Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "گوسفند" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce گوسفند in Farsi?

گوسفند is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [guːsfænd]. It means “sheep.” Say 'goos-FAND' — a long 'oo' in the first syllable, then a stressed second syllable rhyming with English 'hand'.

Say 'goos-FAND' — a long 'oo' in the first syllable, then a stressed second syllable rhyming with English 'hand'.

گوسفند [guːsfænd]

gusfand

Stress falls on the second syllable, -fand; the first syllable's long 'oo' is held clearly but doesn't carry the main stress.

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Sound it out

گو Pronounced 'gu' — a hard English 'g' plus a long 'oo' as in 'moon'.

سف Pronounced 's' plus 'f' — two consonants running together tightly with no vowel between them, bridging into the next syllable.

ند Pronounced 'and' — like the English word 'and', carrying the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

چوپان گوسفندها را می‌برد.

Chupān gusfand-hā rā mibarad.

The shepherd takes the sheep.

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Chupān gusfand-hā rā mibarad. — 'The shepherd takes the sheep.' Gusfand-hā rā stacks the plural suffix -hā with the object marker rā, showing that 'the sheep' (plural, definite) is the direct object of the verb; mibarad ('takes/carries') is the simple present used here for a habitual action, much like English 'takes' in a general statement about what a shepherd does.

Where English speakers slip

The middle consonant cluster -sf- trips learners up, who tend to insert a vowel and say 'gus-e-fand'. Keep the s and f pressed together with no vowel, then land firmly on the stressed final syllable -fand.