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Questions & Answers about کفشی اینجا هست.
How does the ending on کفشی change the meaning of the word?
The letter ی at the end is the indefinite marker. By itself, کفش means shoe or the shoe. Adding the ی changes it to mean a shoe or some shoe.
Is the indefinite marker always attached to the word like it is in کفشی?
Yes, the indefinite marker ی is an enclitic. This means it attaches directly to the end of a noun rather than standing alone as a separate word.
Why do we use هست in this sentence instead of the regular word for is, است?
In Farsi, هست is used to express existence or location, similar to the English phrase there is. The word است is mostly used to describe things, like if you wanted to say the shoe is big.
Why does the verb هست come at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences follow a Subject-Object-Verb word order. The main verb almost always goes at the very end of the sentence, even in short statements like this one.