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Persian/Lesson 8

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فارسی (‹fârsi›, “Persian”)
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Contents • Introduction
Persian Alphabet lessons: 1 ( ۱ ) • 2 ( ۲ ) • 3 ( ۳ ) • 4 ( ۴ )
Elementary grammar: 5 ( ۵ ) • 6 ( ۶ ) • 7 ( ۷ ) • 8 ( ۸ ) • 9 ( ۹ )
10 ( ۱۰ ) • 11 ( ۱۱ ) • 12 ( ۱۲ ) • 13 ( ۱۳ ) • 14 ( ۱۴ ) • 15 ( ۱۵ )
Intermediate: 16 ( ۱۶ ) • 17 ( ۱۷ ) • 18 ( ۱۸ ) • 19 ( ۱۹ ) • 20 ( ۲۰ )
21 ( ۲۱ ) • 22 ( ۲۲ ) • 23 ( ۲۳ ) • 24 ( ۲۴ ) • 25 ( ۲۵ ) • 26 ( ۲۶ )
Advanced:
Appendix: Alphabet • Glossary • Handwriting

Farsi

To continue, your computer must display Persian. The box below should show these Persian letters on the far right:
ا ب پ ت ث ج چ ح خ د ذ ر ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن و ه ی

If they are different or in the wrong order, see Persian Computing.


In this lesson, you will learn how to create and use the negative of Persian verbs.

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Vocabulary

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Negation

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Negative particle ن ‹na-› takes the stress and prefixes conjugated verb, not the invariant part

Negative copula

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  • نیستم ‹nistam› (“I am not”)
  • نیستی ‹nisti› (“you are not”)
  • نیست ‹nist› (“ he/she/it is not”), colloquially pronounced ‹nis›
  • نیستیم ‹nistim› (“ we are not”)
  • نیستید ‹nistid› (“you are not”)
  • نیستند ‹nistand› (“they are not”), colloquially pronounced ‹nistan›

Other negative words

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  • هیچ Look up هیچ in Wiktionary ‹hic› (“none, not at all”)


Exercises

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درس 8 و
مرد – man (man)
زن – vrouw (woman)
تند - snel (fast)
دوات – inktpot (inkwell)
پروين – Parvin (meisjesnaam) (girls name)
پرويز – Parviz (jongensnaam) (boys name)
نانوا – bakker (baker)
دويدن – rennen (hele werkwoord) (running)
مي دود – hij rent, zij rent (he, she runs)
بيرون – uit, buiten (out)
مي پزد – hij kookt, zij kookt (he, she cooks)
پختن- - koken, bakken (hele werkwoord) (cooking, baking)
اين دوات است – dit is een inktpot (this is an inkwell)
پرويز با پروين دوست است – Parvin is met Parviz bevriend
اين مرد نانوا است – die mijnheer is bakker
نانوا نان مي پزد – de bakker bakt brood
آن مرد از نانوائي تند آمد – die man komt snel uit de bakkerij
پرويز با پروين دوست است
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Contents • Introduction

Persian Alphabet lessons: 1 ( ۱ ) • 2 ( ۲ ) • 3 ( ۳ ) • 4 ( ۴ )
Elementary grammar: 5 ( ۵ ) • 6 ( ۶ ) • 7 ( ۷ ) • 8 ( ۸ ) • 9 ( ۹ )
10 ( ۱۰ ) • 11 ( ۱۱ ) • 12 ( ۱۲ ) • 13 ( ۱۳ ) • 14 ( ۱۴ ) • 15 ( ۱۵ )
Intermediate: 16 ( ۱۶ ) • 17 ( ۱۷ ) • 18 ( ۱۸ ) • 19 ( ۱۹ ) • 20 ( ۲۰ )
21 ( ۲۱ ) • 22 ( ۲۲ ) • 23 ( ۲۳ ) • 24 ( ۲۴ ) • 25 ( ۲۵ ) • 26 ( ۲۶ )
Advanced:
Appendix: Alphabet • Glossary • Handwriting


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