Word
تو میتوانی به جای میز سنتی، یک میز مدرن بخری.
Meaning
You can buy a modern table instead of a traditional one.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of تو میتوانی به جای میز سنتی، یک میز مدرن بخری.
تو
you (singular)
میزmize
table
یکyek
one / a, an
خریدنkharidan
to buy
Questions & Answers about تو میتوانی به جای میز سنتی، یک میز مدرن بخری.
How does be jâ-ye connect to the noun that follows it in this sentence?
Be jâ-ye means "instead of" (literally "in place of"). It uses the connecting Ezafe to link to the following noun. Because jâ ends in a vowel, the Ezafe is pronounced as a "ye" sound, creating be jâ-ye miz-e sonnati (instead of a traditional table).
The English translation says "instead of a traditional one". Is there a Farsi word for "one" used here?
No, Farsi doesn't use a filler pronoun like "one" in this situation. Instead, the sentence simply states the noun phrase: be jâ-ye miz-e sonnati literally translates to "instead of a traditional table".
Why does the verb to buy (bekhari) have a be- prefix at the end of the sentence?
This is because of the verb mi-tavâni (you can) at the beginning of the sentence. In Farsi, when you use a modal verb like "can" or "must", the second verb in the sentence needs to be in the subjunctive form. For the verb "to buy", the "you" form in the subjunctive is be- + khar (the present stem) + -i (the "you" ending), making bekhari.
How is the phrase "a modern table" ordered in Farsi?
The word for "a" or "one" (yek) comes before the noun, but descriptive adjectives always follow the noun and connect with an Ezafe (an "-e" sound). Therefore, the structure is "a" + "table" + [Ezafe] + "modern", which gives us yek miz-e modern.