Word
آن حیاط است.
Meaning
That is a yard.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about آن حیاط است.
Does آن change if we are talking about a feminine or masculine noun?
No. Farsi does not have grammatical gender, so you use آن for "that" regardless of whether the English equivalent is masculine, feminine, or neuter.
The English translation says "a yard," but there is no word for "a" in the Farsi sentence. Why?
In Farsi, a bare singular noun like حیاط naturally translates to a noun with "a" or "an" in English. You do not need a separate word for "a" in a simple descriptive sentence like this.
Why is the word for "is" (است) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences almost always place the verb at the very end. The literal word order you are reading here is "That yard is."
If I wanted to say "This is a yard" instead of "That is a yard," what would change?
You would simply replace آن with این. The word این means "this," and it functions exactly the same way. The new sentence would be این حیاط است.