Forming Simple Past Tense Sentences

Salom!  

To form a sentence in Farsi, we need to know what are subject, object and verb. Subject are usually those who perform the verb, while object is the victim of the verb of the subject. Now how do we perceive the sentence in Farsi?

In Farsi sentences, it is arranged as subject + object + verb. For example man der raa bastam من دررابستم. The object in the sentence must be followed by a suffix which is raa را. This is for simple past tense sentence.  

examples
I closed the door - man der raa bastam
You closed the door - tu der raa bastii
He/she closed the door - uu der raa bast
It closed the door - aan der raa baest
We closed the door - maa der raa basteem
You (pl.) closed the door - shomaa der raa basteed
They closed the door - aanhaa der raa bastand, atau eeshaan der raa bastand

Try to substitute the object place of dar (door) with panjereh (window) but don't forget to include the suffix raa.

For verb we might want to substitute the place of bastan بستن (to close) to deedan ديدن (to see) but with the conjugation according to pronouns.

Other nouns for object
Table - ميز meez
Glass - ليوان leevaan
Book - کتاب ketaab

Remember the raa suffix after these objects. How about new verbs?  

To clean - تميزکردن tamiz kardan
To wash - شستن shostan
To open - بازکردن baaz kardan

Gud luck especially to myself ;)

Simple Past Tense Verb

Salom!!!

We learn first two verbs first from this post. And we learn how should we conjugate them. If for spoken Farsi, it is better transcribed in Roman script rather than being read in Perso-Arabic script. Because the way Iranian pronounce vowel "a" is a bit different to other people.

raftan (رفتن) - to go

man reftem (من رفتم) - I went
to refti (تو رفتی) - you went
o reft (او رفت) - he/she went
aan reft (آن رفت) - they went
maa refteem (ما رفتيم) - we went
shoma refteed (شما رفتيد) - you went
aanhaa reftend (انها رفتند) - they went 

neveshtan (نوشتن) - to write
 
man neveshtem (من نوشتم) - I wrote
to neveshti (تو نوشتي) - you wrote
o nevesht (او نوشت) - he/she wrote
aan nevesht (آن نوشت) - it wrote
maa neveshteem (ما نوشتيم) - we wrote
shomaa neveshteed (شما نوشتيد) - you people wrote
aanhaa neveshtend (آنها نوشتند) - they wrote

as a mean of exercise, try to conjugate ourselves these verbs into simple past tense:

1) deedaen (ديدن) - to see
2) baestaen (بستن) - to close
3) shekaestaen (شکستن) - to break