Questions & Answers about این نویسندگان و خوانندگان هنرمند هستند.
Why do nevisandegân (writers) and khânandegân (singers) end in -gân instead of just -ân?
Both base words (nevisande and khânande) end in a silent h which makes an e sound. When adding the animate plural marker -ân to these words, that final letter changes to a g sound to connect the word smoothly. That is why -ân becomes -gân here.
If the sentence is about "these writers", why isn't the word for "these" (in) pluralized?
In Farsi, pointing words like in (this/these) and ân (that/those) always stay singular when they come directly before a noun. The noun itself (nevisandegân) is already plural, so Farsi doesn't require the word for "these" to be plural too.
The English translation says "artists" (plural), so why is honarmand singular in the Farsi sentence?
When a describing word or a category noun (like a profession) comes before the verb "to be" to describe the subject, it usually stays in the singular form. The plural subjects and the plural verb hastand (are) already show that we are talking about multiple artists.
Could khânandegân also mean "readers" here?
Yes, absolutely! The base word khânande comes from the verb root for reading or singing. Depending on the context, it can mean either singers or readers. In a sentence about writers and artists, either meaning works perfectly.