خسته شدن
khaste shodan
to get tired
compound-verbA2
Quick Reference
KHAS-te sho-DAN
to get tired
A2 — Elementary
خسته شدن pronounced by Elyar
What it means
خسته شدن (khaste shodan) means “to get tired” or “to become tired.” It is the intransitive companion to khaste kardan, “to make someone tired.” Khaste shodam means “I got tired.”
How to use it
- خسته شدم (khaste shodam) “I got tired”
- زود خسته میشوی (zud khaste mishavi) “You get tired quickly”
- از این کار خسته شدم (az in kâr khaste shodam) “I got tired of this work”
Compound structure
- Noun-adjective component: خسته (khaste) “tired,” from Pahlavi xast (wounded, fatigued)
- Light verb: شدن (shodan) “to become”
- Together: “to become tired,” inherently intransitive (no direct object)
- Transitive counterpart: خسته کردن (khaste kardan) “to make tired,” with a direct object
- 1sg present: خسته میشوم (khaste mishavam), spoken خسته میشم (khaste misham)
Cultural note
Khaste nabâshid, “may you not be tired,” is the standard Iranian greeting to anyone working: shopkeepers, taxi drivers, your mother in the kitchen. It is the social acknowledgment that effort was spent. The verb khaste shodan also covers “I’m fed up,” as in az hame chiz khaste shodam, “I’m tired of everything.”
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Khaste nabâshid, "may you not be tired," is the standard Iranian greeting to anyone working: shopkeepers, taxi drivers, your mother in the kitchen. It is the social acknowledgment that effort was spent. The verb khaste shodan also covers "I'm fed up," as in az hame chiz khaste shodam, "I'm tired of everything."Compound structure
khaste (tired, Pahlavi xast) + shodan (to become) = "to become tired"; intransitive of khaste kardan ("to make tired")Connected Words