Breakdown of برادر من سیزده ساله است.
من
I
بودنbudan
to be
برادرbarâdar
brother
سیزدهsizdah
thirteen
سالهsâle
years old
Questions & Answers about برادر من سیزده ساله است.
Why is there a hidden 'e' sound between the words for brother and me?
In Farsi, to show possession like 'my brother', you link the noun برادر (brother) and the pronoun من (I/me) using a short 'e' sound. This linking sound is called the Ezafe. It is usually not written in the alphabet, so you just add the sound when speaking to connect these words.
Can I use a suffix instead of the separate word من for 'my'?
Yes! Instead of saying برادر من (brother-e me), it is very common in everyday Farsi to attach the possessive 'my' suffix to the noun and simply say برادرم (barādaram). Both forms are perfectly correct and mean the exact same thing at this level.
How does the word ساله work to mean 'years old'?
The base word for 'year' is سال (sāl). By adding the ending to it, making ساله (sāleh), you turn the noun 'year' into an adjective meaning 'years-old'. So سیزده ساله translates directly and logically to 'thirteen-years-old'.
Why is است (is) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences typically follow a Subject-Object-Verb word order, which means the main verb almost always comes at the very end. While English places it in the middle ('My brother IS thirteen'), Farsi structure translates closer to 'My brother thirteen years old IS'.
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