Noun Plurals

جمع اسم

About this concept

Two main plural suffixes: ها (-hā) is universal and colloquial; ان (-ān) used for animate nouns. Arabic broken plurals appear in loanwords. Examples: کتاب‌ها (books), مردان (men).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level A1.

Examples

کتاب → کتاب‌هاbook → books (-hā)

مرد → مردان / مردهاman → men (-ān or -hā)

زن → زنان / زن‌هاwoman → women (-ān or -hā)

معلم → معلمان / معلم‌هاteacher → teachers

Concepts that build on this

Ezafe ConstructionA1 Indefinite Marker یک and یA1

More A1 concepts

Persian Alphabetالفبای فارسی Vowels and Diacriticsمصوت‌ها و اعراب Personal Pronounsضمایر شخصی بودن - To Be (Present)فعل «بودن» در زمان حال داشتن - To Haveفعل «داشتن»

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