Breakdown of بازیگر قبل از نمایش روی صحنه میرود.
رویruye
on
رفتنraftan
to go
بازیگرbâzigar
actor
قبل ازqabl az
before
Questions & Answers about بازیگر قبل از نمایش روی صحنه میرود.
Why do we use az in ghabl az namāyesh?
In Farsi, the time preposition ghabl (before) almost always pairs with az (from/of) when it is followed by a noun or pronoun. So to say "before the show", you actually say ghabl az namāyesh. The same rule applies to ba'd az (after).
Is there an invisible sound between ruy (on) and sahne (stage)?
Yes, you need to pronounce an "e" sound between them, making it ruy-e sahne. This is the Ezafe, a connecting vowel used in Farsi to link prepositions of place (like ruy, which literally means face or surface) to the nouns that follow them.
Why aren't there any words for "the" before bāzigar (actor) or namāyesh (show)?
Farsi does not have a separate word for "the". A plain noun like bāzigar can mean "actor", "an actor", or "the actor" depending entirely on the context. In this sentence, the context implies a specific actor and a specific show, so we translate it with "the" in English.
How do we know میرود (miravad) means "goes" and not "is going"?
The verb miravad can mean either "goes" or "is going" because Farsi uses the same form for both present simple and present continuous. We translate it as "goes" here because the phrase ghabl az namāyesh tells us this is a routine, general fact, or scheduled event rather than an action happening right at this exact second.