Questions & Answers about پرندهشان کوچک و زیبا است.
Why is the suffix for "their" written as -shān here instead of -eshān?
The word for bird, parande, ends in a vowel sound. When a noun ends in a vowel, we drop the 'e' from the beginning of the -eshān suffix so two vowels do not crash together. If the noun ended in a consonant, like ketāb (book), it would be ketābeshān.
Does the silent 'h' at the end of parande change its sound when the suffix is added?
No, it keeps its short 'e' sound. You pronounce the combined word as "parande-shān". The silent 'h' is just the standard way to spell this 'e' sound at the end of many Farsi nouns.
Why is the verb ast (is) placed at the very end of the sentence?
In Farsi, the verb almost always comes at the very end of the sentence. The structure here is Subject (parande-shān) + Adjectives (kuchek va zibā) + Verb (ast).
How is va (and) pronounced in normal conversation?
While written as va and pronounced that way in formal reading, in everyday spoken Farsi it is usually shortened to an "o" sound attached to the previous word. People would actually say "kuchek-o zibā".
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