Breakdown of هم خانهها و هم مدرسهها به دلیل طوفان خسارت دیدهاند.
و
and
خانه
house
مدرسهmadrese
school
همham
also, too / both ... and / together / each other
به دلیلbe dalil-e
because of / due to
طوفانtufân
storm
خسارتkhesârat
damage
خسارت دیدنkhesârat didan
to suffer/incur (damage)
Questions & Answers about هم خانهها و هم مدرسهها به دلیل طوفان خسارت دیدهاند.
How does be dalil-e connect to the word for storm here?
It uses the connector vowel called the ezafe (an "e" sound) to link the preposition of cause to the noun. Even though it is not usually written in the Farsi script, you pronounce the phrase as be dalil-e tufân.
Why is the word ham repeated at the start of the sentence?
The structure ham... va ham... is a common pattern that translates to "both... and...". Here, ham khâne-hâ va ham madrase-hâ emphasizes that the houses and the schools were equally affected.
The English translation says "suffered damage", but what is the literal meaning of khesârat dide-and?
It literally means "have seen damage". The base compound verb is khesârat didan (to see damage). In Farsi, it is very common to use the verb didan (to see) for experiencing or suffering something negative.
Why is the verb ending -e-and used here instead of a simple past tense ending?
This verb is in the present perfect tense, translating to "have suffered". It is formed using the past participle dide (seen/suffered) plus the plural ending -and (they). It shows the damage happened recently or has a result that is still visible now.
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