هستم و خسته‌ام

Other Written Forms of Be

Level 2

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How It Works

Person	Dialogue	With هستم	Short ending
I	خسته استم	خسته هستم	خسته‌ام
you (a friend)	خسته استی	خسته هستی	خسته‌ای
he or she	خسته است	خسته است	خسته است
we	خسته استیم	خسته هستیم	خسته‌ایم
you (polite or plural)	خسته استید	خسته هستید	خسته‌اید
they	خسته استند	خسته هستند	خسته‌اند

After a word that ends in a consonant, the short ending joins it directly: مریضم, شاگردیم. After a silent ه, add a half-space: خسته‌ام. The word for he or she is the plain است.

The short ending goes on the word before it: a noun (شاگردیم), an adjective (خسته‌ام) or a place (در خانه‌ایم). The negative is the same in every set: نیستم.

Examples (5)

من خسته‌ام.
I am tired.
The short ending ـام means am.
تو خسته‌ای؟
Are you tired?
The short ending ـای is for a friend.
ما خوشحالیم.
We are happy.
The short ending ـیم means we are.
شما از کجا هستید؟
Where are you from?
هستید is the written form for شما.
آن‌ها در پارک هستند.
They are in the park.
هستند is the written form for آن‌ها.

Common Mistakes

Adding a second form of be.
من خسته‌ام استم.
من خسته‌ام.
خسته‌ام already means I am tired. In dialogue, say من خسته استم.
Writing the short ending as a separate word.
من خسته ام.
من خسته‌ام.
After a silent ه, the ending joins the word with a half-space, never a full space: خسته‌ام.

How It Connects

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هستم و خسته‌امLevel 2Other Written Forms of Be

Learn This First

هستم … هستند and the short endings mean the same as استم …, so the first forms of be come first.

استم، استی، است، استیم، استید، استندPresent Forms of Be
Know the first forms of be, because هستم and the short endings mean the same as استم.
Level 1

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