Breakdown of من امیدوارم که یک ماهی بزرگتر از ماهی من صید کنید.
من
I
بزرگbozorg
big / large
یکyek
one / a, an
ازaz
from
کهke
that (conjunction)
امیدوار بودنomidvâr budan
to hope
ماهیmâhi
fish
صید کردنseyd kardan
to catch (fish) / to hunt
Questions & Answers about من امیدوارم که یک ماهی بزرگتر از ماهی من صید کنید.
Is omidvâram a regular verb meaning "I hope"?
Not exactly! In Farsi, omidvâr is actually an adjective meaning "hopeful", and -am is the short ending for "I am". So when you say man omidvâram, you are literally saying "I am hopeful".
Why doesn't the verb seyd konid (you catch) have the usual mi- prefix?
Because it follows omidvâram ke (I hope that). Expressing a hope or wish about an action means that action hasn't happened yet, so it requires the present subjunctive tense. For compound verbs like seyd kardan (to catch/hunt), you form the subjunctive by just dropping the mi- prefix from the helper verb (konid instead of mikonid).
How is "bigger than" formed in this sentence?
You take the adjective bozorg (big) and add the comparative suffix -tar to make bozorgtar (bigger). To say "bigger than", you use the preposition az (from/than) right after it: bozorgtar az.
Is there a hidden ezâfe between "fish" and "bigger"?
Yes! When spoken, it is pronounced yek mâhi-ye bozorgtar. The ezâfe links the noun to its adjective. Because mâhi ends in a vowel, the connecting sound is a -ye. It isn't written out as a separate letter in the Farsi script here, but you must pronounce it.
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