Questions & Answers about سگ بزرگ زیر درخت است.
How do I connect the word for "under" (زیر) to the word for "tree" (درخت) when speaking?
You use the Ezafe (an "e" sound)! Spatial prepositions like zir (under) need this short vowel to connect to the noun that follows them. Even though it is not written in the Persian script here, you must pronounce it as zir-e derakht.
I know we use Ezafe for adjectives too. How does that work with سگ بزرگ?
In Farsi, the noun comes before the adjective, and you use the Ezafe to glue them together. So, سگ (sag / dog) plus the Ezafe "e" plus بزرگ (bozorg / big) becomes sag-e bozorg. Just like with the preposition, the "e" sound connects them into one idea.
Why is the verb است (ast) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi usually follows a Subject-Object-Verb word order. This means the main verb is almost always the very last word in a sentence. Here, you first state the subject (sag-e bozorg), then the location (zir-e derakht), and wrap it up with the verb (ast).
The English translation says "The big dog" and "the tree". Where is the word for "the"?
Farsi does not actually have a separate word for "the". Nouns like سگ (dog) and درخت (tree) are automatically understood as "the dog" or "the tree" when the context makes it clear we are talking about a specific dog or tree.