Questions & Answers about این اتاق و آن حیاط کثیف است.
Do I need to add the connecting 'e' sound (ezafe) between این and اتاق?
No. When using singular demonstratives like این (this) and آن (that), you just put them directly in front of the noun. You don't use the ezafe link, so it is simply این اتاق and آن حیاط.
The sentence is about two things (a room and a yard). Why does it use the singular verb است instead of a plural verb?
This is a very important rule in Farsi! When a subject is inanimate (meaning it is not a human or an animal), the verb usually stays in the singular form, even if the subject is plural. Since a room and a yard are inanimate objects, we use the singular verb است.
Why is the word کثیف (dirty) placed right before the verb?
Farsi puts the verb at the very end of the sentence. When you are describing what something is, the word order is Subject + Adjective + Verb. Literally, this sentence reads as 'This room and that yard dirty is'.
How is the word و (and) pronounced in an everyday sentence like this?
In formal Farsi, it is pronounced va. However, in everyday spoken Farsi, it is almost always pronounced as a short o sound connecting the two words. So you will usually hear people say این اتاق و آن حیاط as in otâq-o ân hayât.
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