Question 1

Why is there an -i attached to shakhsiat (personality) making it shakhsiati?

Accepted Answer

This -i suffix does two things here. First, it acts like the English word "a" (a personality). Second, because it's followed by ke (that), it acts as an antecedent marker. It signals that the noun is about to be described by a relative clause, telling us to expect "a personality that...".

Question 2

I thought verbs always go at the very end of a Farsi sentence. Why does dāri (you have) come before the rest of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

You are right that Farsi usually puts verbs at the end of a clause. However, here we actually have two clauses. The main clause is to shakhsiati dāri (you have a personality). The relative clause ke kheyli jazāb ast (that is very attractive) follows it. Descriptive clauses starting with ke usually come after the main verb so the sentence doesn't become awkwardly chopped up.

Question 3

Does the word shakhsiat share a root with another common Farsi word?

Accepted Answer

Yes! It comes from the word shakhs, which means "person" or "individual". The ending -iat is a common suffix used to make abstract nouns, very much like the "-ity" in the English word "personality".

Question 4

Could I drop the word to (you) at the beginning of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Since the verb dāri already contains the "you" ending, the pronoun to is optional. Including it just adds a little extra emphasis, like saying "You have a very attractive personality."

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