Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "چمن" in Farsi?

Say 'cha-MAN' — a quick opening syllable ('cha' as in 'chat') followed by a stressed syllable rhyming with English 'man'.

چمن [tʃæmæn]

chaman

Stress falls on the second syllable, -man; the first syllable is short and unstressed.

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Sound it out

چ Pronounced 'cha' — an English 'ch' as in 'chat' plus a short front vowel.

من Pronounced 'man' — an English 'm' plus a short vowel and 'n', just like the English word 'man'; this carries the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

روی چمن دراز کشیدیم.

Ruye chaman derāz keshidim.

We lay down on the grass.

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Ruye chaman derāz keshidim. — 'We lay down on the grass.' Derāz keshidim is a compound verb, literally 'we pulled/stretched long', the standard Persian idiom for 'we lay down'; ruye ('on top of') marks chaman as the surface being lain on.

Where English speakers slip

This word is easy to confuse with من (man, 'I/me'), which looks almost identical without the initial چ. Make sure the ch- consonant at the start is crisp and clearly articulated so the word isn't mistaken for the pronoun 'I'.