Breakdown of سیزده لیوان تمیز روی قفسه است.
بودنbudan
to be
رویruye
on
تمیزtamiz
clean
قفسهghafase
shelf
لیوانlivân
glass, cup
سیزدهsizdah
thirteen
Questions & Answers about سیزده لیوان تمیز روی قفسه است.
Why is لیوان (glass) singular when the English translation says "thirteen glasses"?
In Farsi, when you put a number before a noun, the noun always stays in its singular form. Because we used سیزده (thirteen), we just say لیوان (glass) instead of adding a plural ending.
How do we connect the words for glass (لیوان) and clean (تمیز)?
You connect them using a short "e" sound called the ezafe. In Farsi, adjectives come after the noun, so it is spoken as livan-e tamiz. This connecting vowel usually isn't written in the text, but you have to say it!
Why does the sentence use است (is) when there are multiple glasses?
In Farsi, plural inanimate objects (things that aren't alive, like glasses or books) usually take a singular verb. That is why we use است (is) at the end of the sentence instead of a plural verb.
I don't see a word for "there" in the Farsi text. How does it mean "There are..."?
Farsi doesn't use a placeholder word like "there" to show that something exists. You just state the subject, its location, and the verb "to be". Literally, the sentence is structured as: Thirteen clean glass on shelf is.
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