Emphatic Demonstrative Pronouns
In Farsi, you already know the demonstratives این (this) and آن (that). To emphasize them, you add the prefix همـ, creating همین (this very/exact) and همان (that very/exact).
To use these emphatic demonstratives independently as pronouns meaning "this very one" or "that exact one," attach the suffix ی. This gives you همینی and همانی.
Pointing Out "The Very One That"
When you want to specify exactly which item or person you mean, you can make these independent pronouns the head of a relative clause. Just follow them with the relative word که (who/that).
- همانی که (the very one who/that)
- همینی که (this very one who/that)
| The cobbler is the very one who sews the bespoke shoe. | کفاش همانی است که کفش سفارشی را میدوزد.kaffâsh hamâni ast ke kafsh-e sefâreshi râ miduzad. |
| This very one that has a metal buckle is shaped on the last by the master. | همینی که سگک فلزی دارد، توسط استاد روی قالب شکل داده میشود.hamini ke sagake felezi dârad, tavassote ostâd ruye qâleb shekl dâde mishavad. |
| This very one who applies shoe polish is a skillful cobbler. | همینی که واکس میزند، کفاش ماهری است.hamini ke vâks mizanad, kaffâsh-e mâheri ast |
Using Emphatic Demonstratives as Direct Objects
If "the exact one" acts as the definite direct object in the main sentence, it must take the direct object marker را. The را is placed right after the pronoun and before که.
- همانی را که (the exact one that...)
- همینی را که (this exact one that...)
| For this pair of shoes, I want exactly the very one that has a short heel. | من برای این جفت کفش، دقیقاً همانی را میخواهم که پاشنهی کوتاه دارد.man barâye in joft-e kafsh, daqiqan hamâni râ mikhâham ke pâshane-ye kutâh dârad. |
| If the shoe is loose, wear this very one that has a thick insole. | اگر کفش گشاد است، همینی را بپوش که کفی ضخیم دارد.agar kafsh goshâd ast, hamini râ bepush ke kafi-ye zakhim dârad. |
| If this pair of shoes is loose, choose the very one that has an insole. | اگر این جفت کفش گشاد است، همانی را انتخاب کن که کفی دارد.agar in joft-e kafsh goshâd ast, hamâni râ entekhâb kon ke kafi dârad. |
Following Prepositions
These independent pronouns function just like regular nouns, meaning they can easily serve as the object of a preposition. Simply place the preposition (like روی، با, or به) directly before the emphatic pronoun.
| It is necessary that the master makes the bespoke shoe on the very one that is the original last. | لازم است که استاد کفش سفارشی را روی همانی بسازد که قالب اصلی است.lâzem ast ke ostâd kafsh sefâreshi râ ru-ye hamâni besâzad ke qâleb asli ast. |
| Perhaps he might polish that pair of shoes with the very one that you bought. | شاید او آن جفت کفش را با همانی که خریدی برق بیندازد.shâyad u ân joft kafsh râ bâ hamâni ke kharidi barq biyandâzad. |
