Breakdown of آیا شما شمارهی اتاق ندارید؟
شما
you (plural)
اتاق
room
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
داشتنdâshtan
to have
Questions & Answers about آیا شما شمارهی اتاق ندارید؟
How do we make the verb have negative in this sentence?
The verb here is nadârid (you do not have). To make the verb to have negative in the present tense, you simply add the negative prefix na- to the beginning. Remember that unlike most other present tense verbs, the verb to have does not use the mi- prefix! So it is just na- + dâr (the stem) + -id (the ending for formal you).
Why is there an extra ye sound and the letter ی added to the word shomâre (number)?
This is the Ezâfe rule! It links words together to show possession or description, connecting number and room to mean room number. Normally the Ezâfe is just an invisible -e sound, but because shomâre ends in a vowel sound (written with the letter ه), we must use a -ye sound (written with ی) to smoothly bridge the two words: shomâre-ye otâq.
Do I always have to use âya to ask a yes/no question?
No, âya is mostly used in written or formal Farsi to clearly mark a yes/no question at the very beginning of the sentence. In everyday spoken Farsi, people usually just drop it and say shomâ shomâre-ye otâq nadârid? while raising the pitch of their voice at the end.
Why is nadârid at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi is a Subject-Object-Verb language, which means the verb almost always goes at the very end. The order in this sentence is Subject (shomâ / you) + Object (shomâre-ye otâq / room number) + Verb (nadârid / do not have).