Persian/Lesson 9

In this lesson, you will learn how to create and use plurals of nouns in Persian.

Dialogue:
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Explanation
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Vocabulary




 * Fa-امروز.ogg – vandaag (today)
 * Fa-د يروز.ogg – gisteren (yesterday)
 * Fa-د بستان.ogg – basisschool
 * Fa-بودن.ogg – zijn (be)
 * Fa-آمدن.ogg – komen (come)
 * Fa-اسم.ogg – naam (name)
 * Fa-باريد ن.ogg – regenen,sneeuwen
 * Fa-من.ogg – ik (I)
 * Fa-نام.ogg – naam
 * Fa-نادر.ogg – Nader (jongensnaam) (boys name)
 * Fa-كتاب.ogg – boek (book)
 * Fa-امين.ogg – Amin (jongensnaam) (boys name)
 * Fa-پس دادن.ogg – teruggeven
 * Fa-پس داد.ogg – hij geeft, zij geeft
 * Fa-امروز باران باريد.ogg – vandaag regent het (today it rains)
 * Fa-من از دبستان آمدم.ogg - ik kom uit school (I come from school)
 * Fa-من از د بستان تند آمدم.ogg – ik kom snel uit school (I come fast from school)



Plural nouns
The usual way to make a plural in Persian is to add the suffix to the noun. The suffix is typically written immediately after the noun with with a ZWNJ.

Colloquially, is pronounced ‹â›.

Many words have an alternative plural form that may be used instead of the colloquial Persian form. For example, animate nouns (those that denote humans or things with human-like characteristics) and nouns that denote paired body parts (e.g. eyes, ears, and hands) have an alternative plural form made with the suffix :

Many Arabic words have different plural forms that may be used in Persian. Some are created by adding suffixes:

Others are called “broken plurals”:
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To pluralize a noun phrase, only the main noun is changed. Adjectives and demonstrative adjectives are not, as shown on the right.

Numbers
After 20, Persian numbers use between digit, as shown in the example on the right.

Exercises

 * Translate the following phrases into Persian.


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