✅ Present Perfect Tense
Persian: گذشته نقلی
Finglish: Gozashte-ye Naqli
💡 Meaning & Use
Used for actions that are:
- Recently completed, OR
- Still relevant to the present
🔹 Like in English:
- I have gone.
- She has eaten.
- We have finished our work.
🔧 Structure
[Past Participle] + [Present form of بودن (to be)]
Details:
- Past Participle = past stem + “ـه”
- Present form of بودن (to be) = هستم / هستی / هست / هستیم / هستید / هستند In conversation, “هست” is often dropped.
📘 Example 1: رفتن (raftan = to go)
| Subject | Persian | Finglish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| من | رفتهام | rafte-am | I have gone |
| تو | رفتهای | rafte-i | You have gone |
| او | رفته است / رفتهس | rafte ast / rafte-s | He/She has gone |
| ما | رفتهایم | rafte-im | We have gone |
| شما | رفتهاید | rafte-id | You (pl.) have gone |
| آنها | رفتهاند | rafte-and | They have gone |
📘 Example 2: دیدن (didan = to see)
| Subject | Persian | Finglish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| من | دیدهام | dide-am | I have seen |
| تو | دیدهای | dide-i | You have seen |
| او | دیده است / دیدهس | dide ast / dide-s | He/She has seen |
| ما | دیدهایم | dide-im | We have seen |
| شما | دیدهاید | dide-id | You (pl.) have seen |
| آنها | دیدهاند | dide-and | They have seen |
🧠 Tips for Learners
- Very common in formal writing, news, and daily conversations.
- Often used with time expressions like:
| Persian | Finglish | English |
|---|---|---|
| تا حالا | tā hālā | so far |
| تاکنون | tā konun | until now |
| اخیراً | akhiran | recently |
| هنوز | hanooz | still / yet |
| همیشه | hamishe | always |
📝 Sample Sentences
- تا حالا این فیلم را دیدهام.
Tā hālā in film rā dide-am.
➤ I have seen this movie before. - او به مدرسه رفته است.
U be madrese rafte ast.
➤ He/She has gone to school. - ما کارمان را تمام کردهایم.
Mā kāramān rā tamām karde-im.
➤ We have finished our work.