America in Persian (Farsi): Amrika

Amrika in a sentence

Real lines from the course, said by the people you meet in it.

1. Som, your friend

   Ahle Amrika-m!

   I'm from America!

   Module 2, lesson 3

2. Nommi, your friend

   Salam! Som ahle Amrika-st?

   Hi! Is Som from America?

   Module 2, lesson 10

3. Nommi

   Doostet ahle Amrika-st?

   Your friend is from America?

   Module 4, lesson 6

4. Karan, your friend

   Salam! Doostam ahle Amrika-st.

   Hi! My friend is from America.

   Module 6, lesson 3

5. Karan

   Doostam ahle Amrika-st.

   My friend is from America.

   Module 8, lesson 3

When to say Amrika

It ends in an a, so I am from America is Ahle Amrika-m.

The other endings of Amrika

More about Amrika

Amrika is America, said aam-REE-kaa with the push in the middle. It ends in a, so I am from America is Ahle Amrika-m, with the short ending -m instead of -am. The related forms Amrikam (I'm from America) and Amrikast (he or she is from America) have pages of their own. It is taught in Module 2, lesson 3, in the lesson called America and Canada. You hear it in lines like Ahle Amrika-m! and the question Doostet ahle Amrika-st?, where the place name carries the ending that says who is from there.

Questions people ask about Amrika