Day 24, Part 2 compares spoken and written forms such as دیره (dire, it’s late) and نصف شبه (nesf-e shabe, it’s midnight), shows how با (bâ, with) joins pronoun endings as in باهام (bâhâm, with me), and gives the word of the day, زحمت (zahmat, trouble).
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Speech vs. writing
In speech است after a noun or adjective shrinks to -e, written ـه (زوده for زود است), and نمی‌شود becomes نمی‌شه. The spoken form comes first in each pair, the written form second.
| Spoken | Written | English |
|---|---|---|
| زوده. zude. |
زود است. zud ast. |
It’s early. |
| دیره. dire. |
دیر است. dir ast. |
It’s late. |
| نصف شبه. nesf-e shabe. |
نصف شب است. nesf-e shab ast. |
It’s midnight. |
| آباد نمی‌شه. âbâd nemishe. |
آباد نمی‌شود. âbâd nemishavad. |
It won’t prosper. / It won’t get anywhere. |
Grammar: با with personal pronoun endings
In everyday speech the preposition با (bâ, with) can take a personal pronoun ending (ضمیر شخصی, zamir-e shakhsi) instead of a separate pronoun; an extra هـ (h) sound is added before the ending, so با من (bâ man, with me) becomes باهام (bâhâm). The box gives the singular (مفرد, mofrad) and plural (جمع, jam’) forms.
| Persian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| با + من = باهام | bâ + man = bâhâm | with me (singular) |
| با + تو = باهات | bâ + to = bâhât | with you (singular) |
| با + او = باهاش | bâ + u = bâhâsh | with him/her (singular) |
| با + ما = باهامون | bâ + mâ = bâhâmun | with us (plural) |
| با + شما = باهاتون | bâ + shomâ = bâhâtun | with you (plural/polite) |
| با + آن‌ها = باهاشون | bâ + ân-hâ = bâhâshun | with them (plural) |
Word of the day: زحمت (zahmat)
Meaning: trouble, difficulty, inconvenience
He worked very hard for his job. I found this job with difficulty.
Quick check
- How do you say “with them” in spoken Persian?
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باهاشون (bâhâshun)
- What is the written form of the spoken دیره (dire)?
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دیر است (dir ast), “It’s late.”
- What does زحمت (zahmat) mean?
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trouble, difficulty
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