Breakdown of پیچگوشتی جدیدی که آن را خریده بودید، کجا است؟
است
is
آن
that
جدیدjadid
new
خریدنkharidan
to buy
کجاkojâ
where
راrâ
definite direct object marker
کهke
that (conjunction)
پیچگوشتیpich-gushti
screwdriver
Questions & Answers about پیچگوشتی جدیدی که آن را خریده بودید، کجا است؟
Why does this sentence include ân râ? Doesn't that literally translate to "it", which sounds weird in English?
Yes, ân râ translates to "it" plus the direct object marker râ. In Farsi, when the noun you are describing (the screwdriver) is the direct object of the action inside the ke ("that") clause, you usually have to repeat it as a pronoun. This is called a resumptive pronoun. While English just says "the screwdriver that you bought", Farsi literally says "the screwdriver that you bought it".
Why is there an -i at the end of jadidi? Is it making the word indefinite like "a new screwdriver"?
Not exactly. While -i is often used for "a/an", here it acts as a "relative -i" (or restrictive -i). In Farsi, when a noun phrase is followed by a ke clause that specifies exactly which one you mean, we attach this -i to the end of the noun phrase. So, pich-gushti-ye jadidi ke... signals "the specific new screwdriver that...".
How do I pronounce the link between "screwdriver" and "new" here?
It is pronounced pich-gushti-ye jadidi. You still need the ezâfe (which takes the form of -ye after a vowel) to link the noun pich-gushti (screwdriver) to its adjective jadid (new), right before adding the relative -i to the end of the whole phrase.
Why is the verb kharide budid instead of just kharidid?
kharide budid is the past perfect tense ("had bought"). It is formed using the past participle kharide and the past tense of the "to be" verb, budid. You could use the simple past kharidid ("bought"), but using the past perfect emphasizes that the buying happened further back in the past, before the current situation of looking for it.
Why is kojâ ast (where is) at the very end of the sentence?
In Farsi, sentences usually follow a Subject-Object-Verb order. The entire phrase pich-gushti-ye jadidi ke ân râ kharide budid acts as one giant subject block ("The new screwdriver that you had bought"). The subject comes first, followed by the question word kojâ ("where"), and the verb ast ("is") goes at the very end.
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