Persian Lesson 23 – How to Use Nouns with Adjectives, use /ye/ or /-e-/

Salam! Khosh amadid!

Thank God we have no questions for this week! (Joke that is!!)

Now let’s begin.

Last week, we learned how to use a noun with an adjective. As you remember, unlike English, adjectives come after nouns in Persian and there can be two conjunctions between nouns and adjectives: /ye/, and /-e-/ sounds. Today we are going to practice more with this to make sure that everything is clearly understood.

Small =  /ku:chæk/.

Big =  /bozorg/.

Beautiful =  /ghæshæng/.

Ugly =  /zesht/.

Good =  /khu:b/.

Bad =  /bæd/.

Flower =  /gol/.

A small house =  /kha:neh ye ku:chæk/.

A small car =  /ma:shin-e- ku:chæk/.

A small book =  /keta:b-e- ku:chæk/.

A small bridge =  /pol-e- ku:chæk/.

A small flower =  /gol-e- ku:chæk/.

A big house =  /kha:neh ye bozorg/.

A big car =  /ma:shin-e- bozorg/.

A big book =  /keta:b-e- bozorg/.

A big bridge =  /pol-e- bozorg/.

A big flower =  /gol-e- bozorg/.

A beautiful house =  /kha:neh ye ghæshæng/.

A beautiful car =  /ma:shin-e- ghæshæng/.

A beautiful flower =  /gol-e- ghæshæng/.

A beautiful bridge =  /pol-e- ghæshæng/.

An ugly house =  /kha:neh ye zesht/.

An ugly car =  /ma:shin-e- zesht/.

An ugly flower =  /gol-e- zesht/.

An ugly bridge =  /pol-e- zesht/.

A good house =  /kha:neh ye khu:b/.

A good book =  /keta:b-e- khu:b/.

A good car =  /ma:shin-e- khu:b/.

A good flower =  /gol-e- khu:b/.

A good bridge =  /pol-e- khu:b/.

A bad house =  /kha:neh ye bæd/.

A bad car =  /ma:shin-e- bæd/.

A bad flower =  /gol-e- bæd/.

A bad bridge =  /pol-e- bæd/.

Note: in all the above phrases, ‘a’ does not mean ‘one’. Rather it’s an ‘indefinite article’. We could put /yek/ in front of all the above Persian phrases or /i:/ sound at the end of adjectives if ‘a’ referred to ‘one’. Please look at the following examples:

A house =  /kha:neh/.

I sold a house =  /mæn yek kha:neh ra: foru:khtæm/. Or  /mæn kha:neh i: ra: foru:khtæm/.

Note: as you see, /i:/ comes after the noun.

I sold a beautiful house =  /mæn yek kha:neh ye ghæshæng ra: foru:khtæm/. Or  /mæn kha:neh ye ghæshængi: ra: foru:khtæm/.

Note: as you see, /i:/ comes after the adjective, not the noun.

Examples:

I bought a small house last year.  /mæn kha:neh ye ku:chæki: ra: pa:r sa:l khæridæm.

Or  /mæn yek kha:neh ye ku:chæk ra: pa:r sa:l khæridæm/.

To receive =  /dærya:ft kærdæn/.

I received a beautiful flower yesterday.  /mæn gol-e- ghæshængi: ra: diru:z dærya:ft kærdæm/. Or  /mæn yek gol-e- ghæshæng ra: diru:z dærya:ft kærdæm/.

My friend built an ugly house two years ago.  /du:stæm kha:neh ye zeshti: ra: do sa:l-e- pish sa:kht/.

Or  /du:stæm yek kha:neh ye zesht ra: do sa:l-e- pish sa:kht/.

All right, that’s all we have to learn today. Please don’t forget your support.

See you next week.

Khoda Hafez!