Word
سهشنبه کتاب میخوانم.
Meaning
On Tuesday I read a book.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of سهشنبه کتاب میخوانم.
کتابketâb
book
خواندنkhândan
to read / to study (a subject)
سهشنبهseshanbe
Tuesday
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Questions & Answers about سهشنبه کتاب میخوانم.
Where is the word for 'on'? In English we say 'on Tuesday'.
In Farsi, you do not need a preposition like 'on' before days of the week. You can just put se-shanbe right at the beginning of the sentence to mean 'on Tuesday'.
Why isn't there a word for 'a' before ketāb?
Farsi often leaves out words for 'a' or 'the'. Because ketāb does not have any special suffixes in this sentence, it just represents the general idea of a book, which translates perfectly to 'a book' in English.
How do we know it means 'I read' if the word for 'I' is missing?
The verb mi-khānam ends with the personal suffix -am, which always means 'I'. Because the verb ending makes it so clear, you can completely leave out the word for 'I' (man) without changing the meaning.
What does the mi- part of mi-khānam mean?
The prefix mi- shows that an action happens regularly or is happening right now. Here, it turns the verb into the present tense, giving us 'I read' or 'I am reading' instead of a past or future action.