Questions & Answers about این کارمند گرسنه است.
Does the word in (this) change depending on whether the employee is male or female?
No. Farsi does not have grammatical gender, so the singular demonstrative in (this) stays exactly the same whether you are pointing out a man, a woman, or even a lifeless object.
Do I need to use an ezafe (the short "e" connecting sound) between in and kârmand?
No, you don't. While adjectives usually need that connecting sound to attach to a noun, demonstratives like in (this) and ân (that) just sit directly in front of the noun. You simply say in kârmand.
Why is the verb ast (is) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences typically put the verb at the very end. The structure here is literally "This employee hungry is" (in kârmand gorosne ast). It is a good habit to always look to the end of a Farsi sentence to find the action.
Would a native speaker actually pronounce the full word ast in a casual conversation?
In formal writing, yes. But in casual, spoken Farsi, the word ast usually shrinks and attaches to the word before it. After a word that ends in a vowel sound like gorosne, you will usually hear it blended together and pronounced as gorosnas or gorosnes.
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