Breakdown of یک دهه است که تکنولوژی به پیشرفت ارتباط دیجیتال کمک میکند.
است
is
یکyek
one / a, an
بهbe
to
کمک کردنkomak kardan
to help
Questions & Answers about یک دهه است که تکنولوژی به پیشرفت ارتباط دیجیتال کمک میکند.
Why is the present tense verb کمک میکند used to translate 'has been helping'?
This is the core of the current lesson! To say something has been happening for a certain amount of time, Farsi uses the pattern [time period] + ast ke followed by a verb in the present tense. Literally, this sentence says 'It is one decade that technology helps'. Because the action is still ongoing today, the present indicative کمک میکند is used instead of a past tense.
Why do we need the preposition به right before پیشرفت (progress)?
The compound verb کمک کردن (to help) requires the preposition به (to) to connect to the person or thing receiving the help. While in English we just say 'helps the progress', in Farsi you must literally say 'helps to the progress' (به پیشرفت کمک میکند).
How do we pronounce the phrase پیشرفت ارتباط دیجیتال and how do the words connect?
It is pronounced pishraft-e ertebat-e dijital. The words are connected by the hidden ezafe vowel (an 'e' sound). The first ezafe acts like the English word 'of', meaning 'the progress of communication'. The second ezafe links the noun 'communication' to its describing adjective 'digital'.
Is یک دهه the only way to express this time period?
The word دهه specifically means 'decade'. You could also just say ده سال (ten years) to mean the exact same thing. If you used that, the beginning of the sentence would simply change to ده سال است که.