Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "احساس کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce احساس کردن in Farsi?

احساس کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ehˈsɒːs ˈkærdæn/. It means “to feel.” Say 'eh-SAHS KAR-dahn' — ehsās is 'feeling/sensation', kardan is 'to do', literally 'to do a feeling'.

Say 'eh-SAHS KAR-dahn' — ehsās is 'feeling/sensation', kardan is 'to do', literally 'to do a feeling'.

احساس کردن /ehˈsɒːs ˈkærdæn/

ehsās kardan

Ehsās stresses its final syllable ('-sās'); kardan stresses its first ('kar-') — eh-SĀS KAR-dan.

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Sound it out

ا ح The initial ا is a short 'e' here (like 'bed'); ح is a plain 'h' breath, the same value as ه, with no throat scrape needed.

س ا س 'sās' — س is 's', ا is the long 'ā' of 'father'; this long, doubled-س syllable is the stressed one.

ک ر د ن 'kardan' — 'kar' like 'car', 'dan' like 'John'; stress 'KAR'.

Hear it in a sentence

امروز خوب احساس می‌کنم.

Emruz khub ehsās mikonam.

I feel good today.

Listen: امروز خوب احساس می‌کنم.

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'امروز خوب احساس می‌کنم' (Emruz khub ehsās mikonam, 'I feel good today') opens with emruz ('today') as a time adverb, places khub ('good/well') before the verb phrase, and closes with ehsās mikonam. Khub is invariant here — Persian doesn't distinguish adjective from adverb forms the way English splits 'good' from 'well'.

Where English speakers slip

English speakers sometimes say 'man ehsās khub mikonam', putting khub after ehsās by analogy with English word order ('I feel good') — but natural Persian places the adverb khub before the whole ehsās mikonam phrase: 'khub ehsās mikonam', not after ehsās.