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How do you pronounce "سفید" in Farsi?
Say "se-FEED" — a short 'e' (as in 'bed'), then 'f' plus a long 'ee' sound, then 'd'.
sefid
Two syllables, with stress on the final syllable "fid" — English speakers often misplace stress on the first syllable by analogy with words like "coffee," but Persian stresses the end.
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برف سفید است.
Barf sefid ast.
Snow is white.
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"Barf sefid ast" (Snow is white) is another simple noun + predicate-adjective + "is" sentence, the same pattern used throughout this set of color words.
Where English speakers slip
The stress sits on the second syllable, "-FID," not the first — saying "SEH-fid" (stressing the front, as English speakers often do by habit) sounds off to native ears.