Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "کمک کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce کمک کردن in Farsi?

کمک کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /koˈmæk ˈkærdæn/. It means “to help.” Say 'koh-MOCK KAR-dahn'. Komak is 'help' (the noun), kardan is 'to do', so it's literally 'to do help'.

Say 'koh-MOCK KAR-dahn'. Komak is 'help' (the noun), kardan is 'to do', so it's literally 'to do help'.

کمک کردن /koˈmæk ˈkærdæn/

komak kardan

Komak stresses its second syllable ('-mak'); kardan stresses its first ('kar-') — two separate stressed beats, ko-MAK KAR-dan, since this is a noun-plus-light-verb pair, not a single verb root.

Listen: کمک کردن

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Sound it out

ک 'ko' — like the 'c' in 'comb', with a short 'o' vowel.

م ک 'mak' — like 'mock' but with the vowel of 'cup'; this is the stressed syllable, '-MAK'.

ک ر د ن 'kardan' — 'kar' sounds like 'car' with a light tapped 'r', plus 'dan' rhyming with 'John'; stress lands on 'KAR'.

Hear it in a sentence

می‌توانید به من کمک کنید؟

Mitavānid be man komak konid?

Can you help me?

Listen: می‌توانید به من کمک کنید؟

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In 'می‌توانید به من کمک کنید؟' (Mitavānid be man komak konid?, 'Can you help me?'), کردن surfaces as konid, following the modal mitavānid ('can you'). Notice 'به من' ('to me') uses the preposition به, not the را object marker — the person being helped is a prepositional target, not a direct object.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often forget that komak itself never takes a personal ending — all tense and person information goes onto kardan (konid, kardam, mikonam), while komak sits unchanged, the way 'help' stays frozen in English while only 'do' conjugates.