ترجیح دادن

Persian

Pronunciation

Verb

تَرجیح دادَن • (tarjih dâdan)

  1. to prefer; would rather...
    Synonym: برتری دادن (bartari dâdan)
    این کتاب‌های جدید را ترجیح می‌دهم. فکر می‌کنم از بقیه جالب‌ترند.
    in ketâb-hâ-ye jadid râ tarjih mi-deham. fekr mi-konam as baqiye jâleb-tar-and.
    I prefer these new books. I think they are more interesting than the others.
    کتاب‌های علمی را معمولاً بر کتاب‌های داستانی ترجیح می‌دهند.
    ketâb-hâ-ye 'elmi râ ma'mulan bar ketâb-hâ-ye dâstâni tarjih mi-dehand.
    They usually prefer science books to fiction books.
    مهدی چایی رو به قهوه ترجیح می‌ده. (colloquial Tehrani)
    mahdi čâyi ro be qahve tarjih mi-de.
    Mahdi prefers tea to coffee.
    ترجیح می‌دم برم تهرون تا شیراز. (colloquial Tehrani)
    tarjih mi-dam beram tehrun tâ širâz.
    I’d rather go to Tehran than Shiraz.

Usage notes

  • Use به (be) or, in formal language, بر (bar) as the equivalent of English “to” in “to prefer A to B”.
  • Use تا () or, optionally for clauses that include explicit verbs, تا اینکه (tâ in-ke) as the equivalent of English “than” in “to rather A than B”.

Conjugation

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