Hello = /sæla:m/.

Salam

Welcome = /khosh a:mædid/.

Khosh amadid

Last week we learned how to say ‘my friend’ in Persian. Today, we are going to learn some more.

Let’s see how we can say the followings:

My friend
Your friend
His/her friend
Its friend
Our friend
Your friend
Their friend
Wow! Seems a Herculean job! Isn’t it?

Don’t worry! I am here to simplify the rules for you!

We already know how to say ‘my friend’. This makes our job much easier today. Let’s try it again.

My friend = /du:stæm/.

We added to the noun, which is /du:st/. And we know that we should pronounce as /æm/ in most cases.

All right. Our problem is almost over.

Now I want to say ‘your friend’. I replace /æm/ sound with /æt/sound. I will say /du:stæt/.

So,

My friend = /du:stæm/.

Doostam

Noun + /æm/.

Your friend = /du:stæt/.

Doostat

Noun + /æt/.

Note: for ‘your + noun’, like what you see above, the rule changes a bit in oral conversation. In this case, we might replace /æt/ sound with /et/ in some words. However, to avoid any confusion, just learn the rules that are applicable in written speech and forget the oral conversation at this stage.

His/her/its friend = /du:stæsh/.

Doostash

Noun + /æsh/.

Our friend = /du:stema:n/.

Doosteman

Noun + /ma:n/.

Your friend = /du:steta:n/.

Doostetan

Noun + /ta:n/.

Their friend = /du:stesha:n/.

Doosteshan

Noun + /sha:n/.

Note: as you have noticed, in the case of plural pronouns, we combine the above items with nouns with /e/ sound. Like .

Doosteman

+ /e/ sound + /ma:n/. Is that clear? Wonderful!

This is all we have to add to a noun:

/æm/.

/æt/.

/æsh/.

/ma:n/.

/ta:n/.

/sha:n/.

Am to shan

Now, replace with /keta:b/. You will say:

My book = /keta:bæm/.

Ketabam

Your book = /keta:bæt/.

Ketabat

His/her/its book = /keta:bæsh/.

Ketabash

Our book = /keta:bema:n/.

Ketabeman

Noun + /e/ sound + /ma:n/

Your book = /keta:beta:n/.

Ketabetan

Noun + /e/ sound + /ta:n/

Their book = /keta:besha:n/.

Ketabeshan

Noun + /e/ sound + /sha:n/