Word
اگر چسب نخری، وصل کردن قطعهها سخت است.
Meaning
If you do not buy glue, connecting the pieces is hard.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of اگر چسب نخری، وصل کردن قطعهها سخت است.
است
is
خریدنkharidan
to buy
سختsakht
difficult / hard
اگرagar
if
Questions & Answers about اگر چسب نخری، وصل کردن قطعهها سخت است.
Where is the Ezafe in the phrase vasl kardan qet'eh-hâ?
It goes right after the verbal noun! The compound verb vasl kardan (to connect) acts as a noun here meaning 'connecting'. To link it to its object, qet'eh-hâ (pieces), we add the Ezafe. It is pronounced vasl kardan-e qet'eh-hâ, which literally translates to 'the connecting of the pieces'.
Why does the verb nakhari (you do not buy) look different from the normal present tense?
It is in the present subjunctive form. In Farsi, when you use agar (if) to talk about a condition that might happen in the present or future, the verb that follows it takes the subjunctive form. Here, it is built with na- (the negative prefix) + khar (the present stem of to buy) + -i (the 'you' ending).
Why isn't there a râ after chasb (glue) since it is the direct object of the verb?
We only use the object marker râ when a direct object is specific, like 'the glue' or 'that glue'. Because this sentence is talking about glue in a general, unspecific way (meaning 'if you do not buy any glue'), we leave râ out.
Why isn't the plural marker -hâ fully connected to the word qet'eh (قطعه)?
The singular word qet'eh (piece) ends with the letter 'heh', which makes a short 'e' sound here. If you attached the plural marker -hâ (ها) directly to it, the letter's shape would change and they would merge. Farsi uses a tiny gap (often called a half-space) to keep the suffix visually separate so the word is easy to read as قطعهها.