Breakdown of من به جای مرمر از چوب برای کف استفاده میکنم.
من
I
ازaz
from
برایbarâye
for
استفاده کردنestefâde kardan
to use
Questions & Answers about من به جای مرمر از چوب برای کف استفاده میکنم.
Why is there a -ye at the end of be jâ in this sentence?
The phrase be jâ literally means 'in place'. To connect it to the noun marmar (marble) and mean 'instead of marble', Farsi uses the connecting grammatical vowel ezafe. Because jâ ends in a vowel, the ezafe is pronounced as -ye, giving us be jâ-ye marmar.
Why do we need the word az before chub (wood)?
The Farsi compound verb for 'to use' is estefâdeh kardan, and it always requires the preposition az (from). While in English you just 'use wood', in Farsi you literally 'make use from wood', which is why the sentence says az chub estefâdeh mikonam.
Could I put be jâ-ye marmar at the end of the sentence, like in English?
It is much more natural to put it early in the sentence. Farsi sentences usually put the verb at the very end. Context-setting phrases like be jâ-ye marmar typically sit right after the subject (man) and before the object you are acting upon (az chub).
Does kaf only refer to the floor of a room?
The word kaf generally refers to the flat bottom surface of something. While it is the standard word for a floor, you will also see it used for the palm of a hand (kaf-e dast) or the sole of a shoe.