🔤 Grammar
Describing states — 'to be' + adjective
To talk about feelings, combine a subject pronoun with an adjective and a form of بودن. Word order: [subject] [adjective] [form of بودن].
Conjugation tables
Feeling words
| Dari | Translit | English |
|---|---|---|
| خوشحال | khōshḥāl | happy |
| غمگین | ghamgīn | sad |
| مانده | mānda | tired |
| قهر | qahr | angry |
| ترسیده | tarsīda | afraid |
| دلتنگ | diltang | homesick / missing someone |
Examples
- من امروز خوشحال هستم.man imrōz khōshḥāl hastam.I am happy today.
- تو چرا غمگین هستی؟tu chirā ghamgīn hastī?Why are you sad?
- ما بسیار مانده هستیم.mā besyār mānda hastēm.We are very tired.
Practice
Match each feeling to its meaning.
Tap a english below, then tap the dari it belongs to — or drag it.
Dari
English