Lesson 16
Hello = 
/sæla:m/. Listen!
Welcome = 
/khosh a:mædid/. Listen!
Last week we learned how to say 'my friend' in Persian. Today, we are going to learn some more.
Let's see how we can say the followings:
My friend
Your friend
His/her friend
Its friend
Our friend
Your friend
Their friend
Wow! Seems a Herculean job! Isn't it?
Don't worry! I am here to simplify the rules for you!
We already know how to say 'my friend'. This makes our job much easier today. Let's try it again.
My friend = 
/du:stæm/.
We added 
to the noun, which is 
/du:st/. And we know that we should pronounce as /æm/ in most cases.
All right. Our problem is almost over.
Now I want to say 'your friend'. I replace /æm/ sound with /æt/sound. I will say 
/du:stæt/.
So,
My friend = /du:stæm/. Listen! Noun + /æm/.
Your friend = /du:stæt/. Listen! Noun + /æt/.
Note: for 'your + noun', like what you see above, the rule changes a bit in oral conversation. In this case, we might replace /æt/ sound with /et/ in some words. However, to avoid any confusion, just learn the rules that are applicable in written speech and forget the oral conversation at this stage.
His/her/its friend = 
/du:stæsh/. Listen! Noun + /æsh/.
Our friend = 
/du:stema:n/. Listen! Noun + 
/ma:n/.
Your friend = 
/du:steta:n/. Listen! Noun + 
/ta:n/.
Their friend = 
/du:stesha:n/. Listen! Noun + 
/sha:n/.
Note: as you have noticed, in the case of plural pronouns, we combine the above items with nouns with /e/ sound. Like . Listen! + /e/ sound + /ma:n/. Is that clear? Wonderful!
This is all we have to add to a noun:
/æm/.
/æt/.
/æsh/.
/ma:n/.
/ta:n/.
/sha:n/.
Now, replace with 
/keta:b/. You will say:
My book = 
/keta:bæm/. Listen!
Your book = 
/keta:bæt/. Listen!
His/her/its book = 
/keta:bæsh/ . Listen!
Our book = 
/keta:bema:n/. Listen! Noun + /e/ sound + /ma:n/
Your book = 
/keta:beta:n/. Listen! Noun + /e/ sound + /ta:n/
Their book = 
/keta:besha:n/. Listen! Noun + /e/ sound + /sha:n/
Now it's your turn to try.
Please go to Useful drills page to do more.
If you want to see the main stress of the words, go to Let's write page.
Ok. With this, we come to the end of lesson 16. I hope you enjoyed it.
See you next week.
Bye bye! 
/Khoda: ha:fez/. Listen