Ezafe After a Vowel

Level 2

پایِ من and مویِ من use a linking ye after a vowel. خانهٔ من also has the spoken connector ye.

How It Works

BaseLinked phraseReading
پاپایِ منpā-ye man
مومویِ منmu-ye man
خانهخانهٔ منxāne-ye man

After پا or مو, write the linking ی before the next word. A teaching kasra may clarify the following e but ordinary text often leaves it out.

After final ه that writes /e/, you will meet خانهٔ من, خانۀ من and خانه‌ی من. They represent the same linker in this phrase, although publications follow their own spelling conventions. Keep one chosen convention consistent rather than marking the other familiar notation as a grammar error.

A word ending in pronounced /h/, such as ماه, is consonant-final: ماهِ بعد uses the ordinary -e connector. Do not decide from the letter ه alone.

After final ی representing /i/, ordinary spelling often leaves the linking pronunciation unwritten, as in صندلیِ من. Learn the actual word and phrase.

Examples (5)

  1. پایِ من

    my foot; my leg

    پا + linking ی gives pā-ye man.

  2. مویِ سارا

    Sara’s hair

    مو takes the linking y before e.

  3. خانهٔ ما

    our home

    Final ه writes /e/; the marked ezafe is pronounced ye.

  4. ماهِ بعد

    next month

    The final ه is the consonant h, so the connector is ordinary -e.

  5. صندلیِ من

    my chair

    The noun’s final ی represents /i/; the connector follows in pronunciation.

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Ezafe After a VowelLevel 2

Learn This First

Read the final sound of the noun before choosing its ezafe form, and recognize established ways to write the link after final /e/.

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Patterns that build on this one.