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How do you pronounce "سگ" in Farsi?
Say 'sag' to rhyme with English 'bag', but with the Persian short front 'a' rather than a British-style flat 'a'.
sag
A one-syllable word — no stress choice, just a crisp, short vowel between the two consonants.
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سگمان خیلی دوستداشتنی است.
Sag-emān kheyli dust-dāshtani ast.
Our dog is very lovable.
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Sag-emān kheyli dust-dāshtani ast. — 'Our dog is very lovable.' The suffix -emān attached directly to sag means 'our', so sag-emān is 'our dog' in one word; dust-dāshtani ('lovable', literally 'friend-holdable') is built from the same dust dāshtan ('to like/love') root seen with ketāb above.
Where English speakers slip
English speakers sometimes back the vowel toward the 'a' in 'father' (making it sound like 'sahg'). Persian short a here is a front, open vowel closer to English 'bag' or 'cat' — keep it short and forward in the mouth.