Breakdown of من ربع هزینهی سفر را پرداخت کردم.
من
I
سفرsafar
trip
راrâ
definite direct object marker
پرداخت کردنpardâkht kardan
to pay
ربعrob'
quarter
هزینهhazine
cost / expense
Questions & Answers about من ربع هزینهی سفر را پرداخت کردم.
How does ربع (rob') connect to the rest of the sentence to mean "a quarter of"?
Just like regular nouns, fractions in Farsi use the ezafe (the short "e" sound) to mean "of". By saying rob'-e, you are saying "a quarter of", linking it directly to hazine (the cost).
Why is there an extra ی at the end of هزینهی (hazine-ye)?
The word for cost is hazine, which ends in a silent ه (an "e" sound). Because you need to connect it to safar (trip) with an ezafe to say "cost of the trip", you can't just put two vowels next to each other. Farsi adds a "y" sound as a bridge, which is written as a ی. So, it is pronounced hazine-ye.
Why does the object marker را (rā) come after سفر (safar) instead of right after the word for "quarter"?
The word rā marks the specific thing that is receiving the action of the verb. In this sentence, you didn't just pay a quarter, you paid the entire phrase: rob'-e hazine-ye safar (a quarter of the cost of the trip). The marker rā always goes at the very end of the whole descriptive noun phrase.
How is the verb پرداخت کردم (pardākht kardam) formed?
This is a compound verb, a very common structure in Farsi. It combines the noun pardākht (payment) with the helping verb kardam (I did / I made). So literally, the end of the sentence translates to "I did payment"!
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