ما برای ساختن خانه اینجا هستیم.mâ barâye sâkhtan-e khâne injâ hastim.
We are here to build the house.
Breakdown of ما برای ساختن خانه اینجا هستیم.
ما
we
خانه
house
اینجاinjâ
here
بودنbudan
to be
برایbarâye
for
ساختنsâkhtan
to build
Questions & Answers about ما برای ساختن خانه اینجا هستیم.
How do I find the past stem for the verb ساختن in this sentence?
To find the past stem of any Farsi verb, you just drop the final ن from the infinitive. For ساختن (to build), you drop the ن to get the past stem ساخت (sakht).
Why do we use the full infinitive ساختن here instead of a conjugated verb?
In Farsi, when you want to express purpose like "in order to", you often use the preposition برای (for) followed by the infinitive form of the verb. So برای ساختن literally translates as "for building", which means "to build" in English.
There is no word for "the" in the Farsi sentence. How do we know it means "the house" and not just "a house"?
Farsi doesn't have a direct equivalent for the definite article "the". A plain noun like خانه usually means "the house" if the context is specific. If they meant "a house" in a general way, they would likely add the suffix ای to make it خانهای.
Why is the word order "we for building house here are"?
Farsi is a Subject-Object-Verb language, which means the main conjugated verb almost always goes at the very end of the sentence. Here, the subject ما (we) is at the beginning, the verb هستیم (are) anchors the very end, and the details go in the middle.
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