🎯 Goals
- Learn how to form and use the future tense in Persian.
- Talk about future plans.
- Express what you want or need.
- Complete the Persian alphabet.
🔮 Future Tense
Forming the future tense:
In spoken Persian, future tense is often expressed with:
می‌خوام + verb in infinitive
(Even though a formal future tense exists, the spoken form is more common.)
Examples:
- I will go → می‌خوام برم (mikhâm beram)
- He will work → می‌خواد کار کنه (mikhâd kâr kone)
Infinitives
They usually end in -ن (like "رفتن", رفتن = to go)
💬 Talking About Plans
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| می‌خوام برم سفر | mikhâm beram safar | I want to go on a trip |
| می‌خوای چی کار کنی؟ | mikhâi chi kâr koni? | What do you want to do? |
| باید مطالعه کنم | bâyad motâle'e konam | I have to study |
| می‌خوام استراحت کنم | mikhâm esterâhat konam | I want to rest |
| کار دارم | kâr dâram | I have work (I'm busy) |
| لازم دارم بخوابم | lâzem dâram bekhâbam | I need to sleep |
🧠 Grammar — Expressing Wants & Needs
**Want** → می‌خوام (mikhâm) + subjunctive
- می‌خوام برم. (I want to go.)
- می‌خوای بخوابی؟ (Do you want to sleep?)
**Need** → لازم دارم (lâzem dâram) + subjunctive
- لازم دارم استراحت کنم. (I need to rest.)
🗣️ Dialogue
👤 A:
برنامه‌ات برای آخر هفته چیه؟
Barnâme-at barâye âkhare hafte chiye?
(What’s your plan for the weekend?)
👤 B:
می‌خوام برم کوه. تو چی؟
Mikhâm beram kuh. To chi?
(I want to go hiking. What about you?)
👤 A:
من باید مطالعه کنم. امتحان دارم.
Man bâyad motâle’e konam. Emtehân dâram.
(I have to study. I have an exam.)
👤 B:
موفق باشی!
Movaffagh bâshi!
(Good luck!)
📝 Vocabulary Review
| Persian | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| برنامه | barnâme | plan |
| سفر | safar | trip/travel |
| استراحت | esterâhat | rest |
| مطالعه | motâle’e | study/reading |
| امتحان | emtehân | exam |
| موفق باشی | movaffagh bâshi | good luck |
🧪 Exercise
Translate into Persian:
- I want to sleep.
- Do you want to go to the park?
- I have to study today.
- He wants to rest.
- I need to read a book.
Answers:
- می‌خوام بخوابم. — Mikhâm bekhâbam.
- می‌خوای بری پارک؟ — Mikhâi beri pârk?
- باید امروز مطالعه کنم. — Bâyad emruz motâle’e konam.
- می‌خواد استراحت کنه. — Mikhâd esterâhat kone.
- لازم دارم کتاب بخونم. — Lâzem dâram ketâb bekhunam.