Your spoken verb endings so far cover he, she and they: میره، میرن. Two final pieces complete the conversational toolkit: talking to a group — and pointing at "that guy".
You All: ـید Becomes ـین
In spoken Persian the 2nd-person plural ending ـید relaxes to ـین:
| Written | Spoken |
|---|---|
| میروید | میرین |
| میخواهید | میخواین |
| میکنید | میکنین |
| Where are you all going? | شما کجا میرین؟shomâ kojâ mirin? |
| Are you all going to the market tomorrow? | فردا میرین بازار؟fardâ mirin bâzâr? |
| Do you all want tea or coffee? | شما چای میخواین یا قهوه؟shomâ châi mikhâin yâ qahve? |
Remember that شما is also the polite way to address one person — so you will hear میرین said, politely, to a single stranger:
| When are you going home? | کی میرین خونه؟kay mirin khune? |
That Guy: the Suffix ـه
Spoken Persian marks a noun as "the one we both know" with the suffix ـه: پسر (a boy) → پسره (the boy, that guy):
| Spoken | English |
|---|---|
| پسره | the boy, that guy |
| دختره | the girl |
| Where is the boy? | پسره کجاست؟pesare kojâst? |
| That guy is my brother. | پسره برادر منه.pesare barâdare mane. |
| That guy is very smart. | پسره خیلی باهوشه.pesare kheyli bâhushe. |
| That girl is my sister. | دختره خواهر منه.dokhtare khâhar-e mane. |
Before the copula, the suffix joins the ـست form you know from vowel-final words: پسرهست.
| This gift is for the boy. | این هدیه واسه پسرهست.in hedye vâse pesarest. |
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