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How do you pronounce "خودکار" in Farsi?
Say "khod-KAR", with a raspy 'kh' like Scottish 'loch' at the start and stress on the second syllable.
khodkār
Stress falls on the final syllable -kār; the opening خ must keep its throaty rasp, not soften into a plain 'h'.
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لطفاً خودکارتان را به من بدهید.
Lotfan khodkār-etān rā be man bedahid.
Please give me your pen.
Listen: لطفاً خودکارتان را به من بدهید.
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"Lotfan khodkār-etān rā be man bedahid" politely requests an object with لطفاً ('please'), attaches the second-person formal possessive -etān ('your') to خودکار, and uses بدهید, the formal imperative of دادن ('to give') — consistent formal register throughout, appropriate for a polite request.
Where English speakers slip
The biggest mistake is pronouncing خ as a plain English 'h', losing the throaty rasp entirely; it also helps to know خودکار literally means 'self-working [tool]' (it writes on its own, unlike a dip pen), distinguishing it from قلم, an older or more general word for a writing implement.