Who does what: how the trades are built here
Trades are compounds, and the recipe is visible in each word. A doer takes -kar: barg, electricity, gives barg-kar — the electrician; varzesh-kar — the athlete. A keeper takes -baan: baagh-baan, the garden-keeper, the gardener; negah-baan, the guard. A doer of a verb takes -ande: nevisande — the writer, one who writes; naavazande — the musician. Noon-vaa bakes bread, kesht-varz sows crops. Read the parts and you…
How it works
Trades are compounds, and the recipe is visible in each word. A doer takes -kar: barg, electricity, gives barg-kar — the electrician; varzesh-kar — the athlete. A keeper takes -baan: baagh-baan, the garden-keeper, the gardener; negah-baan, the guard. A doer of a verb takes -ande: nevisande — the writer, one who writes; naavazande — the musician. Noon-vaa bakes bread, kesht-varz sows crops. Read the parts and you have read the job.
Table
| how it is built | from what | word | reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| word + -kar, doer | barg — electricity | برقکار | barg-kar — electrician |
| word + -kar | varzesh — exercise | ورزشکار | vaarzesh-kar — athlete |
| word + -baan, keeper | baagh — garden | باغبان | baagh-baan — gardener |
| word + -baan | negah — glance | نگهبان | negah-baan — guard |
| verb + -ande, doer | nevishtan — to write | نویسنده | nevisande — writer |
| verb + -ande | naavaazhtan — to play music | نوازنده | naavazande — musician |
| word + -vaa | noon — bread | نانوا | noon-vaa — baker |
| root + -varz, sower | kesht — sowing | کشاورز | kesh-waarz — farmer |
By example
- این برقکار است, آن خانم نانواست.in barg-kâr ast, ân khânum nânvâst.This is an electrician, that woman is a baker.
- پدرم باغبان بود, مادرم منشی.padaram bâghbân bud, mâdaram mânshi.My father was a gardener, mother a secretary.
- حسابدار پول را میشمارد, کارآفرین کار را میدهد.hesâbdâr pul râ mi-shâmârad, kârâfarin kâr râ mi-dehad.The accountant counts money, the entrepreneur gives work.
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
Who does what: how does it work in Persian?
Trades are compounds, and the recipe is visible in each word. A doer takes -kar: barg, electricity, gives barg-kar — the electrician; varzesh-kar — the athlete. A keeper takes -baan: baagh-baan, the garden-keeper, the gardener; negah-baan, the guard. A doer of a verb takes -ande: nevisande — the…
What does it look like in a Persian example sentence?
“این برقکار است, آن خانم نانواست.” (in barg-kâr ast, ân khânum nânvâst.) — This is an electrician, that woman is a baker. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.