خواهرم گفت که اتاقش آبی است، اما من اتاق سبز را دوست دارم.

خواهرم means my sister.

• خواهر = sister
• -م = my

In Persian, possessive endings are often attached directly to the noun instead of using a separate word like my.

For example:

• برادرم = my brother
• کتابم = my book

So خواهرم گفت literally means my sister said.

اتاقش is made of:

• اتاق = room
• -ش = his / her / its

So اتاقش means his room, her room, or its room, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means her room because the sentence is talking about my sister.

A very important point: Persian does not usually mark gender in pronouns the way English does. So -ش can mean either his or her.

Because Persian often uses attached pronouns instead of separate possessive words.

So instead of saying something like room of her, Persian naturally says:

• اتاقش = her room

This is very common and natural in Persian. English learners often need time to get used to these endings:

• -م = my
• -ت = your
• -ش = his/her/its
• -مان = our
• -تان = your
• -شان = their

که here means that and introduces a reported clause:

• خواهرم گفت که... = My sister said that...

So the structure is:

• خواهرم گفت = my sister said
• که اتاقش آبی است = that her room is blue

In English, that is sometimes optional, and in Persian که can also sometimes be omitted, especially in casual speech. But using it is very normal and clear.

Yes, often it can.

You could also say:

• خواهرم گفت اتاقش آبی است.

This still means My sister said her room is blue.

Using که is very common and often helps make the sentence clearer, especially for learners.

Because آبی is acting as a predicate adjective, not as an adjective directly inside the noun phrase.

Compare these:

• اتاق سبز = green room
  Here سبز directly describes اتاق.

• اتاقش آبی است = her room is blue
  Here آبی is part of the predicate: is blue.

So in اتاقش آبی است, the structure is:

• اتاقش = her room
• آبی = blue
• است = is

That is why it works like Her room is blue, not her blue room.

In Persian, adjectives usually come after the noun, unlike in English.

So:

• اتاق سبز = room green = green room

This is the normal Persian word order for noun + adjective.

More examples:

• کتاب خوب = good book
• ماشین بزرگ = big car

So English learners need to get used to reversing that pattern.

Yes. There is an ezafe sound, usually pronounced -e here.

So اتاق سبز is pronounced approximately:

• otâq-e sabz

Even though that -e is usually not written in normal Persian spelling, it is understood and pronounced.

This ezafe links a noun to:

• an adjective
• another noun
• a possessor

So اتاق سبز is really pronounced as room-e green, even though English would say green room.

را is the direct object marker. It marks a specific direct object.

So in:

• اتاق سبز را دوست دارم

the phrase اتاق سبز را is the object of دوست دارم.

A good rough translation is:

• I like the green room or
• I like that green room

Important points:

• را does not exactly equal English the
• but it often appears with definite or specific objects

In speech, را is often pronounced ro.

So you may hear:

• اتاق سبز رو دوست دارم

Because را comes after the whole direct object phrase, not just after the noun by itself.

The object here is:

• اتاق سبز = green room

So the full marked object is:

• اتاق سبز را

This is similar to how Persian treats the whole noun phrase as one unit.

دوست دارم literally looks like:

• دوست = friend / affection / love
• دارم = I have

But as a set expression, دوست داشتن means to like or to love.

So:

• اتاق سبز را دوست دارم = I like the green room

This is one of the most common ways to say you like something in Persian.

Examples:

• تو را دوست دارم = I love you / I like you
• قهوه دوست دارم = I like coffee
• این کتاب را دوست دارم = I like this book

Yes, دوست دارم already tells you the subject is I, because the verb ending shows first person singular.

So technically, Persian could say:

• اما اتاق سبز را دوست دارم

But من is included here for contrast:

• اما من... = but I...

This is similar to English stress:

• but I like the green room

So من is not required for basic grammar, but it is natural and useful for emphasis.

Because Persian does not always force a strict sequence of tenses the way English sometimes does.

Here:

• گفت = said
• است = is

So the meaning is:

• My sister said that her room is blue

This suggests that the statement is still presented as currently true or still relevant.

If the sentence used بود instead, it would mean:

• her room was blue

So است is used because the speaker is reporting the content as a present fact or claim.

Persian usually follows Subject – Object – Verb order, especially in simple clauses.

Here is the breakdown:

• خواهرم = subject
• گفت = verb
• که اتاقش آبی است = reported clause
• اما من = but I
• اتاق سبز را = object
• دوست دارم = verb

In the last clause:

• من اتاق سبز را دوست دارم literally follows:
• I the green room like

That final-verb pattern is very common in Persian.

A common transliteration is:

• khâharam goft ke otâqash âbi ast, ammâ man otâq-e sabz râ dust dâram.

In more natural spoken Persian, it may sound closer to:

• khâharam goft ke otâqash âbie, ammâ man otâq-e sabz ro dust dâram.

A few spoken changes:

• است often becomes ـه in speech, so آبی است becomes آبیه
• را often sounds like رو

So learners should be ready to see one form in writing and hear a slightly different one in conversation.