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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "دیر" in Farsi?
Say "deer," one syllable, exactly like the English word for the animal.
dir
A one-syllable word, so no stress placement is needed.
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لطفاً دیر نکنید.
Lotfan dir nakonid.
Please don't be late.
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"لطفاً دیر نکنید" (Lotfan dir nakonid) means "Please don't be late." دیر کردن ("to be late," literally "to do late") is a light-verb compound, and نکنید is its negative imperative — the نـ- prefix negates the imperative verb کنید.
Where English speakers slip
Persian expresses "be late" as "do late" (دیر کردن), so don't look for a direct verb equivalent to English "to be late" — you need the light-verb pairing. Also note the r is a light tap, not the strong American r; over-rolling or over-retroflexing it sounds foreign.