Word
آن هتل هشت طبقه دارد.
Meaning
That hotel has eight floors.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about آن هتل هشت طبقه دارد.
Why is طبقه (floor) singular here if the hotel has eight of them?
In Farsi, whenever you use a specific number or a quantity word like چند (how many), the noun that follows must always be singular. Since we have the number هشت (eight), طبقه stays in its singular form.
Does the word هتل come from English?
Yes, it is a loanword! Many modern everyday terms in Farsi are borrowed from European languages like French and English. It sounds very similar to the English word hotel.
Why does the verb دارد (has) come at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi normally follows a Subject-Object-Verb word order. Here, the subject is آن هتل (that hotel), the object is هشت طبقه (eight floors), and the verb دارد (has) is placed at the very end to complete the thought.
The word طبقه ends with the letter ه. Does it make an h sound?
Not usually at the end of a word! When the letter ه (heh) appears at the very end of a Farsi word, it mostly acts as a vowel and makes a short e sound (like in the English word bed). So, طبقه is pronounced tabaghe.