Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "سفر کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce سفر کردن in Farsi?

سفر کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /sæˈfær ˈkærdæn/. It means “to travel.” Say 'suh-FAR KAR-dahn' — safar is 'trip/journey', kardan is 'to do', literally 'to do a trip'.

Say 'suh-FAR KAR-dahn' — safar is 'trip/journey', kardan is 'to do', literally 'to do a trip'.

سفر کردن /sæˈfær ˈkærdæn/

safar kardan

Safar stresses its final syllable ('-far'); kardan stresses its first ('kar-') — sa-FAR KAR-dan, both words keeping independent stress.

Listen: سفر کردن

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Sound it out

س ف ر 'safar' — س is 's', ف is 'f', ر is a light tapped 'r'; two short vowels like the 'u' in 'cup', with stress on the final '-far'.

ک ر د ن 'kardan' — 'kar' like 'car', 'dan' like 'John'; stress 'KAR'.

Hear it in a sentence

ما به ایتالیا سفر می‌کنیم.

Mā be Itāliā safar mikonim.

We travel to Italy.

Listen: ما به ایتالیا سفر می‌کنیم.

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'ما به ایتالیا سفر می‌کنیم' (Mā be Itāliā safar mikonim, 'We travel to Italy') uses به ('to') to mark the destination, not رā (which flags definite direct objects, not places traveled to); safar mikonim again places the conjugated verb's primary stress on می- (mi-KO-nim).

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes reach for رā to mark 'Italy' as if it were an object being traveled, but destinations after safar kardan always take the preposition به ('to'), never رā — 'safar kardan be' is a fixed pattern, parallel to English 'travel to', not 'travel [something]'.