Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "متشکرم" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce متشکرم in Farsi?

متشکرم is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written [mo.te.ʃæk.ˈke.ræm]. It means “thank you.” mo-te-shah-KEH-ram, with a lengthened 'k' sound in the middle and the main emphasis landing right before the final '-ram'.

mo-te-shah-KEH-ram, with a lengthened 'k' sound in the middle and the main emphasis landing right before the final '-ram'.

متشکرم [mo.te.ʃæk.ˈke.ræm]

moteshakkeram

The base adjective موتشکر (motshakker) is stressed on its final syllable; the unstressed enclitic -am ('I am') attaches without shifting that stress, so it resurfaces as mo-te-shak-KE-ram rather than moving to the very end.

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Sound it out

م Unstressed 'mo', a short clipped 'o' as in 'obey'.

ت Unstressed 'te', quick and light.

شکّ 'sh' (as in 'shoe') followed by a doubled/lengthened 'k' — hold it a beat longer than an English 'k'.

رم A light tongue-tap 'r' (like Spanish 'r', not English 'r') plus 'am' — the main stress of the whole word lands right here, so lean into '...KEH-ram'.

Hear it in a sentence

برای کمکتان متشکرم.

Barāye komak-etān moteshakkeram.

Thank you for your help.

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'برای کمکتان متشکرم' shows the possessive enclitic -etān ('your', formal) attaching directly onto کمک ('help') to form کمکتان ('your help'), governed by the preposition برای ('for'). This is a common polite pattern: preposition + noun-with-possessive-suffix + متشکرم.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often stress the very first syllable ('MO-teshakkeram') by analogy with English word stress, and skip lengthening the double ک — both make the word harder for Iranians to parse quickly.