Case / Suffix Sticker
What sign sticks to the word?
معنا
A visible marker attached to a word that shows role, relation, number, tense, person, case, direction, or other grammatical function.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Look for small endings that change the word's role or meaning.
نمونهها
-s|-ed|-ing|case endings|plural endings
dogs|walked|house's
The teacher corrected the students' essays.
Visual guide
word + suffix sticker --------------------- dog + -s -> dogs walk + -ed -> walked house + 's -> house's ending = grammar signal
Same job, different coding no ending: dog (context) word: plural marker + dog suffix: dog + -s -> dogs many endings can encode: role, number, time, person
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian has limited case-like marking: especially را and many suffixes, not a full case system.
نامه را برای دوستم فرستادم.
letter RA for friend-my sent-I.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Formal MSA has rich suffixal morphology for case, mood, number, gender and agreement.
جاءَ الطالبُ ورأيتُ الطالبَ.
The student came and I saw the student.
Learners may ignore final vowels because they are often not written, then struggle in formal reading.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.