Questions & Answers about بله، رستوران شب باز است.
English says "at night." Why isn't there a word for "at" in the Farsi sentence?
In Farsi, you generally don't need prepositions like "at" or "in" when talking about general times of day. You can just use the word shab (night) directly in the sentence to mean "at night."
Why is shab (night) placed right after the subject instead of at the end?
In Farsi, time words usually come very early in the sentence. The standard word order is Subject + Time + Object or Adjective + Verb. That's why the structure here is resturân shab bâz ast (literally: restaurant night open is).
How would I change this to say the restaurant is open "tonight" rather than just "at night"?
You would replace shab with emshab (tonight). The word emshab is created by combining a shortened form of in (this) and shab (night).
What kind of "open" does bâz mean here?
bâz is the adjective used for physical things being open, like a restaurant, a door, a shop, or a window. You will also see bâz used later on to mean "again," but right before the verb ast (is), it describes the state of being open.
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