AboutBehzad Expertise I can answer questions about the usage and meaning of Persian words, proverbs, and idioms asked in Persian or English. Controversial grammatical issues are beyond my knowledge. In addition, I cannot corroborate my answer to a question about newly coined slang words.
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Experience Persian language is my mother tongue; however, my knowledge is remarkably more than a mere native speaker.
We are visiting our son Ozan in the UK and I have no access to any dictionary with pronunciation. Please could you give me the pronunciation of the following words:
مطمئنم
(as in “I’m sure” – I think the final م is for “-am” i.e “I’m”.)
جوش (does this mean “boiling”? – perhaps a:b-e ju:sh, boiling water?)
استخر (swimming pool)
واقعً
(I think it means “truly”)
All the best and many thanks,
Simon
Answer Hello Simon,
Sorry for my late reply. I did not expect that I would not have access to the internet during my vacation.
To show the pronunciations more clearly, syllables are separated by a space between them.
مطمئنم= I am sure (mot ma e nam) (-am is not pronounced like I’m)
جوش= 1-boil 2-weld 3-pimple (ju:sh) and as you said, a:b-e ju:sh = boiling water
استخر= pool (es takhr)
واقعاً= truly, really (va: ghe an)
واقعاً متأسفم که دیر جواب دادم.
