Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "هفته" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce هفته in Farsi?

هفته is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /ˈhæfte/. It means “week.” Say "HUF-teh," with the emphasis up front and a quick, light "teh" at the end, similar to how "after" is stressed in English.

Say "HUF-teh," with the emphasis up front and a quick, light "teh" at the end, similar to how "after" is stressed in English.

هفته /ˈhæfte/

hafte

Stress falls on the first syllable, هف- ("haf-"), with the trailing -ه ("-te") staying short and unstressed, the same pattern as many everyday Persian nouns ending in ه.

Listen: هفته

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Sound it out

هف "Haf," a plain "h" plus a short "a" as in "cat" plus an "f" — this carries the stress.

ته "Te," a light, unstressed syllable with a short "e" like the end of "latte" — the ه here is just a vowel marker, not a separate "h" sound.

Hear it in a sentence

این هفته خیلی کار دارم.

In hafte kheyli kār dāram.

I have a lot of work this week.

Listen: این هفته خیلی کار دارم.

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In این هفته خیلی کار دارم, این هفته means "this week," with این ("this") placed directly before the noun as in English. خیلی کار دارم ("I have a lot of work") shows خیلی ("a lot/very") modifying کار ("work") before the verb دارم ("I have"), a straightforward noun-first, verb-last sentence.

Where English speakers slip

Because هفته ends in ه, English speakers sometimes try to pronounce a distinct "h" sound at the very end ("haf-teh" with a breathy finish) — but that final ه is purely a vowel marker here, silent as a consonant, just giving the word its closing "eh" sound. Also watch the stress: it's HAF-te, not haf-TE.