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Questions & Answers about دندانش سیاه است.
Where is the word for "his" in this sentence?
It is attached directly to the end of the noun! The word for tooth is dandān. By adding the ending -ash (a possessive enclitic, which is just a pronoun that attaches to a word), it becomes dandān-ash, meaning his tooth.
Could دندانش also mean "her tooth"?
Yes, absolutely! Farsi pronouns and possessive endings do not have gender. The ending -ash can mean his, her, or its. You figure out which one is meant based on the context of the conversation.
How is دندانش pronounced, since there is no vowel written before the "sh"?
It is pronounced dandān-ash. In Farsi, short vowels like the "a" in the -ash ending are usually not written in the Persian alphabet. However, you must still say the "a" sound to connect the noun to the final consonant.
Why is است placed at the very end of the sentence?
In Farsi, the verb almost always goes at the end. The literal word order here is "His-tooth black is", with the verb ast (meaning is) finishing the thought.