Breakdown of شما ششمین بچهی خانواده هستید.
شما
you (plural)
بودنbudan
to be
خانوادهkhânevâde
family
بچهbacheh
child
ششمینsheshomin
sixth
Questions & Answers about شما ششمین بچهی خانواده هستید.
Why is there no Ezafe between ششمین and بچه?
Ordinal numbers ending in -omin, like ششمین (sixth), are placed right before the noun they describe. When placed before the noun, they do not take an Ezafe. So it is simply ششمین بچه, without a connecting sound.
How exactly is the word ششمین formed?
It is built in two steps from the base number شش (six). First, you add the suffix -om to get the regular ordinal ششم (sixth). Then, you add -in to create ششمین, which is the Type 2 ordinal form used before nouns.
Why is there a letter ی attached to the end of بچه?
This is the Ezafe linking بچه (child) to خانواده (family) to mean 'child of the family'. Because the word بچه ends in a silent 'h' (which sounds like an 'e'), we use ی to create the sound '-ye'. This makes it easier to pronounce than the standard '-e'.
Is شما ... هستید singular or plural in this context?
Grammatically, شما (you) and هستید (are) are plural. However, in Farsi, the plural form is very often used to address a single person politely. In this context, it is addressing one single person as the sixth child of their family.
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