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Learning the Persian Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Persian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Persian.
Persian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
Adjective
Adjectives have only one form. They agree neither in gender (since Persian is a gender-neutral language) nor in number with the noun they modify.
Adjectives come after the noun and are related to it with the genitive particle «e» («ye» after all vowels but «i»):
Adjectives can be modified by adverbs:
Comparative form
· The comparative form of an adjective is made by adding the suffix «-tar» to the end of the adjective:
|
Adjective |
Comparative |
|
bad (bad) |
badtar (worse) |
|
kam (little) |
kamtar (less) |
|
bozorg (big) |
bozorgtar (bigger) |
|
zibâ (beautiful) |
zibâtar (more beautiful) |
|
dustdâŝtani (lovable) |
dustdâŝtanitar (more lovable) |
| English Adjectives | Persian Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | ṣefet hā - صفت ها |
| a green tree | derekhet sebez - درخت سبز |
| a tall building | sākhetemān belened - ساختمان بلند |
| a very old man | mered beseyār peyer - مرد بسیار پیر |
| the old red house | khāneh quedeyemey queremez - خانه قدیمی قرمز |
| a very nice friend | doset beseyār khob - دوست بسیار خوب |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Persian.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Persian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Persian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Persian Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | renekehā - رنگها |
| black | seyāh - سیاه |
| blue | ābey - آبی |
| brown | quehoh āy - قهوه ای |
| gray | khākeseterey - خاکستری |
| green | sebez - سبز |
| orange | nārenejey - نارنجی |
| purple | āreghoāney - ارغوانی |
| red | queremez - قرمز |
| white | sefeyed - سفید |
| yellow | zered - زرد |
| sizes | ānedāzeh hā - اندازه ها |
| big | bezerek - بزرگ |
| deep | 'emeyequ - عمیق |
| long | derāz / kesheyedeh / ṭolāney - دراز / کشیده / طولانی |
| narrow | bāreyek - باریک |
| short | kotāh - کوتاه |
| small | kochek - کوچک |
| tall | qued belened - قد بلند |
| thick | z̤ekheyem - ضخیم |
| thin | nāzek - نازک |
| wide | weseye' - وسیع |
| shapes | āshekāl - اشکال |
| circular | dāyereh - دایره |
| straight | rāset - راست |
| square | merebe' - مربع |
| triangular | mes̱eles̱ - مثلث |
| tastes | mezeh hā - مزه ها |
| bitter | telekh - تلخ |
| fresh | tāzeh - تازه |
| salty | shor - شور |
| sour | teresh - ترش |
| spicy | tened - تند |
| sweet | sheyereyen - شیرین |
| qualities | keyefeyet - کیفیت |
| bad | bed - بد |
| clean | temeyeze/pāk - تمیز/پاک |
| dark | tār / tāreyek - تار / تاریک |
| difficult | deshoār - دشوار |
| dirty | kes̱eyef - کثیف |
| dry | kheshek - خشک |
| easy | sādeh - ساده |
| empty | khāley - خالی |
| expensive | kerān - گران |
| fast | sereye' - سریع |
| foreign | khārejey - خارجی |
| full | kāmel - کامل |
| good | khob - خوب |
| hard | sekhet / sefet - سخت / سفت |
| heavy | senekeyen - سنگین |
| inexpensive | ārezān - ارزان |
| light | sebek - سبک |
| local | meḥeley - محلی |
| new | jedeyed - جدید |
| noisy | per ser o ṣedā - پر سر و صدا |
| old | quedeyemey - قدیمی |
| powerful | quoy - قوی |
| quiet | sāket - ساکت |
| correct | dereset - درست |
| slow | kened - کند |
| soft | nerem - نرم |
| very | beseyār - بسیار |
| weak | z̤e'eyef - ضعیف |
| wet | mereṭob - مرطوب |
| wrong | āshetebāh - اشتباه |
| young | joān - جوان |
| quantities | kemeyet - کمیت |
| few | te'edād beseyār kem - تعداد بسیار کم |
| little | mequedār beseyār kem - مقدار بسیار کم |
| many | te'edād zeyādey - تعداد زیادی |
| much | mequedār zeyādey - مقدار زیادی |
| part | bekhesh - بخش |
| some | te'edādey / mequedārey - تعدادی / مقداری |
| a few | chened - چند |
| whole | temām - تمام |
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