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I am running, I am thinking, I am thirsty, I am tired

Persian (Farsi) translation: midavam; fekr mikonam; teshne'am; khaste'am

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English term or phrase:I am running, I am thinking, I am thirsty, I am tired
Persian (Farsi) translation:midavam; fekr mikonam; teshne'am; khaste'am
Entered by: Mollanazar

23:51 May 14, 2002
English to Persian (Farsi) translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: I am running, I am thinking, I am thirsty, I am tired
I was recently introduced to Farsi in a linguistics course. I am researching verb forms. A translation to Farsi using the phenetic or english alphabets would be greatly appreciated
Dimitra Zalarvis-Chase
midavam; fekr mikonam; teshne'am; khaste'am
Explanation:
1) The word 'dAram' can precede the verbs 'midavam' and 'fekr 'mikonam' to stress the continuity of the action. This is a new feature added to Modern Persian grammar, though it was common in colloquial language. This kind of continuous tense in Persian is called "mozare-ye malmus" or for the past continuous tense we use "dAshtam" and call the tense as "mAzi-ye malmus ('tangible')".

2) There is no need to use 'man' ('I') as the subject in unmarked utterances because the ending "-am", present at the end of the verbs, refers to the subject.

Best regards

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Mollanazar
Iran
Local time: 11:38
Grading comment
wow! great information! Just what I was looking for. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the extra details regarding common use. Have a great day!

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Summary of answers provided
5man (doram) midavam, man (doram) fikr mikunam, man tashnayam, man khastyam
Maruf Rahimov
5midavam; fekr mikonam; teshne'am; khaste'am
Mollanazar


  

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man (doram) midavam, man (doram) fikr mikunam, man tashnayam, man khastyam


Explanation:

The last two may also translate as "man tasnah hastam" "man khasta hastam" or "man khastah shudam"

Good luck!

Maruf Rahimov
Local time: 13:08
Native speaker of: Native in TajikTajik, Native in RussianRussian
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
midavam; fekr mikonam; teshne'am; khaste'am


Explanation:
1) The word 'dAram' can precede the verbs 'midavam' and 'fekr 'mikonam' to stress the continuity of the action. This is a new feature added to Modern Persian grammar, though it was common in colloquial language. This kind of continuous tense in Persian is called "mozare-ye malmus" or for the past continuous tense we use "dAshtam" and call the tense as "mAzi-ye malmus ('tangible')".

2) There is no need to use 'man' ('I') as the subject in unmarked utterances because the ending "-am", present at the end of the verbs, refers to the subject.

Best regards



Mollanazar
Iran
Local time: 11:38
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in pair: 52
Grading comment
wow! great information! Just what I was looking for. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the extra details regarding common use. Have a great day!
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