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Farsi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "زمستان" in Farsi?
Say 'zeh-mess-TAHN' — three quick, even syllables with a long open 'ah' on the last one, which also carries the stress.
zemestān
Like تابستان, stress falls on the final syllable -tān; the first two syllables are short and unstressed.
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زمستان برف میبارد.
Zemestān barf mibārad.
It snows in winter.
Listen: زمستان برف میبارد.
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Zemestān barf mibārad. — 'It snows in winter.' Persian doesn't need a dummy subject like English 'it'; the verb mibārad ('falls/rains/snows') simply attaches to barf ('snow') and the season zemestān sets the time without needing the preposition 'in' that English requires.
Where English speakers slip
The consonant cluster in the middle — s followed directly by t — tempts English speakers to insert an extra vowel ('zemes-eh-tān'). Run mes and tān together smoothly with no vowel in between, the way you'd say 'mistake' without a gap.