Breakdown of آنها بدون کیسهخواب در جنگل میخوابند.
آنها
they
درdar
in
خوابیدنkhâbidan
to sleep
جنگلjangal
forest
بدونbedun-e
without
کیسهخوابkise-khâb
sleeping bag
Questions & Answers about آنها بدون کیسهخواب در جنگل میخوابند.
How does the word for 'without' connect to 'sleeping bag' in this sentence?
The word bedun (without) acts as a preposition that needs an invisible connecting sound called an ezafe. You pronounce it bedun-e kise-khāb, adding an 'e' sound to link it to the noun that follows.
What are the individual parts of the word kise-khāb?
It is a compound word made up of kise (which means bag or sack) and khāb (which means sleep). Put together, they form the noun for sleeping bag.
Why isn't there a word for 'a' (like yek) before the sleeping bag?
In Farsi, when you talk about something as a general category rather than one specific object, you usually leave out words like 'a' or 'an'. Saying bedun-e kise-khāb just means 'without the item known as a sleeping bag'.
How is the verb میخوابند (mikhāband) formed here?
It comes from the infinitive khābidan (to sleep). To say 'they sleep' as a general habit, you take the present stem khāb, add the habitual prefix mi- to the front, and attach the 'they' ending -and to the end.
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