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### Forming Agent Nouns

In Farsi, you can create an "agent noun" (a noun describing a person or thing that performs an action) by adding the suffix **نده** (or **ـنده** depending on how it connects to the preceding letter) to the present stem of a verb.

For example, the verb **ساختن** (to make or create) has the present stem **ساز**. Add the suffix to get **سازنده** (creator).

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### Compound Verbs with کردن

Many media and professional roles are formed from compound verbs that use the light verb **کردن** (to do). The present stem of **کردن** is **کن**, so the agent suffix always becomes **ـکننده**. You simply attach this to the first part of the compound verb. 

For example, **تهیه کردن** (to produce) becomes **تهیه‌کننده** (producer).

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### The Ezafe with Agent Nouns

Because the suffix **ـنده** ends in the silent letter **ه**, remember that you must use **ی** to form the Ezafe connector when linking these roles to the things they manage, create, or distribute.

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### Other Compound Verbs

This rule applies to any compound verb. If the compound verb uses **دادن** (to give), you use its present stem **ده**. The suffix then becomes **ـدهنده**. 

For instance, the agent noun for **گزارش دادن** (to report) is **گزارش‌دهنده** (reporter).

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Agent nouns (-ande)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
producer	تهیه‌کنندهtahiyye-konande
interviewer	مصاحبه‌کنندهmosâhebe-konande
The producer and the interviewer arrived at the studio themselves.	تهیه‌کننده و مصاحبه‌کننده خودشان به استودیو رسیدند.tahiye-konande va mosâhebe-konande khodeshân be estudio residand.
creator	سازندهsâzande
manufacturer	تولیدکنندهtowlidkonande
The creator of this program is a successful manufacturer.	سازنده‌ی این برنامه یک تولیدکننده‌ی موفق است.sâzande-ye in barnâme yek towlidkonande-ye movaffaq ast.
coordinator	هماهنگ‌کنندهhamâhang-konande
editor (one who edits)	ویرایش‌کنندهvirâyesh-konande
Ask the coordinator and the editor yourself!	خودت از هماهنگ‌کننده و ویرایش‌کننده بپرس!khodat az hamâhang-konande va virâyesh-konande bepors!
consumer	مصرف‌کنندهmasraf-konande
The consumer expects excellent quality from the manufacturer.	مصرف‌کننده از تولیدکننده انتظار کیفیت عالی دارد.masraf-konande az towlid-konande entezâr keyfiyat âli dârad.
director (one who guides)	هدایت‌کنندهhedâyat-konande
The channel director spoke with the interviewer.	هدایت‌کننده‌ی کانال با مصاحبه‌کننده صحبت کرد.hedâyat-konande-ye kânâl bâ mosâhebe-konande sohbat kard.
broadcaster	پخش‌کنندهpakhsh-konande
The broadcaster delivers the news directly to the consumer.	پخش‌کننده اخبار را مستقیماً به مصرف‌کننده می‌رساند.pakhsh-konande akhbâr râ mostaghiman be masraf-konande miresânad.
It is likely that the producer will help the coordinator.	احتمال دارد تهیه‌کننده به هماهنگ‌کننده کمک کند.ehtemâl dârad tahiye-konande be hamâhang-konande komak konad.
Tell the editor to send the file to the director!	به ویرایش‌کننده بگو فایل را برای هدایت‌کننده بفرستد!be virâyesh-konande begu fâyl râ barâye hedâyat-konande beferestad!
This company is the maker of the film and the distributor of the music.	این شرکت سازنده‌ی فیلم و پخش‌کننده‌ی موسیقی است.in sherkat sâzande-ye film va pakhsh-konande-ye musiqi ast.
performer	اجراکنندهejrâkonande
The performer both sings and dances.	اجراکننده هم آواز می‌خواند و هم می‌رقصد.ejrâ-konande ham âvâz mikhânad va ham miraghsad.
I like this new performer.	من از این اجراکننده‌ی جدید خوشم می‌آید.man az in ejrâkonande-ye jadid khosham mi'âyad.
visitor	بازدیدکنندهbâzdidkonande
The visitors came to the museum to see the exhibition.	بازدیدکننده‌ها برای دیدن نمایشگاه به موزه آمدند.bâzdid-konande-hâ barâye didan-e namâyeshgâh be muze âmadand.
The report had been read by the producer.	گزارش توسط تهیه‌کننده خوانده شده بود.gozâresh tavassot tahiye-konande khânde shode bud.
reporter (one who gives a report)	گزارش‌دهندهgozâresh-dahande
The reporter sent the news to the television channel.	گزارش‌دهنده خبر را به کانال تلویزیون فرستاد.gozâresh-dahande khabar râ be kânâl televizion ferestâd.
This visitor is the news reporter.	این بازدیدکننده گزارش‌دهنده‌ی اخبار است.in bâzdidkonande gozâresh-dahande-ye akhbâr ast.