Breakdown of آیا مدت زیادی است که دنبال مدل جدید میگردید؟
است
is
جدیدjadid
new
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
زیادziyâd
a lot
Questions & Answers about آیا مدت زیادی است که دنبال مدل جدید میگردید؟
Why do we use the present tense verb میگردید when the English translation says "have you been looking"?
In Farsi, to express an action that started in the past and is still ongoing (like "have been doing" in English), we use the structure [time period] + است که (ast ke) followed by a verb in the present tense. Literally, this sentence says "Is it a long time that you are looking...". This is the standard way to express ongoing duration.
I see the verb میگردید (from گشتن). Doesn't that usually mean "to stroll" or "to turn"? How does it mean "looking for" here?
On its own, گشتن often means to turn, wander, or stroll. However, when you pair it with the preposition دنبال (donbal-e), the phrase دنبال چیزی گشتن specifically means "to search for something" or "to look for something".
Why is there an ی at the end of زیادی in مدت زیادی?
The phrase مدت زیاد means "long time". When we add the indefinite suffix ی to mean "a long time", it attaches to the very end of the noun-adjective phrase. So, مدت زیاد + ی becomes مدت زیادی (moddat-e ziadi).
How do the words in the phrase دنبال مدل جدید connect to each other? Are there hidden sounds?
Yes, they connect with the ezafe (the hidden "e" sound). دنبال acts as a preposition here and takes an ezafe to connect to the object: دنبالِ (donbal-e). Then, "new model" is a noun-adjective pair, which also needs an : (). All together it is pronounced .