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How do you pronounce "دیروز" in Farsi?
Say "dee-ROOZ," with stress on the second syllable and a long "oo" as in "moon."
diruz
Stress falls on the final syllable, -ruz, the same ending (and same stress pattern) as امروز ("today").
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دیروز باران آمد.
Diruz bārān āmad.
It rained yesterday.
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"دیروز باران آمد" (Diruz bārān āmad) means "It rained yesterday," but literally it's "yesterday rain came" — Persian has no dummy subject like English "it," so weather is expressed with an actual noun (باران, "rain") as the subject of the verb آمد ("came").
Where English speakers slip
English speakers often try to translate "it rained" word for word and hunt for an equivalent of "it," but there isn't one — just say "rain came." Also keep دیروز distinct from امروز and فردا in fast speech; the only difference at the start is di- vs em- vs far-, so listen carefully.