You can now handle spoken sentences with رو and ـو. One more reduction unlocks everyday conversation: the prepositions به، از، با and برای fuse with the object enclitics you know from written Persian (ـم، ـت، ـش).
To Him, To Her: بهش
Written به او shrinks to a single word — this is how you tell someone something, or give them a call:
| Written | Spoken |
|---|---|
| به او گفتم | بهش گفتم |
| به او زنگ زدم | بهش زنگ زدم |
| I told him that I am coming tomorrow. | بهش گفتم که فردا میام.behesh goftam ke fardâ miâm. |
| I will tell her tomorrow. | فردا بهش میگم.fardâ behesh migam. |
| I called him, but he was not home. | بهش زنگ زدم، ولی خونه نبود.behesh zang zadam, vali khune nabud. |
From: ازش
از او follows the same pattern:
| I asked her, but she did not answer. | ازش پرسیدم، ولی جواب نداد.azash porsidam, vali javâb nadâd. |
| I bought bread from him. | ازش نون خریدم.azash nân kharidam. |
With: باهاش
با keeps a buffer syllable: با او becomes باهاش:
| I am going to the market with her. | باهاش میرم بازار.bâhâsh miram bâzâr. |
| Yesterday I talked with him. | دیروز باهاش حرف زدم.dirooz bâhâsh harf zadam. |
For You: برات
The written برایت (or برای تو) reduces to برات:
| I bought bread for you. | برات نون خریدم.barât nun kharidam. |
| I have something for you. | چیزی برات دارم.chizi barât dâram. |
The Whole Family
Once you know one person, you know them all: بهم، بهت، بهش — ازم، ازت، ازش — برام، برات، براش. Conversational Persian runs on these fusions; you will hear one in nearly every spoken sentence with a pronoun object.
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