Persian Online – Grammar & Resources

When a word with a final [-e] is followed by any of the personal possessive endings and also by ast ‘is,’ it is assimilated into the following /a/ vowel (which is the initial sound of the personal suffix); for example (note the displacement of the stress):

my house	xāne^\|-am	[tag resources diglossia05001] خانه/خانه ام [/tag]	xuna^\|m	[tag resources diglossia05002]خونه م[/tag]
your child	bačče^\|-at	[tag resources diglossia05003]بچّه/بچّه ات[/tag]	bačč^\|at	[tag resources diglossia05004]بچّه ت[/tag]
his/her maternal aunt	xāle^\|-aš	[tag resources diglossia05005]خاله/خاله اش[/tag]	xāla^\|š	[tag resources diglossia05006]خاله ش[/tag]
our group, team	daste^\|-amān	[tag resources diglossia05007] دسته/ دستا مان[/tag]	dassa^\|mun	[tag resources diglossia05008] دستا مون[/tag]
your package, bundle	baste^\|-atān	[tag resources diglossia05009]بسته/ بسته تان[/tag]	bassa^\|tun	[tag resources diglossia05010]بسه تون[/tag]
their lane, street	kuče^\|-ašān	[tag resources diglossia05011] کوچه/کوچه شان [/tag]	kuča^\|šun	[tag resources diglossia05012]کوچه شون[/tag]
he/she is [at] home	u xāne^\| ast	[tag resources diglossia05013]او خانه است[/tag]	un xuna^\|s	[tag resources diglossia05014]اون خونه ست[/tag]