Questions & Answers about اون خیلی حسوده.
Why is اون used for "he" instead of او?
In everyday spoken Farsi (especially the Tehrani accent), اون completely replaces او for "he" or "she". Even though اون technically comes from آن ("that" or "it"), in colloquial speech you will hear it used as the default pronoun for people as well as objects.
Does the word اون follow a specific colloquial pronunciation rule?
Yes! It follows a very common spoken rule where the long "ā" sound turns into a "u" sound when it comes before an ن (n) or م (m). Just like how آن becomes اون, you will often hear نان (bread) become نون.
Where is the verb "is" in this sentence?
The verb "is" (است) has been reduced to just a short "-e" sound attached to the end of the adjective حسود (jealous). In formal written Farsi, this would be حسود است, but in everyday colloquial speech, it shrinks to the suffix ـه, giving us حسوده.
Is the adjective حسود related to the noun حسادت?
Exactly! حسادت is the noun meaning "jealousy" or "envy," while حسود is the adjective meaning "jealous." As a B1 learner, noticing these shared three-letter roots will really help you link related vocabulary words together and guess their meanings.