Questions & Answers about خانهام بزرگ است.
Where is the word for "my" in this sentence?
In Farsi, you don't always need a separate word for "my". Instead, you can attach a short ending to the noun. Here, the ending -am is added to khaneh (house) to make khaneh-am (خانهام), meaning "my house".
Why is there an extra Alef (ا) in خانهام?
The word khaneh (خانه) ends with a silent letter that sounds like an "e" vowel. Because the ending -am also starts with a vowel, Farsi inserts the letter Alef (ا) as a bridge in writing. This stops the vowels from clashing and makes it easier to read.
Why isn't there a connecting "e" (ezafe) between "my house" and "big"?
You only use the connecting "e" when the adjective directly describes the noun in a phrase, like "the big house" (khaneh-ye bozorg). In this sentence, "big" is the state of the house ("My house is big"), so they are separate parts of the sentence and do not get linked by an ezafe.
Why is the word است (is) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi has a very consistent rule for sentence structure: the verb almost always goes at the very end. So while English says "My house is big", the Farsi word order literally translates to "My house big is".
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