The belonging tail: my, your, his
Possession is a tail glued to the thing owned: khune plus -am gives khunam — my home. The six tails run -am, -at, -ash, -maan, -taan, -shaan, one per person. The -ash answers for he, she and they at once. Kâr-e to ziyaad ast — your work is much; poolam dar bank ast — my money is at the bank. To stress whose, the full form steps in: ketaab-e man, book-of me — but the tail is the everyday way. For example: “خانهمان…
How it works
Possession is a tail glued to the thing owned: khune plus -am gives khunam — my home. The six tails run -am, -at, -ash, -maan, -taan, -shaan, one per person. The -ash answers for he, she and they at once. Kâr-e to ziyaad ast — your work is much; poolam dar bank ast — my money is at the bank. To stress whose, the full form steps in: ketaab-e man, book-of me — but the tail is the everyday way.
Table
| Who | Form | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | خانهام | khoonam | my house |
| you | خانهات | khoonet | your house |
| he, she | خانهاش | khoonesh | his house |
| we | خانهمان | khoonemaan | our house |
| you (pl.) | خانهتان | khoonetaan | your house |
| they | خانهشان | khooneshaan | their house |
By example
- خانهمان در تهران استkhânemân dar Tehrân astOur house is in Tehran
- کار تو زیاد استkâre tâ ziyod astYour work is much
- پولم در بانک استpulam dar bânk astMy money is at the bank
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
The belonging tail: how does it work in Persian?
Possession is a tail glued to the thing owned: khune plus -am gives khunam — my home. The six tails run -am, -at, -ash, -maan, -taan, -shaan, one per person. The -ash answers for he, she and they at once. Kâr-e to ziyaad ast — your work is much; poolam dar bank ast — my money is at the bank. To…
What does it look like in a Persian example sentence?
“خانهمان در تهران است” (khânemân dar Tehrân ast) — Our house is in Tehran. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.