Learn Farsi: سود این فروشنده نیم درصد رشد کرد. - This seller's profit grew by half a percent.

nim darsad means 'half a percent'. In Farsi, nim is used for continuous measurements, numbers, and fractions (like half an hour or half a percent). nesf is used when you are physically dividing a specific object into two halves, like half of an apple.

How does the word for percent, darsad, work in this sentence?

It is a very literal compound word! It combines the preposition dar (in) and the number sad (a hundred). So, nim darsad literally translates to 'half in a hundred'.

How are the words for 'profit' and 'this seller' linked together?

They are linked by the unseen ezāfe vowel. You pronounce it as sud-e in forušande. The -e sound attaches to sud (profit) to show possession, meaning 'the profit of this seller'. It is important to remember that the ezāfe comes right after the noun and before the word in (this).

The word for seller is forušande. How is this word formed?

It is built by taking foruš (the present stem of the verb 'to sell') and adding the suffix -ande. In Farsi, adding -ande to a verb stem creates a noun for the person doing that action, very similar to adding '-er' in English.

Why is the verb 'grew' written as two words ()?