No person in sight: bayad beravam, sard ast, sardam ast
Weather and feelings avoid the pronoun entirely. Sard ast — it is cold; who is cold, the air says nothing. To pin it on yourself, add the possessive tail: sardam ast — I-am-cold; khoshhalam — I am glad; vaqt-am nist — I have no time. Obligation keeps bayad, and the verb after it takes the person: bayad beravam — I must go; bayad beravim — we must go. The table sets the pair: with no addressee, and with you inside…
How it works
Weather and feelings avoid the pronoun entirely. Sard ast — it is cold; who is cold, the air says nothing. To pin it on yourself, add the possessive tail: sardam ast — I-am-cold; khoshhalam — I am glad; vaqt-am nist — I have no time. Obligation keeps bayad, and the verb after it takes the person: bayad beravam — I must go; bayad beravim — we must go. The table sets the pair: with no addressee, and with you inside it.
Table
| phrase | no addressee | reading | with addressee | reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cold | سرد است | sard ast | سردم است | sardam ast |
| glad | خوشحال است | khoshhaaal ast | خوشحالم | khoshhaalam |
| must go | باید برویم | bayad beravim | باید بروم | bayad beravam |
| may | میشود | mishevaad | میتوانم | mitunaam |
| no time | وقت نیست | vaqt nist | وقتم نیست | vaqtam nist |
| was cold | سرد بود | sard bood | سردم بود | sardam bood |
By example
- اینجا سرد است, آنجا گرم استindzhâ sârd ast, ândzhâ gârm astHere it is cold, there it is warm
- سردم است, چای میخواهمsârdam ast, chay mi-khâhamI am cold, I want tea
- باید بروم, وقت نیستbâyad berâm, vâgt nistI must go, there is no time
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
No person in sight: how does it work in Persian?
Weather and feelings avoid the pronoun entirely. Sard ast — it is cold; who is cold, the air says nothing. To pin it on yourself, add the possessive tail: sardam ast — I-am-cold; khoshhalam — I am glad; vaqt-am nist — I have no time. Obligation keeps bayad, and the verb after it takes the person…
What does it look like in a Persian example sentence?
“اینجا سرد است, آنجا گرم است” (indzhâ sârd ast, ândzhâ gârm ast) — Here it is cold, there it is warm. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.