منتظر ... بودن
Persian
Verb
منتظر ... بودن • (montazer-e ... budan)
- to be waiting for
- منتظر تو هستم.
- Montazér-e to hastam. (more literary)
- منتظرتم.
- Montazéretam. (most colloquial)
- I'm waiting for you.
- Montazéretam. (most colloquial)
- منتظر تو هستم.
Usage notes
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:
short forms of منتظر بودن
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| first person (I am waiting/we are waiting) | منتظرم (montazeram) | منتظریم (montazerim) |
| second person (you are waiting) | منتظری (montazeri) | منتظرید (montazerid) montazerin (colloquial) |
| third person (he, she, it is waiting / they are waiting) | منتظر است (montazer ast) montazere (colloquial) | منتظرند (montazerand) montazeran (colloquial) |
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.
منتظرم (montazeram) with short forms of بودن
| infinitive | منتظرم بودن (montazeram budan) — to be waiting for me | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| second person | منتظرمی (montazerami) | منتظرمید (montazeramid) montazeramin (colloquial) |
| you are waiting for me | you are waiting for me | |
| third person | منتظرم است (montazeram ast) montazerame (colloquial) | منتظرمند (montazeramand) montazeraman (colloquial) |
| he/she is waiting me | they are waiting for me | |
منتظرت (montazerat) with short forms of بودن
| infinitive | منتظرت بودن (montazerat budan) — to be waiting for you (singular familiar) | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| first person | منتظرتم (montazeratam) montazeretam (colloquial) | منتظرتیم (montazeratim) montazeretim (colloquial) |
| I am waiting for you | we are waiting for you | |
| third person | منتظرت است (montazerat ast) montazerete (colloquial) | منتظرتند (montazeratand) montazeretan (colloquial) |
| he/she is waiting for you | they are waiting for you | |
منتظرش (montazeraš) with short forms of بودن
| infinitive | منتظرش بودن (montazereš budan) — to be waiting for him/her | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| first person | منتظرشم (montazerašam) montazerešam (colloquial) | منتظرشیم (montazerašim) montazerešim (colloquial) |
| I am waiting for him/her | we are waiting for him/her | |
| second person | منتظرشی (montazeraši) montazereši (colloquial) | منتظرشید (montazerašid) montazerešin (colloquial) |
| you are waiting for him/her | you are waiting for him/her | |
| third person | منتظرش است (montazeraš ast) montazereše (colloquial) | منتظرشند (montazerašand) montazerešan (colloquial) |
| he/she is waiting for him/her | they are waiting for him/her | |
منتظرمان (montazeremân) with short forms of بودن
| infinitive | منتظرمان بودن (montazeremân budan) — to be waiting for us | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| second person | منتظرمانی (montazeremâni) montazeremuni (colloquial) | منتظرمانید (montazeremânid) montazeremunin (colloquial) |
| you are waiting for us | you are waiting for us | |
| third person | منتظرمان است (montazeremân ast) montazeremune (colloquial) | منتظرمانند (montazeremânand) montazeremunan (colloquial) |
| he/she is waiting for us | they are waiting for us | |
منتظرتان (montazeretân) with short forms of بودن
| infinitive | منتظرتان بودن (montazeretân budan) — to be waiting for you (polite, or plural) | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| first person | منتظرتانم (montazeretânam) montazeretunam (colloquial) | منتظرتانیم (montazeretânim) montazeretunim (colloquial) |
| I am waiting for you | we are waiting for you | |
| third person | منتظرتان است (montazeretân ast) montazeretune (colloquial) | منتظرتانند (montazeretânand) montazeretunan (colloquial) |
| he/she is waiting for you | they are waiting for you | |
منتظرشان (montazerešân) with short forms of بودن
| infinitive | منتظرشان بودن (montazerešân budan) — to be waiting for them | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| first person | منتظرشانم (montazerešânam) montazerešunam (colloquial) | منتظرشانیم (montazerešânim) montazerešunim (colloquial) |
| I am waiting them | we are waiting them | |
| second person | منتظرشانی (montazerešâni) montazerešuni (colloquial) | منتظرشانید (montazerešânid) montazerešunin (colloquial) |
| you are waiting them | you are waiting them | |
| third person | منتظرشان است (montazerešân ast) montazerešune (colloquial) | منتظرشانند (montazerešânand) montazerešunan (colloquial) |
| he/she is waiting them | they are waiting them | |
See also
- صبر کردن (sabr kardan)