Editing Tajik language (section)

==Grammar==
{{Main|Tajik grammar}}
The word order of Tajiki Persian is [[subject–object–verb]]. Tajik Persian grammar is similar to the classical Persian grammar (and the grammar of modern varieties such as Iranian Persian).<ref>Perry, J. R. 2005</ref> The most notable difference between classical Persian grammar and Tajik Persian grammar is the construction of the present progressive tense in each language. In Tajik, the present progressive form consists of a present progressive participle, from the verb истодан, ''istodan'', 'to stand' and a cliticised form of the verb -acт, ''-ast'', 'to be'.<ref name=Ido />

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|Ман мактуб навишта истода-ам
|man maktub navišta istoda-am
|I letter write be
|'I am writing a letter.'}}

In Iranian Persian, the present progressive form consists of the verb دار, ''dār'', 'to have' followed by a conjugated verb in either the simple present tense, the habitual past tense or the habitual past perfect tense.<ref>Windfuhr, Gernot. Persian Grammar: History and State of Its Study. De Gruyter, 1979. Trends in Linguistics. State-Of-The-Art Reports.</ref>

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|من دارم کار می‌کنم
|man dār-am kār mi:-kon-am
|I have work do
|'I am working.'}}

===Nouns===
Nouns are not marked for [[grammatical gender]], although they are marked for number.

Two forms of number exist in Tajik, singular and plural. The plural is marked by either the suffix {{lang|tg|-ҳо}} {{Transliteration|tg|-ho}} or {{lang|tg|-он}} {{Transliteration|tg|-on}} (with contextual variants {{lang|tg|-ён}} {{Transliteration|tg|-yon}} and {{lang|tg|-гон}} {{Transliteration|tg|-gon}}), although Arabic loan words may use Arabic forms. There is no definite article, but the indefinite article exists in the form of the number "one" {{lang|tg|як}} {{Transliteration|tg|yak}} and {{lang|tg|-е}} {{Transliteration|tg|-e}}, the first positioned before the noun and the second joining the noun as a suffix. When a noun is used as a [[direct object]], it is marked by the suffix {{lang|tg|-ро}} {{Transliteration|tg|-ro}}, e.g., {{lang|tg|Рустамро задам}} {{Transliteration|tg|Rustam-ro zadam}} {{gloss|I hit Rustam}}. This direct object suffix is added to the word after any plural suffixes. The form {{lang|tg|-ро}} can be literary or formal. In older forms of the Persian language, {{lang|tg|-ро}} could indicate both direct and indirect objects and some phrases used in modern [[Persian language|Persian]] and Tajik have maintained this suffix on indirect objects, as seen in the following example: {{lang|tg|Худоро шукр}} {{Transliteration|tg|Xudo-ro šukr}} {{gloss|Thank God}}). Modern [[Persian language|Persian]] does not use the direct object marker as a suffix on the noun, but rather, as a stand-alone [[morpheme]].<ref name="Khojayori, Nasrullo 2009"/>

===Prepositions===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Simple prepositions
|-
! Tajik !! English
|-
| {{lang|tg|аз}} ({{Transliteration|tg|az}}) || from, through, across
|-
| {{lang|tg|ба}} ({{Transliteration|tg|ba}}) || to
|-
| {{lang|tg|бар}} ({{Transliteration|tg|bar}}) || on, upon, onto
|-
| {{lang|tg|бе}} ({{Transliteration|tg|be}}) || without
|-
| {{lang|tg|бо}} ({{Transliteration|tg|bo}}) || with
|-
| {{lang|tg|дар}} ({{Transliteration|tg|dar}}) || at, in
|-
| {{lang|tg|то}} ({{Transliteration|tg|to}}) || up to, as far as, until
|-
| {{lang|tg|чун}} ({{Transliteration|tg|čun}}) || like, as
|}