کلاس ساعت نه شروع میشود، اما من از ساعت هشت در دانشگاه هستم.

A careful transliteration is:

kelâs sâ'at-e noh shoru' mi-shavad, ammâ man az sâ'at-e hasht dar dâneshgâh hastam.

A few pronunciation notes:

• کلاس = kelâs
• ساعتِ نه = sâ'at-e noh
• شروع = shoru'
• می‌شود = mi-shavad
• دانشگاه = dâneshgâh
• هستم = hastam

In everyday spoken Persian, می‌شود is often pronounced more like mishe.

Because Persian normally follows Subject–Object/Other elements–Verb word order.

So:

• کلاس ساعت نه شروع می‌شود literally follows the pattern Class + at nine + starts
• من از ساعت هشت در دانشگاه هستم literally follows I + since eight + at the university + am

This verb-final pattern is one of the most important differences from English.

Here ساعت means o'clock / hour / time on the clock, depending on context.

So:

• ساعت نه = nine o'clock
• از ساعت هشت = from eight o'clock / since eight o'clock

Persian often uses ساعت + number where English would simply say at nine or since eight.

In Persian, clock times often appear without a separate preposition.

So کلاس ساعت نه شروع می‌شود is a normal way to say The class starts at nine.

Persian can sometimes use other expressions for emphasis or formality, but in everyday usage, just saying ساعت نه is very common.

Yes. In pronunciation, there is usually an ezafe after ساعت:

• ساعتِ نه = sâ'at-e noh
• ساعتِ هشت = sâ'at-e hasht

That little -e sound is usually not written in normal Persian spelling, but it is understood and pronounced.

So a learner may see ساعت نه but hear sâ'at-e noh.

It looks a bit like a passive form, but here it functions as a very common verb meaning begins / starts.

The expression is:

• شروع شدن = to begin / to get started

So:

• کلاس شروع می‌شود = The class starts

Compare that with a transitive idea:

• استاد کلاس را شروع می‌کند = The professor starts the class

So in your sentence, the class is simply beginning, not being described in a strongly passive English sense.

اما means but / however.

It connects the two clauses:

• the class starts at nine
• but the speaker is already at the university from eight

Yes, it can often be replaced in everyday speech by ولی, which is very common and more conversational.

So a more colloquial version might use:

• ولی instead of اما

از means from, and in this sentence it gives a starting point in time:

• از ساعت هشت = from eight o'clock / since eight o'clock

Because there is no end time mentioned, English often translates this more naturally as since eight.

If Persian wanted to show both start and end points, it could say:

• از ساعت هشت تا نه = from eight to nine

This is an important difference between Persian and English.

Persian says:

• من از ساعت هشت در دانشگاه هستم

Word-for-word, that is something like:

• I from eight at the university am

But natural English usually says:

• I have been at the university since eight

So Persian often uses a present form like هستم where English prefers the present perfect if the situation started earlier and is still true now.

در literally means in, but in many contexts it can also correspond to English at.

So:

• در دانشگاه هستم can mean I am at the university
• depending on context, it can also feel like I am in the university

In this sentence, English naturally uses at the university.

Persian does not have a definite article like English the.

So:

• کلاس can mean class or the class
• دانشگاه can mean university or the university

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why learners should not expect a separate word corresponding to English the in every sentence.

Not automatically, but context usually makes it clear.

In a sentence about class and arriving at the university, ساعت نه and ساعت هشت will normally be understood as morning times unless something else is said.

If Persian wants to be explicit, it can add words like:

• صبح = in the morning
• شب = at night / in the evening

For example:

• ساعت نه صبح = 9 a.m.

Both spellings may be seen, but the more standard modern spelling is:

• می‌شود

This uses the verbal prefix می plus the verb شود.

In less careful writing, many people write:

• میشود

Learners should recognize both, but it is good to learn the standard form می‌شود.