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How do you pronounce "دوست داشتن" in Farsi?
Say 'DOOST DAHSH-tahn'. Dust literally means 'friend', but in this phrase it functions as 'fondness'; dāshtan is 'to have', so literally 'to have [as] a friend/fondness' → 'to like'.
dust dāshtan
Dust is a single syllable, so it's automatically stressed; dāshtan keeps its own stress on 'dāsh-' — DOOST DĀSH-tan, with dust carrying the heavier emphasis as the meaningful content word.
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Hear it in a sentence
قهوه را دوست دارم.
Ghahve rā dust dāram.
I like coffee.
Listen: قهوه را دوست دارم.
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'قهوه را دوست دارم' (Ghahve rā dust dāram, 'I like coffee') shows را in action: ghahve ('coffee') is the definite direct object of the whole phrase dust dāshtan, so رā attaches right after it, well before the verb dāram at the very end, since Persian is verb-final.
Where English speakers slip
Because dust literally means 'friend', beginners sometimes think 'ghahve rā dust dāram' means something like 'coffee is my friend' — but dust dāshtan is a fixed idiom for 'to like/love', and dust here has fully lost its literal 'friend' meaning, so don't translate it word for word.