خوش آمدن

Persian

Etymology

خوش (xoš, “pleasant, pleasantly”) +‎ آمدن (âmadan, “to come”).

Pronunciation

Verb

خوش آمدن • (xoš âmadan)

1. (impersonal, with از) to like; see Usage notes

   Antonym: بد آمدن (bad âmadan)

   از این کتاب خوشم می‌آید. (more literary) ― az in ketâb xoš-am mi-âyad.

   از این کتاب خوشم می‌آد. (more colloquial) ― az in ketâb xoš-am mi-âd.

   I like this book.

   از فیلم‌های خوب خوشمان می‌آید (more literary) ― az film-hâ-ye xub xoš-emân mi-âyad.

   از فیلم‌های خوب خوشمون می‌آد (more colloquial) ― az film-â-ye xub xoš-emun mi-âd.

   We like good films.

   فاطمه از تو خوشش می‌آید. (more literary) ― fâteme az to xoš-aš mi-âyad.

   فاطمه ازت خوشش می‌آد. (more colloquial) ― fâteme az-et xoš-eš mi-âd.

   Fatima likes you.

Usage notes

As in the examples above, the construction is impersonal. What in English would be the subject of "to like" is introduced with a pronominal enclitic attached to خوش (xoš, “pleasant”), which is analyzed as either the grammatical possessor of the pleasantness or as the indirect object of its coming. What would be the object of "to like" is introduced with the preposition از (az, “from, of”). Hence the construction literally means "one's pleasantness comes from " or "it comes pleasantly from to one".

In order to explicitly state the identity of the person liking it, the noun is introduced as the topic before the verbal construction, which is still marked for the third person. See the example of Fatima above.

Conjugation

خوشم آمدن (xošam âmadan) (for "I like")

خوشت آمدن (xošat âmadan) (for "you like")

خوشش آمدن (xošaš âmadan) (for "he likes" or "she likes")

خوشمان آمدن (xošemân âmadan) (for "we like")

خوشتان آمدن (xošetân âmadan) (for "you (pl) like")

خوششان آمدن (xošešân âmadan) (for "they like")

Related terms

• خوش آمدید (xoš âmadid), خوش اومدین (xoš umadin)
• خوش آمدی (xoš âmadi), خوش اومدی (xoš umadi)