It's your mom in Persian (Farsi): Mamanet-e

Mamanet-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. Mamanet-e?

   Is that your mom?

   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. In kiye? Mamanet-e?

   Who is this? Your mom?

   Module 10, lesson 2

5. In mamanet-e?

   Is this your mom?

   Module 13, lesson 4

What Mamanet-e is made of

• mamanmom
• +-etyour
• +-eis

Mamanet-e is three pieces: maman (mom), -et (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 Mamanet-e

Ask about a photo: Mamanet-e? The answer: Baleh, mamanam-e.

More about Mamanet-e

Mamanet-e means is it your mom. It is maman (mom), -et (your) and -e (is). It is mostly a question about a photo: Mamanet-e? The answer is Baleh, mamanam-e. In the course it often appears in runs like Mamanet-e? Babat-e?, where you check two people one after the other. It is taught in Module 4, lesson 4, in the lesson called Your mom? Your dad? The same line with -am instead of -et is the answer, so this word and Mamanam-e are two halves of one short conversation.

Questions people ask about Mamanet-e