منتظر ... بودن

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Persian[edit]

Verb[edit]

منتظر ... بودن (montazer-e ... budan)

  1. to be waiting for
    منتظر تو هستم.
    Montazer-e to hastam. (more literary)
    منتظرتم.
    Montazeretam. (most colloquial)
    I'm waiting for you.

Usage notes[edit]

The object is expressed through possession by منتظر (montazer, waiting), it can be inflected in several different ways.

To begin, the basic short forms of the verb are:

Frequently, the منتظر (montazer, waiting) use personal pronominal suffixes. The resulting forms are:

    Possessive forms of منتظر ... بودن (montazer)
singular plural
1st person
(“my, our”)
منتظرم
(montazeram)
منتظرمان
(montazeremân)
[Term?]
(montazeremun)
2nd person
(“your”)
منتظرت
(montazerat)
[Term?]
(montazeret)
منتظرتان
(montazeretân)
[Term?]
(montazeretun)
3rd person
(“his, her, its, their”)
منتظرش
(montazeraš)
[Term?]
(montazereš)
منتظرشان
(montazerešân)
[Term?]
(montazerešun)
Colloquial.

Below is a complete set of the above pronominally inflected forms with the short forms of بودن. Note that a number of forms (such as منتظرمیم (montazeramim, we are waiting for me) and منتظرتانی (montazeretâni, you (singular) are waiting for you (plural))) would be semantically odd and are not included below.

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