Breakdown of ساختار این چرخوفلک از فولاد است.
است
is
این
this
ازaz
from
چرخوفلکcharkh-o-falak
Ferris wheel
Questions & Answers about ساختار این چرخوفلک از فولاد است.
Why is the word az used before fulād (steel) in this sentence?
In Farsi, when you want to describe the material something is made of, you use the preposition az (from/of). So, saying az fulād ast literally means "is from steel," which naturally translates to the English "is steel" or "is made of steel."
The word for Ferris wheel, charkh-o-falak, looks like multiple words connected. What does it literally mean?
It is a compound word! charkh means "wheel" and falak means "sky" or "heavens." The و in the middle is pronounced as a short "o" sound (meaning "and"). So, it literally translates to "wheel and sky," which is a very descriptive and poetic way to name a Ferris wheel.
Where is the hidden ezafe (the linking "e" sound) in this sentence?
The ezafe comes right after sākhtār (structure). You pronounce the beginning of the sentence as sākhtār-e in charkh-o-falak. This links the noun "structure" to the phrase "this Ferris wheel," giving us "the structure of this Ferris wheel."
In English, the sentence ends with the material ("steel"), but where is the verb in the Farsi sentence?
The verb is ast (is), and following standard Farsi word order, it must be placed at the very end of the sentence. The literal word-for-word translation of the sentence is "Structure-of this Ferris-wheel from steel is."