Questions & Answers about این کتاب صد صفحه دارد.
Why is صفحه (page) in the singular form when the sentence says there are a hundred of them?
In Farsi, whenever you use a number or a quantity word (like چند for 'how many'), the noun that follows it must always remain singular. So, instead of saying 'a hundred pages', Farsi literally says 'a hundred page' (صد صفحه).
How is the word صد (hundred) pronounced?
It is pronounced 'sad', which sounds exactly like the English word 'sad'.
Should I use یک (one) before صد to say 'one hundred'?
You don't need to! The word صد on its own means 'one hundred'. You only add numbers in front for higher hundreds, though they often combine into unique single words (for example, two hundred is دویست).
Why does the verb دارد (has) not change to a plural form since there are a hundred pages?
The verb always matches the subject doing the action, not the object being owned. The subject here is این کتاب (this book), which is a single thing. Therefore, we use the singular 'it' form of the verb 'to have', which is دارد.