Breakdown of شما داخل حیاط بزرگ نیستید.
شما
you (plural)
حیاط
yard
بودنbudan
to be
داخلdâkhel
inside
بزرگbozorg
big / large
Questions & Answers about شما داخل حیاط بزرگ نیستید.
Why do we use نیستید here instead of just نیست?
نیستید (nistid) is the specific 'are not' form for شما (shoma - you, plural or formal). The base word is نیست (nist), and the ـید (-id) ending matches the pronoun.
How do we link 'inside', 'yard', and 'big' together when speaking?
We use a short 'e' sound called the Ezafe to link them, even though it is not written. You pronounce this part as dakhel-e hayat-e bozorg. The first one links the location 'inside' to 'yard', and the second links the noun 'yard' to its adjective 'big'.
Can this sentence be addressed to just one person?
Yes! Even though شما (shoma) and نیستید (nistid) are grammatically plural, Farsi speakers constantly use them to speak to a single person politely.
Why does the sentence end with the verb نیستید?
In Farsi, the verb almost always goes at the very end. The literal word order of this sentence is 'You inside yard big are-not'.
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