Breakdown of او میخواهد یک ویولنی بخرد.
او
he/she
یکyek
one / a, an
خریدنkharidan
to buy
خواستنkhâstan
to want / to ask (request from someone)
Questions & Answers about او میخواهد یک ویولنی بخرد.
Why do we have both yek before the noun and an -i at the end of ویولنی?
This combination is used to talk about a certain or a particular thing. While yek ویولن just means a violin (any violin), yek ویولنی means she has a specific violin in mind that she wants to buy, even if we do not know exactly which one it is.
Why does the second verb, بخرد, start with ب instead of می?
When we use verbs like to want (میخواهد), the action that follows must be in the subjunctive form, which usually starts with the prefix ب. Instead of the regular present tense میخرد (she buys), we use the subjunctive بخرد (to buy).
Since she wants a particular violin, why do we not use the object marker را after ویولنی?
Even though she has a certain violin in mind, the word is still grammatically indefinite because of the yek ... -i structure. The specific object marker را is only used for strictly definite objects, like when saying the violin or that violin.
How does the word ویولنی sound with the extra suffix?
Since the base loanword ویولن ends in a consonant sound (n), the suffix ی simply adds an -i sound at the end. You pronounce the whole word as viyoloni.