Breakdown of این فضانوردان به دومین سیاره خواهند رسید.
این
this
بهbe
to
رسیدنrasidan
to arrive
دومینdovvomin
second (before noun)
فضانوردfazânavard
astronaut
سیارهsayyâre
planet
Questions & Answers about این فضانوردان به دومین سیاره خواهند رسید.
How is the future tense "will arrive" formed in this sentence?
It uses the helping verb khâstan (to want/will). Because the subject is "these astronauts" (they), it is conjugated as khâhand. This is followed by the short infinitive of the main verb, resid (from residan, to arrive). Together, khâhand resid gives us the future tense "they will arrive".
Why does fazâ-navardân (astronauts) end in -ân instead of the usual plural ending -hâ?
The suffix -ân is a traditional plural marker used specifically for people and animate beings. Because astronauts are people, fazâ-navardân is used here. In everyday casual speech, you might still hear fazâ-navard-hâ, which is also correct.
The English translation says "these astronauts", but why is in (this/these) not pluralized?
In Farsi, demonstrative words like in (this/these) and ân (that/those) never take a plural ending when they come directly before a noun. The noun itself (fazâ-navardân) already does the job of showing that there is more than one.
Why is "second" (dovomin) placed before "planet" (sayâre) without an ezafe (the connecting 'e' sound)?
Ordinal numbers that end in -in (like dovomin for "second", sevomin for "third") are an exception to the usual noun-adjective order. They always go before the noun, and they do not take an ezafe. If you used the alternative form dovom, it would go after the noun with an ezafe: sayâre-ye dovom.
The English translation says "arrive at", so why does the Farsi sentence use the preposition be (to)?
Prepositions often don't translate one-to-one between languages. While English speakers "arrive at" a place, in Farsi, the verb residan (to arrive) usually takes the preposition be (to). You literally say that you are arriving to a destination.
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