Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "رفتن" in Farsi?

Say raf-TAN, with a short a like 'cup' in both syllables, stress on the second.

رفتن /ræfˈtæn/

raftan

The infinitive raftan stresses its final syllable -tan, per the regular pattern.

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Sound it out

ر A tapped r, like Spanish/Italian r.

ف f, exactly like English 'f'.

تن 'tan', stressed, crisp unaspirated t plus short a.

Hear it in a sentence

فردا به کار می‌روم.

Fardā be kār miravam.

I'm going to work tomorrow.

Listen: فردا به کار می‌روم.

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'فردا به کار می‌روم' (fardā be kār miravam, 'Tomorrow I'm going to work') uses miravam with stress on MI-. Persian's simple present tense routinely covers near-future meaning, so fardā ('tomorrow') plus mi-ravam needs no separate future-tense marker — the preposition به (be, 'to') introduces the destination.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often reach for a separate future construction (like khāham raft) when a simple mi- present would do; in everyday speech, 'fardā miravam' is the natural, unmarked way to say 'I'm going tomorrow.'