To be in the present: the hast- family
Where English needs "there is" or "I am at home", this language reaches for one small verb: hast. Man dar khune hastam — I am at home. It also states bare existence: darookhane hast — there is a pharmacy. The past is another stem entirely: boodam, I was — diruz dar khune boodam. Present and past do not rhyme here, and that is normal: each tense takes the stem it likes. The six persons of the present are in the…
How it works
Where English needs "there is" or "I am at home", this language reaches for one small verb: hast. Man dar khune hastam — I am at home. It also states bare existence: darookhane hast — there is a pharmacy. The past is another stem entirely: boodam, I was — diruz dar khune boodam. Present and past do not rhyme here, and that is normal: each tense takes the stem it likes. The six persons of the present are in the table.
Table
| Who | Form | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | هستم | hastam | I am |
| you | هستی | hasti | you are |
| he, she | هست | hast | he is |
| we | هستیم | hastim | we are |
| you (pl.) | هستید | hastid | you are |
| they | هستند | hastand | they are |
By example
- من در خانه هستمman dar khâne hastamI am at home
- دیروز در خانه بودمdiruz dar khâne budamYesterday I was at home
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to conjugate to be in persian?
Where English needs "there is" or "I am at home", this language reaches for one small verb: hast. Man dar khune hastam — I am at home. It also states bare existence: darookhane hast — there is a pharmacy. The past is another stem entirely: boodam, I was — diruz dar khune boodam. Present and past do…
Present tense of persian verbs?
Where English needs "there is" or "I am at home", this language reaches for one small verb: hast. Man dar khune hastam — I am at home. It also states bare existence: darookhane hast — there is a pharmacy. The past is another stem entirely: boodam, I was — diruz dar khune boodam. Present and past do…
Hastam hasti hast conjugation?
Where English needs "there is" or "I am at home", this language reaches for one small verb: hast. Man dar khune hastam — I am at home. It also states bare existence: darookhane hast — there is a pharmacy. The past is another stem entirely: boodam, I was — diruz dar khune boodam. Present and past do…
How to say i was in persian?
Where English needs "there is" or "I am at home", this language reaches for one small verb: hast. Man dar khune hastam — I am at home. It also states bare existence: darookhane hast — there is a pharmacy. The past is another stem entirely: boodam, I was — diruz dar khune boodam. Present and past do…
What does it look like in a Persian example sentence?
“من در خانه هستم” (man dar khâne hastam) — I am at home. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.