This application is an online conjugator for Persian verbs. To get your verb conjugated, enter its infinitive form into the text box and then, either press the Conjugate button or the Enter key on your keyboard.

Notes

• All parts of a compound verb must be typed separately e.g. bar dâštan (بر داشتن), dust dâštan (دوست داشتن), dast bar dâštan (دست بر داشتن)
• This conjugator is a web application. The information is updated within the same window. Therefore, clicking on the back button of your browser won't take you to previous conjugations.
• To type in verbs, you can use the program's keyboard (especially helpful for Perso-Arabic). Click on Keyboard tab to make it visible. There are also additional keys for frequent endings.

Alphabet

You can input verbs either in Perso-Arabic script (PA) or the following Perso-Latin scheme (PL):

For more information about Persian sounds see this page.

Notes

1 If you can't type directly the following characters, you can type the associated alternative.

2 The xwâ (خوا) of Perso-Arabic is maintained in Perso-Latin. Among other reasons, it keeps the homophone verbs خواستن (to want) and خاستن (to rise) distinguishable. Therefore, you must write خواستن as xwâstan and خاستن as xâstan. Other verbs having xwâ: xwâbidan (خوابیدن), xwândan (خواندن).

Each language has its own nomenclature for tenses, which is deeply rooted in the tenses found in that language and the relation between them. For example, the tense of «I have gone» is called «present perfect» in English, «compound past» in French, «proximate past» in Italian and «narrative past» in Persian. Besides, not all the tenses of a language have an equivalent in another language. For example, English does not have the tense of «rafte bude» and consequently, it can't be named based on English tense terminology. For such reasons, it is a de facto standard to introduce the tenses of a foreign language with their original name. I also follow this standard, both here and in my collection of articles about verb conjugation. However surprisingly, in Persian course/grammar books, this standard is not followed. It can be due to the fact not all the tenses are taught. They usually suffice to the tenses found in the learner's language (that's why some of the tenses presented here might be quite new to you!) and as a result, they can use the same terminology used in the learner's language for naming Persian tenses.

The following table demonstrates the tenses the verbs are conjugated in, along with their literal translation and their equivalent in English or French, if available. Tenses marked in bold are essential and any learner must learn. Progressive (estemrâri) tenses are also essential but only when you are going to learn the spoken language.