Questions & Answers about چهار خطکش داخل جامدادی است.
Why is it خطکش (ruler) and not the plural form since there are four of them?
In Farsi, after a number, you always use the singular form of the noun. So instead of saying "four rulers", you literally say "four ruler" (چهار خطکش).
The English translation says "four rulers are", but the Farsi sentence ends with است (is). Why use the singular verb?
In Farsi, when the subject is a plural non-living thing (like rulers), the verb is usually singular. Even though there are four rulers, they take the singular verb است (is).
Is there a hidden linking sound (ezafe) between داخل (inside) and جامدادی (pencil case)?
Yes! When saying "inside of" something, you link the position word (داخل) to the noun (جامدادی) with the hidden "e" sound called the ezafe. It is pronounced "dakhel-e jamedadi".
The word for pencil case, جامدادی, looks like it has the word for pencil inside it. Is that right?
Exactly. مداد means pencil, and the prefix جا means place. So جامدادی literally translates to a "pencil place".