Persian/Lesson 8

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

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

Negative copula

• نیستم ‹nistam› (“I am not”)
• نیستید ‹nistid› (“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

• هیچ  ‹hic› (“none, not at all”)

Exercises

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1. Translate the following sentences into English:

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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