Breakdown of همسرتان برادر عمویمان است.
است
is
برادرbarâdar
brother
عموamu
uncle (paternal)
همسرhamsar
spouse
Questions & Answers about همسرتان برادر عمویمان است.
How do we get "your spouse" from hamsaretān?
The word hamsar means spouse. To say "your", we attach the plural or formal possessive ending -etān directly to the noun. If you were speaking informally to one person, you would just use the singular ending -et to make hamsaret.
Why is there a "y" sound in the middle of amuyemān?
The word for paternal uncle is amu, which ends in a vowel. The ending for "our" is -emān. Because Farsi doesn't like two vowels right next to each other, a "y" sound acts as a bridge. So amu plus y plus emān becomes amuyemān.
Where is the word for "of" or the 's in "uncle's brother"?
Farsi uses the Ezāfe, which is a short, unwritten "e" sound added to the first word to link nouns together. Here, barādar (brother) becomes barādar-e to connect to amuyemān (our uncle), literally translating to "brother of our uncle".
Does amu mean any type of uncle?
No, Farsi has specific words for family members depending on the side of the family. amu specifically means a paternal uncle, or your father's brother. A maternal uncle (mother's brother) would be dāyi.
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