Genitive case in Persian phrasebook
In Persian, the genitive case relates two or more words to each other. The genitive case is marked with the enclitic -è (or -yè after vowels). The genitive enclitic is added to all the words that are connected to the head word and complement it. Look at the following examples:
| To designate
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Persian
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English
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Template
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| possession
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pedarè Ali
|
the father of Ali, Ali's father
|
father-è Ali
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| mâdarè man
|
my mother
|
mother-è I
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| payâmbarè Eslâm
|
the prophet of Islam
|
prophet-è Islam
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| nâmè ketâb
|
the name of the book, book's name
|
name-è book
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| attribute
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dustè xub
|
good friend
|
friend-è good
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| Âmrikâyè jonubi
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South America
|
America-yè south(ern)
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| other relations
|
kešvarè Irân
|
the country of Iran
|
country-yè Iran
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| sâlè 2008
|
year 2008
|
year-è 2008
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| bâlâyè miz
|
above table
|
top-è table
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| šomâlè Tehrân
|
north of Tehran
|
north-è Tehran
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