Questions & Answers about آن استاد پیر است.
Is there a connecting vowel (ezafe) between آن (that) and استاد (professor)?
No. Unlike descriptive adjectives that come after a noun and need an ezafe (like استاد پیر for "the old professor"), demonstratives like آن (that) and این (this) always come before the noun and never take an ezafe.
Does the word آن (that) change if the professor is female?
No, Farsi does not have grammatical gender. You use آن (ân) for "that" regardless of whether the person or object is masculine or feminine.
Can I use پیر (pir) to say "that book is old"?
No. In Farsi, پیر (pir) is only used for living things (like people or animals) to mean elderly or aged. If you want to talk about an old object, like a book or a building, you must use the word قدیمی (ghadimi).
Why is the word است (is) at the very end of the sentence?
In Farsi, the verb almost always goes at the very end of the sentence. While in English we say "That professor is old" (Subject-Verb-Adjective), Farsi structures it as: آن استاد (That professor) پیر (old) است (is).
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