DAY 23: #31DayAspiringPolyglot Challenge – Learning Persian (Fārsī)

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Negation in Persian

Oh dear, this got ugly fast! I know that with practice it will get better. WOOSAH!

Verbs are negated with the particle «na» and in Persian (Fārsī; spoken in Iran) «ne» for the imperfect particle mi.

• raftam → I went → naraftam → I did not go
• miravam → I go → nemiravam → I don't go

…but wait there's more!

With the verb budan (to be), negation in the present tense is replaced with ni + astan both taken from Classic Persian and forming nistam.

Did you get all that? Well, neither did I! Time to invest in a good grammar book! I did find a Persian (Fārsī) language book in French. You can download it here.

Phrases Using Negation

• نمی دونم 
  • nemidoonam
  • I don't know

• نمی فهمم 
  • nemifahmam
  • I don't get it.

• نه، ممنونم.
  • na, mamnoonam
  • No, thank you.

• وقت ند ارم
  • vaght nadaaram
  • I don't have time.

• .از این متنفر م
  • az in motenaf–feram.
  • I hate this.

• فارسی صحبت نمی کنم
  • Farsi sohbat nemikonam
  • I do not speak Fārsī.

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