Breakdown of کلاس تمیز است اما خلوت نیست.
است
is
کلاسkelâs
class / classroom
بودنbudan
to be
اماammâ
but
تمیزtamiz
clean
خلوتkhalvat
uncrowded / quiet
Questions & Answers about کلاس تمیز است اما خلوت نیست.
Why do we use نیست instead of است at the end?
نیست is the negative form of است. While است means 'is', نیست means 'is not'. It matches our third-person singular subject, which is the class.
Where is the word for 'it' in the second half of the sentence?
Farsi often drops subject pronouns like 'it' (آن) when it is already obvious what we are talking about. The word نیست simply carries on the thought about the class from the first half of the sentence.
Does خلوت mean 'quiet' as in 'making no noise'?
Not exactly. خلوت describes a place that is uncrowded, empty, or free of people. If you want to say a person or machine is making no sound, you would use a different word, like ساکت.
How does the negative word نیست fit into the sentence structure here?
Just like the positive است, the negative نیست goes at the very end of its clause. In Farsi, the verb (or 'to be' word) almost always anchors the end of the sentence.
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