Learning Persian and common questions

Originally Posted by Enoo

Salam! Could I have the translation of these few sentences lotfan? That would be very useful to me!

1. I like this very much!

2. This is great, wonderful/marvelous/fantastic/amazing/terrific/beautiful!

3. How nice is this!

4. What a beautiful day!

5. How do you do? (if speaking to more than one person)

6. Could I have the translation of this please?

7. What is the Farsi word for… ?

Mamnoon!

Here you are :
1-Az in kheyli khosham miyad

2-This is geart=Aliye

3-This is wonderful/amazin/terrific/beautiful=Shegeft angize/Aliye/Foghol adast!
***the adjectives like "fogholade/ali/toop/"is more common than shegeft angiz...

3-How nice this is=Che/cheghad /cheghadr khoobe ,....che/cheghad/cheghadr ghashange!

4-What a beautiful day!=Che rooze ghashangi!

5-How do you do=Chetorin?

6-Could I have the translation of this please?=Mitoonam tarjomye ino dashte basham,lotfan?

7. What is the Farsi word for… ?=Kalameye/loghate farsi baraye...... chi mishe?

Ur welcome

Aliye! Kheyli mamnoon dear Pinky!! I'm gonna learn this all "tout de suite". ^^

What about some other expressions: I don't know whether I mentioned these one before or notsorry if they are not new

It's cool=Bahale!>>باحاله

What a cold weather!=Che havaye sardi!>>چه هوای سردی!

What a hot day=Che rooze garmi>>>چه روز گرمی!

What a delicious food!=Che ghazaye khoshmazey!>>چه غذای خوشمزه ای!

What a nice/beautiful voice she/he has! Che sedaye khoobi/ghashangi dare!>>.چه صدای خوبی/قشنگی داره!

***I don't know If you are interested in learning different tenses like past/present/future, ...If so, these days that I'm pretty free, I have enough time to teach you***or if you are interested in other subjects that you want to learn just let me know

Aawww you are so nice!! No this is all new to me but I haven't read the whole 43 pages yet For sure I'd like to learn about the different tenses and about new expressions, but I don't mean to make you repeat what you have maybe already said before ^^ Oh so you're in vacations or so? Bahale!

Also, what is the difference between "che/cheghad /cheghadr"?

"Che havaye sardi!" goes perfectly with today ^^

I want to say:
Congratulations to your wedding. I hope this marriage brings you lots of happiness because you deserve it!

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out."

I hope you will always feel this when you look at your husband. I hope he will treat you like the diamond that you are and never ever make you cry. I miss you! I hope to see you soon!

Is this correct? Could you please complete the parts i didnt know? Thank you!!


Tabrik baraye arusiye to! Omidvaram ke in ezdevaj barat sarshar az shadi bashe chon ke to (?)

"To ra doost daram na faghat baraye anche ke hasti balke baraye anche ke hastam vaghti ba to hastam... to ra doost daram na baraye anche az khod sakhteyi balke baraye anche ke az man sakhteyi , to ra doost daram baraye an ghesmati az vojoodam ke to namayanash mikoni."

Omidvaram ke to hamishe in ehsas kardan khahari vaghti ke to shohare to ra bebini. Omidvaram ke o .... almas mesle khodet... va o....
Delam vasat tang shode! Omidvaram ke zud bebinametun!

Originally Posted by Enoo

Aawww you are so nice!! No this is all new to me but I haven't read the whole 43 pages yet For sure I'd like to learn about the different tenses and about new expressions, but I don't mean to make you repeat what you have maybe already said before ^^ Oh so you're in vacations or so? Bahale!

Also, what is the difference between "che/cheghad /cheghadr"?

"Che havaye sardi!" goes perfectly with today ^^

Oh don't worry about meI haven't explained different tenses in this thread yet and I realized that there is no place for learning Farsi grammar with details so I think that can help u a lotWell, yeah ,sort of!! I had a my big exam today and now there is no more exam...so it's time to do my favorite things

***For example when you wanna say "how" is sentences like "how beautiful!how wonderful,etc" you have to use "che"."چه"...or also "cheghad""چقد"
How cool=Che/cheghad bahal
How nice=Che /cheghad khoob
How beautiful=Che/cheghad ghashang(informal)/ziba(=formal)

actually "cheghad" is the short form of "cheghadr چقدر", when you speak you don't pronounce "r" which is in the end..but if you wanna use the word in writing you have to use the complete word "cheghadr"...

Oh, Inja ham hava sarde...(oh, here is cold,too)

Mamnoon merci! Your explanations are very clear Oh you must feel so released now! Enjoy this feeling! ^^ and stay near to the radiator

khahesh mikonam dearOh yes, radiator is my best friend during winter

Salaaam!

How about some conjugation? I have many many questions as I'm starting from almost nothing ^^
But first I'd like to know: how many tenses is there in Farsi? Are there two present tenses like in English or just one like in French? How do you conjugate a verb in present tense when you have its infinitive form? And could I have a list of a few infinitives in Farsi, like to be, to have, to see, to go, to say, to write, to read, to listen, to sleep, to eat, to work, to play... ?

Mamnoon!

Well, first of all Salam dooste azizamChetori?
In Farsi we have "simple present/simple past/present continuous/past continuous/future/and so on....I start with the easiest one which is "simple present"

How to recognize infinitive?
look at these words :
to be=Boodan>>>بودن

to have=Dashtan>>>داشتن

to see=Didan>>>دیدن

to go=Raftan>>>رفتن

to say=Goftan>>>گفتن

to write=Neveshtan>>>نوشتن

to read=Khandan>>>خواندن

to listen=Goosh dadan/Goosh kardan>>>گوش دادن/گوش کردن

to sleep=Khabidan>>>خوابیدن

to eat =Khordan>>>خوردن

to work=Kar kardan>>>کار کردن

to play=Bazi kardan>>>بازی کردن

to cook= Pokhtan>>>پختن

to drink=Nooshidan/Khordan>>>نوشیدن/خوردن

to speak/to talk/=Harf zadan/ sohbat kardan ***both are the same,there's no difference**>>>>حرف زدن/صحبت کردن

to watch=didan/tamasha kardan>>>دیدن/تماشا کردن

to come=Amadan>>>آمدن

to sing=khandan/avaz khandan>>>خواندن/آواز خواندن

to wash=Shostan>>>شستن

to give=Dadan>>>>دادن

to take=Gereftan/Bordan>>>گرفتن/بردن

to want=khastan>>>خواستن

So as you can see all the infinitives have "an" at the endin fact it's a sign that shows you this word is infinitive

Now for making simple present:

The formula is :
Subject+ mi+ present root of the verb+ suffix

Subject are :

I=Man>>>من

You=To>>>تو

He/She/It=Ou/Oun/An>>>او/اون/آن
( "Ou" is used only for persons/"Oun" can be used for both persons and objects/"An"can be used for both persons or objects but it's formal and we don't use it in conversation)

We=Ma>>>ما

You(plural)=Shoma>>شما

They=Anha/Ouna>>>آنها/اونا

Originally Posted by pinky_girl

Well, first of all Salam dooste azizamChetori?

Khoobam, mersiii. O chetori?
Manam khoobam,
This list will be very usefull to me, kheyli mamnoon azizam! Okay so every infinitives are finished by -an and every words finishing by -an is an infinitive (except "man"? ) That's very clear so far ^^

Ok we had this formula,right?
Subject+ mi+ present root of the verb+ suffix

"mi" is really important, and even in simple past you use it ,too..so keep it in your mind

Present root of the verb:
You have to memorise these present roots...there is no easy way,sorry

See=Bin>>بین

Go= Ro>>رو

Say=Gooy>>گوی

Write=Nevis>>نویس

Read=Khan>>>خوان

Wash=Shooy/Shoor>>>شوی/شور

Come=Ay>>>آی

Smile=Khand>>>خند

Take=Gir/Bar>>>گیر>>>بر

Give=Deh>>>>ده

Originally Posted by Enoo

Khoobam, mersiii. O chetori?
Manam khoobam,
This list will be very usefull to me, kheyli mamnoon azizam! Okay so every infinitives are finished by -an and every words finishing by -an is an infinitive (except "man"? ) That's very clear so far ^^

Manam khoobam,
Yep that's right

Now the last part is suffix: for each subject we have a special suffix

Suffix:
I (Man)=am

You(To)=i

He/she/it(ou/oun)=ad

We(Ma)=im

You (Shoma)=id

They (ouna/Anha)=and

Now it's time to use the formula and conjugate the verbs

The verb "To see">>>Simple Present

Subject+ mi+ present root of the verb+ suffix :

I see= Man + mi + bin + am>>>>Man mibinam--->من میبینم

You(singular) see= To + mi + bin + i>>>>To mibini--->تو میبینی

He/She/It sees=Ou/Oun + mi + bin + an>>> Ou/Oun mibinad--->او/اون میبیند

We see= Ma + mi + bin + im>>>Ma mibinim--->ما میبینیم

You(plural) see=Shoma + mi + bin + id>>>Shoma mibinid--->شما میبینید

They see= Anha/Ouna + mi +bin +and>>>Anha/Ouna mibinand--->آنها/اونا میبینند

***see, It was not that difficult******

Another example :

The verb "To say">>>>Simple Present

I say= Man + mi + gooy + am>>>Man migooyam--------Man Migam(informal)
**but let me tell you something, when we speak, we don't say "man migooyam"...instead we simply say "Man migam"...so "man migooyam" is formal and is uses in writing not speaking!!!

You say= To migooyi-------To migi

He/she says =Ou migooyad------oun mige

We say= Ma migooyim-----Ma migim

You say=Shoma migooyid------Shoma migid/migin

They say=Anha migooyand--------Ouna migan

The verb "To give">>>>Simple Present

I give=Man midaham--------Man midam(Informal)

You give=To midahi---------To midi

He/She gives=Ou midahad-------Oun mide

We give=Ma midahim-----------Ma midim

You give=Shoma midahid--------Shoma midin

They give=Anha midahand-------Ouna midan

Now are you ready for some homework??

Kheeeeyli mamnoon dooste azizam for this great lesson! It's so easy to learn with your explanations ^^

Is this correct? (I took the 1st person just for example)

I go ---- man miroam
I say ---- man migooyam
I write ---- man minevisam
I read --- man mikhanam
I wash --- man mishooyam/mishooram
I come ---- man miayam
I smile (oh yes I do ) ---- man mikhandam
I take ---- man migiram/mibaram
I give ---- man mideham

And as for the other infinitives, I just have to remove the -an and do subject + mi + (infinitive - «an») + suffix?

I want ---- man mikhastam
I watch ---- man tamasha mikardam
I speak ---- man harf mizadam