Breakdown of بینندهها مناظرهی انتخابات را تماشا میکنند.
تماشا کردنtamâshâ kardan
to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بینندهbinande
viewer
مناظرهmonâzere
Questions & Answers about بینندهها مناظرهی انتخابات را تماشا میکنند.
How exactly does the word بینندهها break down to mean viewers?
This uses the exact pattern from this lesson! We start with the verb دیدن (to see). Its present stem is بین. We add the suffix ـنده, which creates an agent noun (a person who does the action), making بیننده (viewer). Finally, we add the plural marker ـها to get viewers.
Why is there a ی attached to the end of مناظرهی?
That is the Ezafe, which links debate (مناظره) to elections (انتخابات) to mean election debate. Because مناظره ends in a silent ه, the Ezafe cannot be invisible; it must be written out as a ی (pronounced ye).
Why is the direct object marker را placed after انتخابات instead of right after the word debate?
The word را marks a specific direct object, but that object can be an entire phrase, not just a single word. The viewers are watching the election debate as a single concept, so را goes at the very end of the whole noun phrase مناظرهی انتخابات.
Does the verb تماشا میکنند share a root with the word for viewer (بیننده)?
Actually, no! While they both relate to observing, they use completely different words. بیننده comes from the native Farsi verb دیدن (to see), while the verb for to watch is the compound verb (literally to do watching). Farsi often separates seeing from watching just like English does.