹fârsi›, “Persian”)
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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

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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

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In this lesson, you will learn how to create and use the negative of Persian verbs.

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Negation

Negative particle ن ‹na-› takes the stress and prefixes conjugated verb, not the invariant part

Negative copula

نیستم ‹nistam› (“I am not”)
نیستی ‹nisti› (“you are not”)
نیست ‹nist› (“ he/she/it is not”), colloquially pronounced ‹nis›
نیستیم ‹nistim› (“ we are not”)
نیستید ‹nistid› (“you are not”)
نیستند ‹nistand› (“they are not”), colloquially pronounced ‹nistan›

Other negative words

هیچ ‹hic› (“none, not at all”)

Exercises

درس 8 و

مرد – man (man)

زن – vrouw (woman)

تند - snel (fast)

دوات – inktpot (inkwell)

پروين – Parvin (meisjesnaam) (girls name)

پرويز – Parviz (jongensnaam) (boys name)

نانوا – bakker (baker)

دويدن – rennen (hele werkwoord) (running)

مي دود – hij rent, zij rent (he, she runs)

بيرون – uit, buiten (out)

مي پزد – hij kookt, zij kookt (he, she cooks)

پختن- - koken, bakken (hele werkwoord) (cooking, baking)

اين دوات است – dit is een inktpot (this is an inkwell)

پرويز با پروين دوست است – Parvin is met Parviz bevriend

اين مرد نانوا است – die mijnheer is bakker

نانوا نان مي پزد – de bakker bakt brood

آن مرد از نانوائي تند آمد – die man komt snel uit de bakkerij

پرويز با پروين دوست است

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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

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