Learn Farsi: یک هفته است که درباره‌ی این تکنولوژی جدید می‌خوانم. - I have been reading about this new technology for a week.

In English, we use the present perfect continuous ("have been doing") for an action that started in the past and is still happening. In Farsi, when you combine a time period with است که (ast ke), you use the present indicative tense (می‌خوانم) because the action is still ongoing right now. You are literally saying "It is one week that I am reading."

How exactly does the است که structure work in this sentence?

The phrase است که literally means "is that". You put the time period first (یک هفته), followed by است که, and then the rest of your sentence. So یک هفته است که translates to "It is one week that...". This is the standard Farsi way to express doing something for an ongoing period of time.

Why is there a ی attached to the end of درباره (about)?

The word درباره ends in a silent h (ه), which acts as a vowel sound. When a word ends in a vowel and needs an ezāfe (the grammatical linking sound) to connect it to its object (این تکنولوژی), we add ی to create a "ye" sound. This makes it درباره‌ی (darbare-ye), ensuring the pronunciation flows smoothly.

Does the borrowed word تکنولوژی (technology) use an ezāfe to connect to جدید (new)?

Yes! Loanwords follow standard Farsi grammar rules. To connect the noun to its adjective, you need an ezāfe. Since ends in a vowel sound, in spoken Farsi you add a "ye" sound to link it to , making it sound like "teknoloji-ye jadid".