dāshtan [داشتن]

پنج سالم بود که مادرم مرد. ده سال داشتم که پدرم مرد. در سن ۱۲ سالگی شروع کردم به کار. و حالا که پنجاه سالمه برای خودم کسی هستم.

panj sālam bud ke mādar-am mord. dah sāl dāshtam ke pedar-am mord. dar sen-e davāzdah sālegi shoru kardam be kār va hālā ke panjāh sālam-e barāy-e khodam kasi hastam.

I was 5 years old when my mother died. I was 10 when my father died. I started working when I was 12. And now that I am 50, I am somebody. (Submitted by Monica on Apr 3, 2010)

This example is in Spoken style. See other verbs of this sentence: budan, kardan, dāshtan, mordan, shoru` kardan, sāl dāshtan, sāl budan