Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "مشکل" in Farsi?

"mosh-KEL" — stress on the second syllable, which rhymes with English 'bell'.

مشکل [moʃˈkel]

moshkel

Stress falls on the final syllable kel; mosh at the start is short and unstressed.

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Sound it out

مُش 'mosh' — 'm' plus a short 'o' vowel (as in 'go', clipped) plus 'sh'.

کِل 'kel' — a crisp 'k' plus a short open 'e' as in English 'bed', plus 'l', carrying the stress.

Hear it in a sentence

مشکل بزرگی داریم.

Moshkel-e bozorgi dārim.

We have a big problem.

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مشکل بزرگی داریم ("We have a big problem") attaches the indefinite -i directly to the adjective (moshkel-e bozorgi, "a big problem"), with داریم as "we have," first-person plural of داشتن.

Where English speakers slip

Stressing the first syllable ("MOSH-kel") instead of the second is the common English-speaker error — Persian keeps the emphasis on -kel, not mosh-.