Breakdown of این هدیهی تولد برایش است و او خیلی قدردان است.
است
is
او
he/she
و
and
خیلی
very / many (of)
این
this
هدیهhadiye
gift
برایbarâye
for
تولدtavallod
birthday
قدردانghadrdân
grateful / appreciative
Questions & Answers about این هدیهی تولد برایش است و او خیلی قدردان است.
How does برایش (barâyash) translate to "for him"?
برایش (barâyash) combines the preposition برای (barâye), meaning "for", with the third-person singular enclitic -ش (-ash), meaning "him", "her", or "it". Because برای ends in a spoken "e" sound, that "e" drops when the enclitic is added, giving us barâyash instead of "barâye-ash".
Why is there an extra "ye" sound at the end of هدیه (hedye) in this sentence?
That is the ezâfe connector, which links words together to show possession or description. It links هدیه (hedye), meaning "gift", to تولد (tavallod), meaning "birthday", to mean "birthday gift". Because هدیه ends in a vowel (the silent "h" acting as an "e" sound), we must use a "ye" sound to bridge the two words, making it hedye-ye tavallod.
What is the literal translation of the word قدردان (ghadrdân)?
It is made of two parts: قدر (ghadr), meaning "value" or "worth", and the suffix دان- (-dân), meaning "knowing" (from the verb meaning "to know"). Literally, a قدردان person is "value-knowing"—which translates perfectly to "grateful" or "appreciative".
The verb است (ast) appears twice. Is that normal?
Yes, in formal written Farsi this is completely normal. The sentence consists of two independent clauses joined by و (and): "the gift is for him" and "he is grateful". Each part needs its own verb. However, in everyday spoken Farsi, the first است would likely merge into برایش to sound like barâyash-e.
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