Breakdown of ماهیگیرها ماهیها را روی آتش کباب میکنند.
رویruye
on
راrâ
definite direct object marker
آتشâtash
fire
ماهیگیرmâhigir
fisherman
ماهیmâhi
fish
کباب کردنkabâb kardan
to grill
Questions & Answers about ماهیگیرها ماهیها را روی آتش کباب میکنند.
How is the word ماهیگیرها (fishermen) built?
It comes from ماهی (fish) and گیر (the present stem of گرفتن, meaning to take or to catch). Adding the plural marker ها gives us fish-catchers, or fishermen.
In English, the plural of fish is just fish. Do we have to make it plural in Farsi here?
Yes, unlike English, Farsi uses the standard plural marker to talk about multiple specific fish, giving us ماهیها. If they were talking about the general activity of grilling fish, they would just use the singular ماهی.
Why is there a را after ماهیها?
را is the specific direct object marker. It shows that the fishermen are grilling specific fish (the ones they have in front of them), rather than just making a general statement about cooking fish.
How do the words روی (on) and آتش (fire) connect when spoken?
They are linked by the ezâfe vowel, which sounds like a short e. So it is pronounced ruy-e âtash. In Farsi, prepositions of place like روی (on surface of) or زیر (under) almost always need this connecting vowel before the noun.
What is the dictionary form of the verb grill used here?
The verb is کباب کردن (to grill or to barbecue), which is a compound verb made of a noun and the verb for to do. Here it is conjugated in the present tense for they as کباب میکنند.
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