نشستن
neshastan
to sit
verbA1
Quick Reference
ne-shas-TAN
to sit
A1 — Absolute Beginner
What it means
نشستن (neshastan) means “to sit” or “to sit down.” The verb has a stem change: present نشین (neshin-), past نشست (neshast-). Foundation A1 vocabulary used in every household greeting.
How to use it
- مینشینم (mineshinam) “I am sitting”
- بنشینید (beneshinid) “Please sit down” (polite)
- روی صندلی نشستم (ruye sandali neshastam) “I sat on the chair”
- کجا بنشینیم؟ (kojâ beneshinim?) “Where should we sit?”
Conjugation
- Infinitive: نشستن (neshastan)
- Present stem: نشین (neshin-)
- Past stem: نشست (neshast-)
- Present 1sg: مینشینم (mineshinam)
- Past 1sg: نشستم (neshastam)
- Subjunctive 1sg: بنشینم (beneshinam)
- Imperative 2sg: بنشین (beneshin)
- Imperative 2pl: بنشینید (beneshinid)
Cultural note
When a guest steps into a Tehrani living room, the host gestures to the couch and says “befarmâyid beneshinid.” In casual speech this softens to “beshin” (sit). At Friday family lunch, the patriarch claims the head spot at the sofreh and everyone else neshast around the spread on the floor.
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When a guest steps into a Tehrani living room, the host gestures to the couch and says "befarmâyid beneshinid." In casual speech this softens to "beshin" (sit). At Friday family lunch, the patriarch claims the head spot at the sofreh and everyone else neshast around the spread on the floor.Connected Words