Breakdown of پیچگوشتی جدیدی که آن را خریده بودید، کجا است؟
است
is
آن
that
جدیدjadid
new
خریدنkharidan
to buy
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?