Salām azizānam! 🌞 (Hello my dears!)
🗣 Let's start with pronunciation of today's sentence:
To behtarin-i (You’re the best).
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please note that phrase structure in Persian is SOV (Subject + Object + Verb)
Let’s break this down:
- To: The Persian pronoun for "you."
- Behtarin: "Best." Formed by behtar (better) + in, meaning "the best."
- -i: A shortened version of hasti (you are). hast- (as the stem) will be omitted.
Here’s the full conjugation for "to be" in Persian:
| Transcription (spoken) | Persian (written) | Meaning | Squeezed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| hastam | هستم | I am | am |
| hasti | هستی | You are | -i |
| hast | هست | He/She/It is | -e (mostly) |
| hastim | هستیم | We are | -im |
| hastin | هستید | You all are | -in |
| hastan | هستند | They are | -an |
📝 Exercise: Practice Using New Words!
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________ behtarin hasti (You’re the best).
a. man
b. shomā
c. to -
Emruz __________ i? (Are you better today?).
a. behtarin
b. khubtarin
c. behtar
Answer Key
- c. to
- c. behtar
New Words Recap:
emrooz (today) | behtar (better)
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