Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "جلسه" in Farsi?

Say "ja-LA-seh" — three syllables, with the stress on the middle 'LA' and a soft final 'eh'.

جلسه /dʒæˈlæse/

jalase

Stress falls on the middle syllable, la; like khāne (house), the final ه is a light, unstressed 'eh', not a stressed ending.

Listen: جلسه

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Sound it out

ج 'ja', like English 'j' in 'jam' plus a short 'a'.

لس 'la-s' — ل is a clear English 'l'; this is where the stress lands, on 'la'.

ه 'e', a light, unstressed final 'eh', like the end of 'café'.

Hear it in a sentence

جلسه ساعت ده شروع می‌شود.

Jalase sā'at-e dah shoru' mishavad.

The meeting starts at ten o'clock.

Listen: جلسه ساعت ده شروع می‌شود.

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'Jalase sā'at-e dah shoru' mishavad' means 'The meeting starts at ten o'clock' — sā'at-e dah ('hour-of ten') uses the ezafe -e to link 'hour' and 'ten', and mishavad is the present tense of shodan (to become/happen), the normal verb for events 'starting' in Persian.

Where English speakers slip

Because the word ends in ه, English speakers often stress that final syllable as if it were 'ja-la-SEH'; the correct stress stays on the middle syllable, with the ending trailing off lightly.