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When dividing equity among startup partners or pitching to investors, you will need to talk about fractions of shares.

### Forming Fractions

To form a fraction in Farsi, state the numerator as a standard cardinal number (one, two, three) followed by the denominator as an ordinal number ending in **-م** (third, fourth, fifth). 

- One third: **یک سوم**
- Two fifths: **دو پنجم**

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### Majority and Minority Ownership

When one party holds the largest portion of the shares, use the word for majority (**اکثریت**). Remaining partners or smaller investors hold a minority (**اقلیت**) stake.

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### Negotiating Fractions

This pattern works for any fraction, like three fourths (**سه چهارم**), which is useful when partners negotiate (**مذاکره کردن**) ownership.

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With this simple formula, you can express any equity split, such as four fifths (**چهار پنجم**) or two thirds (**دو سوم**).

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Fractions (yek sevvom)

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
founder	بنیان‌گذارbonyân-gozâr
startup	استارتاپestârtâp
The founders divided one third of the startup's shares.	بنیان‌گذاران یک سوم سهام استارتاپ را تقسیم کردند.bonyân-gozârân yek sevvom sahâm estârtâp râ taqsim kardand.
capital	سرمایهsarmâye
investor	سرمایه‌گذارsarmâye-gozâr
For the startup to get capital, we gave two fifths of the shares to the investors.	برای اینکه استارتاپ سرمایه بگیرد، دو پنجم سهام را به سرمایه‌گذارها دادیم.barâye inke estârtâp sarmâye begirad, do panjom sahâm râ be sarmâye-gozârhâ dâdim.
majority	اکثریتaksariyat
ownership	مالکیتmâlekiyyat
The company's founder has the majority of the ownership.	بنیان‌گذار شرکت اکثریت مالکیت را دارد.bonyân-gozâr-e sherkat aksariyyat-e mâlekiyyat râ dârad.
CEO	مدیرعاملmodir-e âmel
shareholder	سهام‌دارsahâm-dâr
to negotiate	مذاکره کردنmozâkere kardan
The CEO negotiates with the shareholders.	مدیرعامل با سهام‌دارها مذاکره می‌کند.modir-e âmel bâ sahâmdârhâ mozâkere mikonad.
The investor negotiates in order to buy three fourths of the company.	سرمایه‌گذار برای اینکه سه چهارم شرکت را بخرد، مذاکره می‌کند.sarmâye-gozâr barâye inke se chahârom sherkat râ bekharad, mozâkere mikonad.
minority	اقلیتaghalliyat
Except for the manager, the other partners have a minority of the ownership.	به جز مدیر، شریک‌های دیگر اقلیت مالکیت را دارند.be joz modir, sharik-hâye digar aqalliyat-e mâlekiyat râ dârand.
The majority of shareholders do not allow the minority to sell their shares.	اکثریت سهام‌دارها اجازه نمی‌دهند که اقلیت سهام خود را بفروشند.aksariyyat-e sahâm-dârhâ ejâze nemidahand ke aqalliyyat sahâm-e khod râ beforushand.
In addition to capital, we must negotiate about dividing the company's shares.	علاوه بر سرمایه، باید در مورد تقسیم کردن سهام شرکت مذاکره کنیم.'alâve bar sarmâye, bâyad dar morede taqsim kardane sahâme sherkat mozâkere konim.
Who has ownership of four fifths of this startup?	چه کسی مالکیت چهار پنجم این استارتاپ را دارد؟che kasi mâlekiyyat chahâr panjom in estârtâp râ dârad?
The CEO is not allowed to give one fourth of the shares to his partner.	مدیرعامل اجازه ندارد که یک چهارم سهام را به شریکش بدهد.modir-âmel ejâze nadârad ke yek chahârom sahâm râ be sharikash bedahad.
We trusted the CEO because two thirds of the shareholders know him.	ما به مدیرعامل اعتماد کردیم، چون دو سوم سهام‌دارها او را می‌شناسند.mâ be modir-e âmel e'temâd kardim, chon do sevvom sahâmdârhâ u râ mishenâsand.

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