Questions & Answers about این نان گرم است.
How would I use yek (a/one) from our current lesson to say 'This is a warm bread'?
You would change the sentence to: in yek nān-e garm ast. Notice that when you group 'bread' and 'warm' together into a noun phrase ('a warm bread'), you now need the ezafe (the 'e' sound) to connect them: nān-e garm.
Why isn't there an ezafe connecting nān (bread) and garm (warm) in the original sentence?
The ezafe connects a noun to an adjective when they are part of the same noun phrase, like 'warm bread' (nān-e garm). But in our sentence, the structure is 'This bread / is / warm'. Because 'warm' is the predicate describing the subject, they are not linked by an ezafe.
Do I need an ezafe to connect in (this) to nān (bread)?
No. Pointing words (demonstrative adjectives) like in (this) and ān (that) simply sit directly in front of the noun. You never use an ezafe to connect them.
How do native speakers usually say sentences ending in ast (is) in casual conversation?
In everyday spoken Farsi, ast is almost always shortened and attached to the previous word as an 'e' sound. So instead of pronouncing it as in nān garm ast, you will typically hear in nān garme.