Breakdown of دوختن این پیراهن تمیز کار من نیست.
من
I
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
تمیزtamiz
clean
پیراهنpirâhan
shirt
کارkâr
work
دوختنdukhtan
to sew
Questions & Answers about دوختن این پیراهن تمیز کار من نیست.
What is the past stem of the verb دوختن used in this sentence?
To find the past stem of any Farsi verb, you just drop the final -an from the infinitive. For دوختن (to sew), dropping the -an gives us the past stem دوخت (dukht). You will need this stem to create past tense verbs!
Why is the infinitive دوختن used at the beginning of the sentence to mean "sewing"?
In Farsi, the infinitive form of a verb (which always ends in -tan or -dan) can be used as a noun. Just like English uses the "-ing" form to talk about an activity as a concept, Farsi uses the full infinitive. So دوختن translates perfectly to "sewing" here.
How do the words connect in the long phrase دوختن این پیراهن تمیز?
They are linked by the unseen ezāfe vowel (an "e" sound). When spoken out loud, it sounds like dukhtan-e in pirāhan-e tamiz. This links the words into a chain that literally means "sewing of this shirt of clean".
How does کار من translate to "my job"?
Farsi shows possession by linking the noun and the pronoun with that same ezāfe ("e" sound). Connecting کار (job) and من (me) makes kār-e man, which literally means "job of me" (my job).
Why is نیست placed at the very end of the sentence?
In Farsi, the main verb almost always goes at the very end of a sentence. Here, نیست (is not) is the main verb, so it takes the final position.
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