Breakdown of آیا بعد از سخنرانی استاد را میبینید؟
استاد
professor / master (expert)
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
Questions & Answers about آیا بعد از سخنرانی استاد را میبینید؟
How is ba'd az used with the noun sokhanrāni in this sentence?
ba'd az means 'after'. It sits directly before the noun, forming ba'd az sokhanrāni (after the lecture). Because it already ends with the preposition az (from), it does not need an ezafe (the connecting 'e' sound) to link to the following noun.
Why is the word rā placed right after ostād?
rā is the specific direct object marker. Because the sentence is about seeing a specific, known professor, we add rā right after ostād to show they are the direct target of the verb mibinid (you see).
The verb mibinid is present tense. Can it be used for the future like this?
Yes! Just like in English when you ask 'Are you seeing the professor after the lecture?', Farsi frequently uses the present continuous tense (built with the prefix mi-) to talk about planned events in the near future.
Is āyā necessary at the beginning of the sentence?
In formal or written Farsi, āyā is the standard way to start a yes/no question. However, in everyday spoken Farsi, it is usually dropped. You can just say ba'd az sokhanrāni ostād rā mibinid? and make your voice go up at the end to show it is a question.