Questions & Answers about لطفا صدای موسیقی را کم کن.
How do I pronounce لطفا صدای موسیقی را کم کن?
A careful pronunciation is:
lotfan sedâ-ye musiqi râ kam kon
A few notes:
- لطفا = lotfan
- صدای = sedâ-ye
- موسیقی = musiqi
- را = râ
- کم کن = kam kon
In everyday speech, را often becomes رو, so you may hear:
lotfan sedâ-ye musiqi ro kam kon
What does لطفا do in this sentence?
لطفا means please. It makes the command softer and more polite.
It often comes at the beginning of a sentence, as it does here, but Persian speakers can move it around depending on style and emphasis.
You may also see it written as لطفاً. That is the more formal spelling, but لطفا is very common too.
Why is it صدای موسیقی and not just صدا موسیقی?
This is because of the ezafe linker, a very important Persian grammar feature.
- صدا = sound
- موسیقی = music
- صدای موسیقی = the sound of the music / the music’s sound
The -ye sound connects the two words. Since ends in a vowel sound, the ezafe is written with , giving .