{"id":47,"date":"2008-06-26T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2017-01-30T14:06:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T20:06:56","slug":"prepositions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/prepositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepositions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Persian, prepositions<\/strong> precede the indirect object of the sentence, while the direct object is always followed by \u0631\u0627 ra<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
from, of<\/td>\naz<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_01]\u0627\u0632[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
with<\/td>\nb\u0101<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_02]\u0628\u0627[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
above, over<\/td>\nbar<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_03]\u0628\u064e\u0631[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
to, towards<\/td>\nbe<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_04]\u0628\u0647[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in, into, at, inside, over at<\/td>\ndar<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_05]\u062f\u064e\u0631[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
colloquial, in, inside<\/td>\ntoy-e<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_06](\u062a\u0648\u06cc)[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
for<\/td>\nbar\u0101y-e<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_07]\u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
on, over, on top of<\/td>\nruy-e<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_08]\u0631\u0648\u06cc[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
colloquial, on, over, on top of<\/td>\nru<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_09](\u0631\u0648)[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
under, underneath<\/td>\nzir<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_10]\u0632\u06cc\u0631[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
over, on top of, above<\/td>\nb\u0101l\u0101y-e<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_11]\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627\u06cc[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
until, till, so that, up to, as far as<\/td>\nt\u0101<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_12]\u062a\u0627[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
after(wards)<\/td>\nba’d az<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_13]\u0628\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0632[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
before<\/td>\nqabl az<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_14]\u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0632[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
except<\/td>\nqeer az<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_15]\u063a\u06cc\u0631 \u0627\u0632[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
about, regarding, concerning<\/td>\nr\u0101je’ be<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_16]\u0631\u0627\u062c\u0639 \u0628\u0647[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
about, regarding, concerning<\/td>\ndar b\u0101rey-e<\/em><\/td>\n[tag resources prepositions_17]\u062f\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0647 \u06cc[\/tag]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Some More Examples:<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0648 \u0627\u0632 \u0645\u062f\u0631\u0633\u0647 \u0628\u0647 \u062e\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0622\u0645\u062f
\n u az madrese be x\u0101ne \u0101mad<\/em>
\n“He came home from school.”
\n\u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0627 \u067e\u062f\u0631\u0645 \u0628\u0647 \u062e\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0631\u0641\u062a\u0645
\nman b\u0101 pedaram be x\u0101ne raftam<\/em>
\n“I went home with my father.”
\n\u0645\u0627\u062f\u0631\u0634 \u062f\u0631 \u062e\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u0628\u0648\u062f
\nm\u0101dara\u0161 dar x\u0101ne bud<\/em>
\n“His\/her mother was home.”
\n\u0645\u0646 \u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u0648 \u06cc\u06a9 \u06a9\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u062e\u0631\u06cc\u062f\u0645
\nman bar\u0101y-e u yek ket\u0101b xaridam<\/em>
\n“I bought him\/her a book.”
\n\u0645\u062f\u0627\u062f \u0631\u0648\u06cc \u062a\u0644\u0648\u06cc\u0632\u06cc\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a
\nmad\u0101d ruy-e televizyon ast<\/em>
\n“The pencil is on the television.”
\n\u062f\u0641\u062a\u0631\u062a \u0632\u06cc\u0631 \u0645\u06cc\u0632 \u0627\u0633\u062a
\ndaftarat ruy-e miz ast<\/em>
\n“Your notebook is under\u00a0the table.”
\n\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u06cc\u0646\u062c\u0627 \u062a\u0627 \u0622\u0646\u062c\u0627
\naz inj\u0101 t\u0101 \u0101nj\u0101<\/em>
\n“From here to over there.”
\n\u0622\u0646 \u06af\u0644 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u0633\u062a
\n\u0101n gol b\u0101l\u0101y-e dar ast<\/em>
\n“That flower is on top of the door.”
\n\u0627\u0648 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0632 \u062a\u0648 \u0622\u0645\u062f
\nu ba’d az to \u0101mad<\/em>
\n“He\/she came after you did.”
\n\u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0648 \u0631\u0641\u062a\u0645
\nman qabl az u raftam<\/em>
\n“I went before him\/her.”
\n\u0647\u0645\u0647 \u063a\u06cc\u0631 \u0627\u0632 \u062c\u0645\u0634\u06cc\u062f \u0631\u0641\u062a\u0646\u062f
\nhame \u03b3eyr az jam\u0161id raftand<\/em>
\n“They all left except for Jamshid.”
\n\u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0631\u0627\u062c\u0639 \u0628\u0647 \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a
\nin ket\u0101b r\u0101je’ be ir\u0101n ast<\/em>
\n“This book is about Iran.”
\n\u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u06a9\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u062f\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0647\u200c\u06cc \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u062a
\nin ket\u0101b dar b\u0101rey-e ir\u0101n ast<\/em>
\n“This book is about Iran.”<\/h5>\n

As we can see, some of these prepositions take the ez\u0101fe<\/em><\/a> construction, such as \u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc, \u0631\u0648\u06cc, \u0632\u06cc\u0631, and \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627\u06cc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Persian, prepositions precede the indirect object of the sentence, while the direct object is always followed by \u0631\u0627 ra: from, of az [tag resources prepositions_01]\u0627\u0632[\/tag] with b\u0101 [tag resources prepositions_02]\u0628\u0627[\/tag] above, over bar [tag resources prepositions_03]\u0628\u064e\u0631[\/tag] to, towards be [tag resources prepositions_04]\u0628\u0647[\/tag] in, into, at, inside, over at dar [tag resources prepositions_05]\u062f\u064e\u0631[\/tag] colloquial, in, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4527,"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/4527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/persian_online_resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}