Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "نگاه کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce نگاه کردن in Farsi?

نگاه کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /neˈgɒːh kærˈdæn/. It means “to look / watch.” Say ne-GAHH kar-DAN — negāh stresses its second syllable like a normal noun, with a clearly audible final h, and kardan stresses its own final syllable too.

Say ne-GAHH kar-DAN — negāh stresses its second syllable like a normal noun, with a clearly audible final h, and kardan stresses its own final syllable too.

نگاه کردن /neˈgɒːh kærˈdæn/

negāh kardan

نگاه (negāh) follows the regular noun pattern of final-syllable stress; kardan adds its own final-syllable or prefix stress when conjugated.

Listen: نگاه کردن

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Sound it out

نگا 'ne-gā' — short e like 'bed', g as in English 'go', then a long open ā like 'father'.

ه A clearly pronounced final h, stressed together with the ā before it: -GĀH.

کردن 'kardan' — the light verb 'to do', which conjugates while negāh stays fixed as the noun 'a look/glance'.

Hear it in a sentence

ما فیلم نگاه می‌کنیم.

Mā film negāh mikonim.

We watch a movie.

Listen: ما فیلم نگاه می‌کنیم.

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'ما فیلم نگاه می‌کنیم' (mā film negāh mikonim, 'We watch a movie') leaves فیلم unmarked by را since it's a generic, indefinite movie-watching activity rather than one specific film. Mikonim carries the expected MI- stress.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often blur negāh kardan (the deliberate, ongoing act of looking/watching) together with didan (to see, the act of perceiving — rank 76); 'film negāh kardan' (to watch a movie) and 'film didan' (to see/catch a movie) are both real but carry a different nuance that's easy to miss.