Breakdown of آنها میخواهند معروفترین ساختمان شهر را ببینند.
آنها
they
شهرshahr
city
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
معروفma'ruf
famous
ساختمانsâkhtemân
building
Questions & Answers about آنها میخواهند معروفترین ساختمان شهر را ببینند.
Why does معروفترین come before ساختمان without an Ezafe?
Normal adjectives come after the noun and use an Ezafe link. But superlative adjectives ending in -ترین (like معروفترین, meaning "most famous") are special. They always come before the noun they describe, and you do not use an Ezafe to connect them.
Is there an Ezafe anywhere in the phrase معروفترین ساختمان شهر?
Yes! Even though the superlative does not take one, you still need an Ezafe to link ساختمان (building) and شهر (city). It is pronounced "sakhteman-e shahr" to show possession, meaning "the building of the city" or "the city's building."
Why is the direct object marker را placed all the way after شهر?
The word را pinpoints the specific thing being seen. Since the thing they want to see is the entire phrase "the city's most famous building" (معروفترین ساختمان شهر), the را must wait and attach to the very end of that complete phrase rather than attaching right after the word building.
Why does the second verb, ببینند, start with a بـ?
This happens because of the first verb, میخواهند (they want). Whenever you use a structure like "want to do something" in Farsi, the second verb must be in the subjunctive form. For most verbs, this means adding the prefix بـ to the present stem, which turns the simple verb "see" into ببینند (that they see).
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