It's your dad in Persian (Farsi): Babat-e

Babat-e in a sentence

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

1. Mamanet-e? Babat-e?

   Is that your mom? Is that your dad?

   Module 4, lesson 4

2. Babat-e?

   Is that your dad?

   Module 4, lesson 4

3. Som, your friend

   Kiye? Babat-e? Mamanet-e?

   Who is it? Your dad? Your mom?

   Module 9, lesson 1

4. Kiye? Babat-e?

   Who is it? Is it your dad?

   Module 13, lesson 4

What Babat-e is made of

• babadad
• +-tyour
• +-eis

Babat-e is three pieces: baba (dad), -t (your) and -e (is).

The ending -et is taught in Module 4, lesson 4: Your mom? Your dad?

The ending -e / -st is taught in Module 1, lesson 2: What's your name?

When to say Babat-e

Ask about a photo: Babat-e? The answer: Baleh, babam-e.

More about Babat-e

Babat-e means is it your dad. It is baba (dad), -t (your) and -e (is); after a vowel the your ending is the short -t. Ask about a photo: Babat-e? The answer is Baleh, babam-e. In the course it is often the second half of a pair, as in Mamanet-e? Babat-e?, where someone checks two parents one after the other. It is taught in Module 4, lesson 4, in the lesson called Your mom? Your dad? Hearing the -t at the end tells you a question about you is coming.

Questions people ask about Babat-e