Where Did به Go?
Written Persian goes to a place with به: به خانه میروم. Spoken Persian does two things at once: it drops به entirely, and it moves the destination to after the verb:
| Written | Spoken |
|---|---|
| به خانه میروم | میرم خونه |
| به بازار میروی؟ | میری بازار؟ |
The shortened stem takes the endings you already know — میرم، میری، میره، میرن:
| I'm going home. | میرم خونه.miram khune. |
| Are you going to the market tonight? | امشب میری بازار؟emshab miri bâzâr? |
Any Motion Verb, Any Destination
The pattern covers going and coming, with any destination:
| He's going to the cafe. | اون میره کافه.oon mire kâfe. |
| The kids are going to the bakery. | بچهها میرن نونوایی.bachehâ miran nunvâyi. |
| Tomorrow I'm coming to the market. | فردا میام بازار.fardâ miyâm bâzâr |
| I'm tired, I'm going home. | خستهام، میرم خونه.khaste-am, miram khune. |
به Survives for People
Only the destination loses its preposition. When به points at a person, it stays — as the fused forms you already know (بهش، بهت). And با keeps its fusion too:
| Are you going to the airport? Go with him. | میری فرودگاه؟ باهاش برو.miri forudgâh? bâhâsh boro. |
So: بهش میگم (I'll tell him) keeps its preposition — میرم خونه (I'm going home) drops it.
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