Breakdown of این کت زیبا نوزده تومان است.
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
زیباzibâ
beautiful
کتkot
coat
تومانtumân
Toman (currency)
نوزدهnuzdah
nineteen
Questions & Answers about این کت زیبا نوزده تومان است.
Why does 'beautiful' come after 'coat', and how are they connected?
In Farsi, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. To connect them, you use a short 'e' sound called the Ezafe. So, 'beautiful coat' is spoken as kot-e zibaa, even though the 'e' sound is not written out in the Persian script here.
The English translation says 'Tomans' (plural), but the Farsi word تومان looks singular. Why is that?
In Farsi, whenever you use a number before a noun (like نوزده for nineteen), the noun stays in its singular form. You never add a plural marker to a noun if you have already stated exactly how many there are.
Why is the word است (is) at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi sentences usually put the verb at the very end. While English says 'This coat IS nineteen Tomans', Farsi structures it as 'This coat nineteen Tomans IS' (است).
Does the word این (this) also need an Ezafe to connect to کت (coat)?
No, it does not. Words like 'this' (این) and 'that' (آن) come before the noun, just like in English, and they do not use the Ezafe connector.
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