Learn how to use the verb "to go"
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| Salām be hamegi! Man Anita hastam. Hi everybody! I’m Anita |
| Welcome to PersianPod101.com’s “Persian in 3 minutes.” The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Persian. |
| In the last lesson, you learned how to use Persian adjectives. |
| In this lesson we will start a series dedicated to the most common Persian verbs, the ones you will certainly hear all the time! |
| The first verb in our series will be raftan, which means "to go". So let's go! |
| So imagine someone asks you barāye tatilāt be kojā miravid? That means "Where are you going for your holidays?" in a formal form. |
| If you are going to the mountains to ski, you will say be kooh miravam. |
| [slowly] be kooh miravam. |
| "I’m going to the mountain." |
| So let’s break down this answer: |
| First we had: |
| Be which is "to". |
| Then we have Kooh which is a noun that means mountain. |
| Finally we have miravam, meaning "I am going ". |
| Let's go even further and break down this verb... |
| There are three parts: mi - rav - am. |
| "Rav" is the present root of Raftan. |
| "Am" at the end of miravam, shows us that this is the 1st person form of the verb raftan. Then, since it's present indicative tense, we have added mi before it. |
| be kooh miravam. |
| Let's go back to the question: kojā miravid? "Where are you going" This is a formal form. Do you remember how to make it informal? Yes! You should erase "id" which makes the verb plural or formal, and put an i instead. |
| kojā miravi? |
| [slowly] kojā miravi? |
| You know by now that there are usually shorter versions for Persian verbs, and they are more commonly used too. |
| Instead of miravid you can say mirid or miri. |
| kojā mirid? kojā miri? "Where are you going?" |
| [slowly] kojā mirid? kojā miri? |
| And instead of Miravam, you say: Miram. |
| be kooh miram. |
| "I'm going to the mountain." |
| [slowly] be kooh miram. |
| Now it’s time for Anita's Advice. |
| In Persian, we often use dahstan before a verb when we want to say that we are doing something right at that moment. |
| For example Dāram miram, which is like "I am going - right now as I'm saying this-" |
| or Dāram mikhoram: “I am eating right now”. |
| We also say it in the past: "man dashtam miraftam", which again means something like "I was going", depending on the context. |
| So, in this lesson, you learned how to use the verb raftan, and to use correct linking words with it to talk about your destination. |
| Next time, we’ll learn another very useful verb, kardan. |
| Do you know what this verb means? I'll be waiting for you with the answer in the next “Persian in 3 minutes” lesson! |
| Khodāfez! |
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