Breakdown of دوست من آپارتمانی دیگر اجاره کرده است.
من
I
دوستdust
friend
آپارتمانâpârtemân
apartment
دیگرdigar
other, else
اجاره کردنejâre kardan
to rent
Questions & Answers about دوست من آپارتمانی دیگر اجاره کرده است.
How do we form the present perfect tense "has rented" in this sentence?
We use the past participle of the verb and add the "to be" ending. The verb here is the compound verb ejâre kardan (to rent). The past participle of kardan is karde. For the third-person singular, we use the word ast, making it ejâre karde ast (has rented).
Why does the word for apartment have an extra "i" at the end (âpârtemân-i)?
The suffix -i is the indefinite marker in Farsi, equivalent to "a" or "an" in English. So âpârtemân-i means "an apartment". Adding digar (other) makes the phrase âpârtemân-i digar, which means "another apartment".
Why is there no Ezafe between âpârtemân-i and digar?
When a noun has the indefinite -i suffix attached to it, you generally do not need an Ezafe to connect it to the adjective that follows. The -i suffix takes care of the connection, so you simply say âpârtemân-i digar instead of using an Ezafe.
How would a native speaker pronounce ejâre karde ast in casual conversation?
In spoken Farsi, the word ast is usually shortened. Because the past participle karde already ends in a vowel sound, native speakers will often drop the ast entirely and just say ejâre karde, or they might merge it to sound like ejâre kardas.
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