Everyday Third-Person Present ـه

Everyday Third-Person Present Endings

Level 3

Written می‌خواند often corresponds to everyday می‌خونه. The shorter ending still refers to a third-person singular subject.

How It Works

Written standardCommon everyday IranianMeaning
می‌خواندمی‌خونهreads; is reading
می‌کندمی‌کنهdoes; is doing
می‌رودمی‌رهgoes; is going
دارددارهhas

می‌خونه changes more than its person ending: the familiar spoken stem also differs from written خوان. Treat the whole pair as attested register information.

The spoken ending does not tell you the subject’s gender. سارا می‌خونه and رضا می‌خونه have the same person form. Use the known subject and context in the English translation.

Do not confuse this verb ending with the spoken copula -e in خوبه or with ezafe after a noun. Identify whether the word is a lexical verb, a predicate adjective plus copula, or a connected noun phrase.

This is a common Iranian pattern, not an instruction for formal prose or for every Persian variety. Keep written-standard forms in formal passages.

Examples (4)

  1. سارا کتاب می‌خونه.

    Sara reads books.

    Common everyday third-singular counterpart of می‌خواند.

  2. رضا کار می‌کنه.

    Reza works.

    -e is the spoken third-singular ending of the light verb.

  3. سارا می‌ره.

    Sara is going.

    Common everyday counterpart of می‌رود.

  4. رضا وقت داره.

    Reza has time.

    Common everyday داره corresponds to written دارد.

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Everyday Third-Person Present ـهLevel 3Everyday Third-Person Present Endings

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Read attested everyday third-singular present forms with -e, while keeping their function separate from copula and ezafe sounds.