Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "صحبت کردن" in Farsi?

Q: How do you pronounce صحبت کردن in Farsi?

صحبت کردن is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /sohˈbæt kærˈdæn/. It means “to speak.” Say soh-BAT kar-DAN — sohbat stresses its second syllable like a normal noun, and kardan stresses its own final syllable too.

Say soh-BAT kar-DAN — sohbat stresses its second syllable like a normal noun, and kardan stresses its own final syllable too.

صحبت کردن /sohˈbæt kærˈdæn/

sohbat kardan

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

Listen: صحبت کردن

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Sound it out

صح 'soh' — a plain s (ص is pronounced identically to س in Persian, unlike in Arabic) plus a short o like 'got'.

بت 'bat', stressed, plain b plus short a like 'cup'.

کردن 'kardan' — the light verb 'to do', which conjugates while sohbat stays fixed as the noun 'conversation/talk'.

Hear it in a sentence

شما فارسی صحبت می‌کنید؟

Shomā fārsi sohbat mikonid?

Do you speak Persian?

Listen: شما فارسی صحبت می‌کنید؟

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'شما فارسی صحبت می‌کنید؟' (shomā fārsi sohbat mikonid?, 'Do you speak Persian?') is the standard way to ask about speaking a language, with فارسی left unmarked by را since it names the language generically rather than a specific, definite thing.

Where English speakers slip

Learners sometimes add را after the language name (fārsi rā sohbat mikonid), but generic language names in this construction take no object marker; sohbat kardan is also the more natural, neutral verb for 'to speak/talk' in general, more so than goftan.