Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "گرسنه" in Farsi?

Say "go-ros-NEH," with a tapped r in the middle and stress on the final syllable.

گرسنه /ɡoɾosˈne/

gorosne

Stress falls on the final syllable, NE; the middle syllable ros is quick and unstressed.

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Sound it out

گ g, as in English "go," followed by a short "o."

رس a tapped r, like Spanish "pero," plus a short "o" and s as in "sun."

نه n as in English "no," plus a short "e" as in "bed," closing the word with the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

گرسنه‌اید؟

Gorosne-id?

Are you hungry?

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"Gorosne-id?" ("Are you hungry?") attaches the second-person plural/polite suffix -id directly to the adjective, turning it into a complete yes/no question without any separate question word or verb — a compact pattern that's extremely common in casual Persian.

Where English speakers slip

Because the word has three syllables and a tapped r in the middle, English speakers sometimes turn the r into a full rhotic sound or accidentally add a vowel between r and s; keep it a single quick tap and keep ros as one tight syllable, not two.