Emotion and Mind
توانستن
/ tavânestan /
verb · to be able (modal)
Say itta-vâ-nes-TAN
Meaning
معنی۱
Spoken Tehrani contracts mitavânam to mitunam, and nemitavânam to nemitunam. You will hear "mitunam beram?" (can I go?) constantly in shops and taxis. The full tavânestan form is reserved for writing and formal speech.
In a sentence
مثالمیتوانم
mitavânam
I can
نمیتوانم بیایم
nemitavânam biyâyam
I can't come
میتوانی کمک کنی؟
mitavâni komak koni?
Can you help?
میتوانیم برویم
mitavânim beravim
We can go
In its constellation
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توانستنtavânestan
keeps company with ۲ words