Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "بعداً" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce بعداً in Farsi?

بعداً is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /bæʔˈdæn/. It means “later.” Say "ba'-DAN," with a small throat-catch after "ba" and stress on the final syllable, which rhymes with "khan."

Say "ba'-DAN," with a small throat-catch after "ba" and stress on the final syllable, which rhymes with "khan."

بعداً /bæʔˈdæn/

ba'dan

Stress falls on the final syllable, -dan; note the ا here carries a tanween mark (ً) that makes it a short, nasal "-an," not a long "ā."

Listen: بعداً

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Sound it out

بع b + a glottal stop (a tiny throat-catch, like the pause in "uh-oh") + a short "a" — "ba'-."

داً d + the ا with a tanween mark (ً), which adds a short, unstressed-sounding but actually stressed nasal "-an" ending — together, -DAN.

Hear it in a sentence

بعداً صحبت می‌کنیم.

Ba'dan sohbat mikonim.

We'll talk later.

Listen: بعداً صحبت می‌کنیم.

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"بعداً صحبت می‌کنیم" (Ba'dan sohbat mikonim) means "We'll talk later." صحبت می‌کنیم is a compound ("light") verb, literally "conversation we-do" — Persian builds many common verbs like this, by pairing a noun (صحبت, "conversation") with a light verb (کردن, "to do") rather than using one dedicated verb root.

Where English speakers slip

Don't read the final ا as a long "ā" like in فردا — the tanween mark makes it a short "-an," so بعداً is "ba'dan," not "ba'dā." Learners also often skip the glottal stop in the middle, but leaving it out can make the word harder for native listeners to parse.