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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "-ش" in Farsi?
A quick, unstressed "-esh" tacked onto a word's end, like the "esh" in English "mesh" said fast and light.
-esh
Always unstressed — this suffix, like -am and -at, never draws stress and simply closes out the noun it's attached to.
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ماشینش نو است.
Māshin-esh no ast.
His/Her car is new.
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"Māshin-esh no ast" (ماشینش نو است) attaches -esh to māshin ("car") to mean "his/her car" — and just like u ("he/she/it"), this suffix is completely gender-neutral, so -esh alone never tells you whether the owner is male or female.
Where English speakers slip
Learners fluent in gendered languages instinctively look for a version of -esh that specifies "his" versus "her," but no such distinction exists in Persian — trying to force one, or assuming context always clarifies gender, is a common source of confusion; often it genuinely doesn't matter or isn't specified.