FUNCTIONS OF Y

position sound

transcription
yr, dary, py

mottasele

examples

first, middle, final

din, pir, middle, final

i (long)

dusti

first, with alef

i (long) ey ey

in, irn

middle, final first, with alef

meydn, mey

eyvn

. . .

! THE PRONOUN U (HE, SHE) IS WRITTEN BY THE COMBINATION OF ALEF AND VV:

EZAFET ezafet is short e, using for connection of two or more words: esm-e man (my name), dust-e m (our friend). If a word finished by the vowel sound, ezafet is pronounced as -ye: rzu-ye shirin (sweet hope)

ezafet (after consonants) ezafet (after , u)

pedar-e tu,

-e

dust-e u

-ye

rzu-ye shirin,

-Salm, khnom! - Ruz be kheyr, gh! - Esm-e shom chist (chiye)? - Esm-e man Nushin. Esm-e shom chist? -Kheyli mamnunam, Nushin. Esm-e man Iraj. - Mamnunam. - Nushin, shom pedar drid? - Bale, (man) pedar dram. - Esm-e pedar-e snom chiye? - Esm-e u Parvis ast (Parvize). Shom ham pedar drid?

- Shokr-e khod, dram. Esmash (esm-e u) Siyvushe.