ـمان، ـتان، ـشان

Our, Your and Their Endings

Level 2

Use ـتان for a person you call شما, as well as for more than one person.

How It Works

The endings for we, you and they are longer. They all end in ان.

EndingMeaningExample
ـمانourموترمان
ـتانyour (شما)پدرتان
ـشانtheirخانه‌شان

Say them kitābamān, kitābatān and kitābashān. One owner takes ـم, ـت or ـش. More than one owner takes the longer ending. One person you call شما also takes ـتان.

After a silent ه, write a half-space: خانه‌مان, خانه‌تان, خانه‌شان. These endings take no extra ا, which sets them apart from خانه‌ام.

After ها add ی: کتاب‌هایمان (our books).

Family words work the same way: مادرمان (our mother), برادرتان (your brother), خواهرشان (their sister).

A word that ends in م takes a half-space before ـمان, so the two م letters stay apart: معلم‌مان (our teacher).

Use ـتان for a guest or an elder, and ـت for a friend.

Examples (5)

  1. موترمان نو است.

    Our car is new.

    ـمان means our.

  2. پدرتان کجا است؟

    Where is your father?

    ـتان speaks to a person you call شما.

  3. خانه‌شان در پغمان است.

    Their house is in Paghman.

    After a silent ه the ending is ـ‌شان.

  4. معلم‌مان مهربان است.

    Our teacher is kind.

    The half-space keeps the two م letters apart.

  5. کتاب‌هایمان اینجا استند.

    Our books are here.

    After ها the ending is ـ‌هایمان.

Common Mistakes

  • Using ـتان with a close friend.

    کتابتان اینجا است؟
    کتابت اینجا است؟

    A friend you call تو takes ـت. Keep ـتان for شما.

How It Connects

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ـمان، ـتان، ـشانLevel 2Our, Your and Their Endings

Learn This First

These endings are the plural of ـم، ـت and ـش.