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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Farsi. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: دیدن dy̰dn |
To write: نوشتن nwsẖtn |
To love: دوست داشتن dwst dạsẖtn |
To give: دادن dạdn |
| To play: بازی کردن bạzy̰ ḵrdn |
To read: خواندن kẖwạndn |
To understand: فهمیدن fhmy̰dn |
To have: داشتن dạsẖtn |
| To know: دانستن dạnstn |
To learn: یاد گرفتن y̰ạd grftn |
To think: فکر کردن fḵr ḵrdn |
To work: کار کردن ḵạr ḵrdn |
| To speak: صحبت کردن ṣḥbt ḵrdn |
To drive: رانندگی کردن rạnndgy̰ ḵrdn |
To smile: لبخند زدن lbkẖnd zdn |
To find: پیدا کردن py̰dạ ḵrdn |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: من تو را دیدم mn tw rạ dy̰dm |
I wrote with a pen: با یک خودکار می‌نوشتم bạ y̰ḵ kẖwdḵạr my̰nwsẖtm |
| You loved apples: تو سیب دوست داشتی tw sy̰b dwst dạsẖty̰ |
You gave money: تو پول دادی tw pwl dạdy̰ |
| You played tennis: تو تنیس بازی کردی tw tny̰s bạzy̰ ḵrdy̰ |
He read (past) a book: او کتابی را خواند ạw ḵtạby̰ rạ kẖwạnd |
| He understood me: او من را درک می‌کرد ạw mn rạ drḵ my̰ḵrd |
She had a cat: او گربه‌ای داشت ạw grbhạy̰ dạsẖt |
| She knew my friend: او دوست من را می‌شناخت ạw dwst mn rạ my̰sẖnạkẖt |
We wanted to learn: ما می‌خواستیم یاد بگیریم mạ my̰kẖwạsty̰m y̰ạd bgy̰ry̰m |
| We thought Spanish is easy: ما فکر می‌کردیم اسپانیولی آسان است mạ fḵr my̰ḵrdy̰m ạspạny̰wly̰ ậsạn ạst |
You (plural) worked here: شما اینجا کار می‌کردید sẖmạ ạy̰njạ ḵạr my̰ḵrdy̰d |
| You (plural) spoke French: شما فرانسه صحبت می‌کردید sẖmạ frạnsh ṣḥbt my̰ḵrdy̰d |
They drove a car: آن‌ها ماشینی را می‌راندند ậnhạ mạsẖy̰ny̰ rạ my̰rạndnd |
| They smiled: آن‌ها لبخند می‌زدند ậnhạ lbkẖnd my̰zdnd |
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