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### Indicating Direction: "Towards"

When describing movement—like floats, dancers, and bands in a lively parade—you need to indicate direction. In Farsi, "towards" is commonly expressed using compound prepositions that combine **به** (to) with a noun indicating a side or direction.

The three most common phrases for "towards" are **به سمت**, **به طرف**, and **به سوی**. They are interchangeable and link to their destination using the spoken *ezafe* vowel (*-e* or *-ye*).

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These prepositions aren't just for physical travel; they also describe the direction of an action.

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You can also use these prepositions with independent pronouns. The structure remains exactly the same, using the *ezafe* as a bridge.

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Towards (be su-ye, be samt-e, be taraf-e)

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
parade	رژهrezhe
towards	به سمتbe samt-e
square	میدانmeydân
to move	حرکت کردنharekat kardan
movement, departure	حرکتharekat
The parade is moving towards the city square.	رژه به سمت میدان شهر حرکت می‌کند.rezhe be samt-e meydân-e shahr harekat mikonad.
dancer	رقصندهraghsande
towards	به طرفbe taraf
side, direction	طرفtaraf
The dancers must move towards each other.	رقصنده‌ها باید به طرف یکدیگر حرکت کنند.raghsandehâ bâyad be tarafe yekdigar harekat konand
balloon	بادکنکbâdkonak
towards	به سویbe suye
The children released the balloons towards the sky.	بچه‌ها بادکنک‌ها را به سوی آسمان رها کردند.bache-hâ bâdkonak-hâ râ be sooye âsemân rahâ kardand
flag	پرچمparcham
to wave	تکان دادنtekân dâdan
The people are waving the flags towards the musicians.	مردم پرچم‌ها را به طرف نوازنده‌ها تکان می‌دهند.mardom parcham-hâ râ be taraf-e navâzande-hâ tekân midahand.
Are the cars going towards the square?	آیا ماشین‌ها به سمت میدان می‌روند؟âyâ mâshin-hâ be samt-e meydân miravand?
He waved the flag towards me, but I did not see it.	او پرچم را به سوی من تکان داد، ولی من آن را ندیدم.u parcham râ be suye man tekân dâd, vali man ân râ nadidam.
The route of this parade is not towards the big street.	مسیر این رژه به طرف خیابان بزرگ نیست.masir-e in reje be taraf-e khiâbân-e bozorg nist.
The yellow balloon went towards the tree.	بادکنک زرد به سمت درخت رفت.bâdkonak-e zard be samt-e derakht raft.
The dancers are not going towards the square.	رقصنده‌ها به سوی میدان نمی‌روند.raghsande-hâ be suye meydân nemiravand.
The children waved the flags in the parade.	بچه‌ها در رژه پرچم‌ها را تکان دادند.bacheha dar rezhe parchamha râ tekân dâdand.
The music group is moving towards the park.	گروه موسیقی به طرف پارک حرکت می‌کند.goruh-e musiqi be taraf-e pârk harekat mikonad.
You must move towards that building.	شما باید به سمت آن ساختمان حرکت کنید.shomâ bâyad be samte ân sâkhtemân harekat konid.
right (direction)	راستrâst
We go to the right.	به سمت راست می‌رویم.be samt-e râst miravim.
Our house is on the right side.	خانه‌ی ما سمت راست است.khâne-ye mâ samt-e râst ast.
left	چپchap
The car goes to the left.	ماشین به سمت چپ می‌رود.mâshin be samt-e chap miravad.
The school is on the left side.	مدرسه سمت چپ است.madrese samt-e chap ast.
way, road	راهrâh
This road goes toward the city.	این راه به سمت شهر می‌رود.in râh be samt-e shahr miravad.
The way home is long.	راه خانه طولانی است.râh khâne tulâni ast.
We go toward the house.	به طرفِ خانه می‌رویم.be taraf-e khâne miravim.
On that side of the street is a park.	آن طرفِ خیابان یک پارک است.ân taraf-e khiâbân yek pârk ast.
The train's departure is at ten.	حرکتِ قطار ساعتِ ده است.harekat-e ghatâr sâ'at-e dah ast.
His movement was fast.	حرکتِ او تند بود.harekat-e u tond bud.
back, rear	عقبaghab
The train goes backwards.	قطار به عقب می‌رود.ghatâr be aqab miravad.
The child is at the back of the room.	بچه عقبِ اتاق است.bache aghab-e otâgh ast.