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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "ما" in Farsi?
Say "mah" with a long, open vowel like in "father" — one syllable, straightforward.
mā
One syllable; carries normal, clear stress as a subject pronoun.
Listen: ما
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Sound it out
Hear it in a sentence
ما فردا میآییم.
Mā fardā mi'āyim.
We are coming tomorrow.
Listen: ما فردا میآییم.
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"Mā fardā mi'āyim" (ما فردا میآییم) uses mā ("we") with the first-person plural verb ending -im (mi'āyim, "we are coming"). Notice the glottal stop written with ء inside mi'āyim, a genuine consonant sound (like the pause in "uh-oh") separating the prefix mi- from the verb root āyim.
Where English speakers slip
Because mā ("we") and ma- as a prefix-like sound appear in several unrelated words, and because mā is so short, learners sometimes clip the vowel too fast — remember to hold the long "ā" fully, distinguishing it clearly from the short "a" sounds in words like man or az.