Word
من از این لوستر مدرن به جز رنگش خوشم میآید.
Meaning
I like this modern chandelier except for its color.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of من از این لوستر مدرن به جز رنگش خوشم میآید.
من
I
این
this
ازaz
from
خوش آمدنkhosh âmadan
to like / to be pleasing (used with 'az' and pronominal enclitics)
Questions & Answers about من از این لوستر مدرن به جز رنگش خوشم میآید.
How does be joz (except) work with the noun in this sentence?
be joz means "except" or "apart from". Here it is placed right before the noun it modifies, رنگش (rang-ash, its color). It acts just like an English preposition, sitting directly in front of the thing you are excluding.
Why do we use از (az, from) at the beginning of the sentence if the translation says "I like"?
In Farsi, the verb for "to like" is a compound phrase: از ... خوش آمدن (az ... khosh âmadan). It literally translates to "from [something], pleasantness comes to [me]". That is why the object you like (این لوستر مدرن, this modern chandelier) must come right after the preposition از (az).
How does the verb خوشم میآید (khosham mi-âyad) show that I am the one who likes it?
The person who "likes" the object is shown by the attached pronoun on the word خوش (khosh). Here, the ـَم (-am) means "my". The actual verb part, میآید (mi-âyad, comes), stays in the "it" form because the literal subject is the feeling of pleasantness coming to you! So, من ... خوشم میآید literally means "As for me, my pleasantness comes".
What is the ـَش (-ash) at the end of رنگش (rang-ash)?