Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "جواب دادن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce جواب دادن in Farsi?

جواب دادن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /dʒæˈvɒːb ˈdɒːdæn/. It means “to answer.” Say 'juh-VAHB DAH-dahn' — javāb is 'answer', dādan is 'to give', literally 'to give an answer'.

Say 'juh-VAHB DAH-dahn' — javāb is 'answer', dādan is 'to give', literally 'to give an answer'.

جواب دادن /dʒæˈvɒːb ˈdɒːdæn/

javāb dādan

Javāb stresses its final syllable ('-vāb'); dādan stresses its first ('dā-') — ja-VĀB DĀ-dan, two independent stress peaks.

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Sound it out

ج و ا ب 'javāb' — ج is 'j' as in 'jam', و here is a consonant 'v', ا is the long 'ā' of 'father', ب is 'b'; stress falls on that final '-vāb'.

د ا د ن 'dādan' — 'dā' with the long 'ā', a repeated 'd' sound, and 'an' as in 'John'; stress on the first 'DĀ'.

Hear it in a sentence

لطفاً به سؤال جواب دهید.

Lotfan be so'āl javāb dahid.

Please answer the question.

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'لطفاً به سؤال جواب دهید' (Lotfan be so'āl javāb dahid, 'Please answer the question') uses به سؤال ('to the question') rather than رā: javāb dādan idiomatically takes its object with به, mirroring niāz dāshtan and safar kardan in preferring a preposition over the direct-object marker. Dahid is the polite imperative of dādan.

Where English speakers slip

Just as with niāz dāshtan, learners often want to say 'so'āl rā javāb dahid', treating the question as a direct object — but Persian idiom requires 'be so'āl javāb dahid', with به marking the question, not رā; memorize javāb dādan be as one unit.