Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "کار کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce کار کردن in Farsi?

کار کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /kɒːr kærˈdæn/. It means “to work.” Say KAHR kar-DAN — two separate stressed words: kār gets its own clear stress as a noun, and kardan stresses its own final syllable.

Say KAHR kar-DAN — two separate stressed words: kār gets its own clear stress as a noun, and kardan stresses its own final syllable.

کار کردن /kɒːr kærˈdæn/

kār kardan

This is a light-verb phrase: kār (work) keeps its own noun-stress, while kardan (to do) is conjugated and separately stresses its final syllable — or, when prefixed, its mi-/be- prefix.

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Sound it out

کار 'kār' — k like English 'k', plus a long open ā like 'father'; this word alone means 'work' and never changes form.

کردن 'kardan' — the light verb 'to do', which does all the conjugating: kār stays fixed while this part changes (mikonam, kardam, etc.).

Hear it in a sentence

در یک شرکت کار می‌کنم.

Dar yek sherkat kār mikonam.

I work at a company.

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'در یک شرکت کار می‌کنم' (dar yek sherkat kār mikonam, 'I work at a company') is a light-verb construction: kār (noun 'work') plus kardan (light verb 'to do'). Only kardan conjugates and carries the mi- prefix (stressed MI-konam); kār itself never changes. در (dar, 'in/at') introduces the location, شرکت (sherkat, 'company').

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes try to conjugate kār itself (as if it were the main verb) instead of leaving it fixed and conjugating only kardan — the correct pattern is always kār + [conjugated form of kardan], e.g. kār mikonam, kār kardam, never a bent form of kār.