Learn Farsi: یازده سیب روی میز است. - There are eleven apples on the table.

In Farsi, whenever you use a specific number before a noun (like یازده for eleven), the noun always stays in its singular form. So, you literally say "eleven apple" (یازده سیب).

The English translation says "There are", so why does the Farsi sentence end with the singular verb است (is)?

In Farsi, when the subject is made up of non-living things (like apples or tables), the verb is usually singular, even if there is more than one. Because apples are inanimate, we use است (is) instead of the plural form هستند (are).

Where is the word for "There" in the Farsi sentence?

Farsi doesn't use a filler word like the English "there" for "there is" or "there are". You just say what the object is, where it is, and add the verb "to be". This sentence literally translates to "Eleven apple on table is".

How do the words روی (on) and میز (table) connect together?

Prepositions of location like روی (ru-ye) connect to the noun that follows them using a connecting sound called the ezafe. In this case, the "ye" sound is already built into the end of روی, so it is pronounced "ru-ye miz" to smoothly link "on" and "table" together.