Salām Salām! 🌞
🗣 Let's start with pronunciation:
🦉 Dig Deeper: Insights for the Curious
Let's break this sentence down, word by word!
to: This is the pronoun for "you" in Persian.
tanhā: Meaning "alone." Fun fact: I avoid calling "ā" a "long* a" because it can mislead learners to think it lasts longer. It’s just "ā," like in "car"!
*Be careful not to think of ā as having a longer duration. It’s pronounced just like the "a" in car, but it’s not stretched out more than a short vowel—simply pronounced differently. (+ read more here).
nisti: Means "aren’t" or "are not" (2nd person singular). Want a full conjugation chart? Check out the complete table below:
Transcription (spoken) | Persian (written) | English (translation) |
---|---|---|
Nistam | نیستم | I am not |
Nisti | نیستی | You are not |
Nist | نیست | He/She/It is not |
Nistim | نیستیم | We are not |
Nistin | نیستید | You all are not |
Nistan | نیستند | They are not |
📝 Exercise: Practice Using New Words!
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Man emshab ________ nistam.
(I'm not alone tonight.)
a. mehraboon
b. tanhā
c. ādam -
_To tanhā __________.
(You're not alone.)
a. nistin
b. nistam
c. nisti
Answer Key:
- b. tanhā
- c. nisti
New Words Recap:
ādam (human) | mehraboon (kind) | emshab (tonight)
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