Word
صد دلار دارم.
Meaning
I have a hundred dollars.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about صد دلار دارم.
Why is it دلار (dollar) and not pluralized as دلارها (dollars)?
In Farsi, nouns that come right after a number always stay in their singular form. Even though we say "a hundred dollars" in English, Farsi literally says "a hundred dollar". This is why you must use the singular دلار immediately after the number صد.
The English translation says "a hundred", but the sentence just starts with صد. Don't we need a word for "a" or "one"?
No, you do not need to add یک (one) before numbers like صد (hundred) or هزار (thousand) in everyday speech. Just saying صد دلار perfectly means "a hundred dollars" or "one hundred dollars".
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
The pronoun من (I) is optional and has been dropped here to sound more natural. We know exactly who is doing the action because of the personal ending ـم on the verb دارم (I have).