Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "همیشه" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce همیشه in Farsi?

همیشه is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /hæmiːˈʃe/. It means “always.” Say "ha-MEE-sheh," with stress on the middle syllable and a soft, quick "eh" at the very end.

Say "ha-MEE-sheh," with stress on the middle syllable and a soft, quick "eh" at the very end.

همیشه /hæmiːˈʃe/

hamishe

Stress falls on the middle syllable, -mi-; the final ه is a native Persian "silent-e" ending (as in خانه, "house") that never takes the stress, so it stays light.

Listen: همیشه

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Sound it out

ه a short, unstressed "ha," h as in "hat" plus a short "a."

می m + a long "ee" — the stressed syllable, -MI-.

شه sh + a soft, unstressed final "eh" — this trailing ه ending is a common Persian word-final pattern that stays unstressed.

Hear it in a sentence

او همیشه دیر می‌آید.

U hamishe dir mi'āyad.

He/She always comes late.

Listen: او همیشه دیر می‌آید.

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"او همیشه دیر می‌آید" (U hamishe dir mi'āyad) means "He/she always comes late." همیشه sits between the subject او and the verb می‌آید, the normal slot for frequency adverbs in Persian, similar to where English puts "always."

Where English speakers slip

The most common mistake is stressing the final -she, following the general "stress the last syllable" rule that works for most Persian words — but words ending in this native -e ending are an exception, so keep the stress firmly on -MI-. Also don't confuse همیشه (always) with هرگز (never) — they're near-opposites that both start with h, which trips learners up.