Now we are going to talk about endings in Persian. When they have the function
to be attached to a preposition and form a prepositional phrase. So the
first function that we talked about was possessive adjectives. The
other one was to be objective when they are attached to a verb, and now they are
being attached to a preposition. For example, let's look at some examples:
In Farsi, we say "به او گفتم". I told him or her. But literally, we say I
told to him. We use a preposition in Farsi. Now if we want to use the
colloquial form, which is using these endings and attaching them to the
preposition. Our proposition is this one. So we say
بهش گفتم.
Using "ش" in the place of "او". So "بهش گفتم". I told him or her. We
use a prepositional phrase in Farsi. It's it's not the same as English. In English,
you use an objective pronoun. But here we use a prepositional phrase. I told to him,
or to her. Let's look at another example:
از او پرسیدم.
So I asked, literally,
from him, or her. I asked from him or her. Now if we want to use the colloquial
form, which is using the endings and attaching them or attaching, for example,
in this case "ش" to the preposition, we say
ازش پرسیدم
I asked from him or her. So "ش" came in the place of "او" here.
So "ش" came in the place of "او" and together they formed the prepositional
phrase. Here we have the prepositional phrase. Let's look at another
example:
برای او خریدم.
I bought for him or her. You can say, instead of him, you can use "آن ها", for them.
برای آن ها خریدم: I bought for them
Now if want to use the colloquial form. We replace this one with one of
these endings, and a prepositional phrase. Here so we say
برایشان خریدم
So "برایشان" changes to "برایش".
So here we have the prepositional phrase and here, instead of "آن ها", we use "شان".
م، ت، ش. مان، تان، شان.
It were "ما", it becomes "مان".
If it were you plural, we use "تان" and four "آن ها", we use "شان". It is important
to know that this structure is just using colloquial Persian. It's not
used in written form or any formal writing. That was the lesson on the
endings. When they are attached to a preposition, and forming a prepositional phrase.
So instead of saying "به او گفتم"
we say "بهش گفتم."
از او پرسیدم، ازش پرسیدم.
برای آنها خریدم، برایشان خریدم.
So "آنها" was replaced by "شان".