Breakdown of کوسهای که از آن میترسم بزرگ است.
است
is
آن
that
بزرگbozorg
big / large
ازaz
from
کهke
that (conjunction)
ترسیدنtarsidan
to fear
کوسهkuse
shark
Questions & Answers about کوسهای که از آن میترسم بزرگ است.
Why do we have az ân ("from it") inside the clause instead of just saying "that I am afraid of"?
In English, it is common to leave a preposition like "of" at the end of a relative clause. Farsi doesn't do this. When a verb needs a preposition, you must keep the preposition inside the ke clause and attach it to a "resumptive pronoun" like ân (it) or u (him/her). So you literally say "The shark that I am afraid from it."
Why use the preposition az (from) instead of translating "of"?
The verb for being afraid, tarsidan, always pairs with the preposition az. In Farsi, you don't say you are afraid of something, you say you are afraid from it! Since the verb here is mi-tarsam (I am afraid), it needs az.
Why does kuse (shark) have an -i suffix attached to it here?
This is the restrictive -i. Whenever you follow a noun with a ke (that/which) clause to specify exactly which one you mean, you add this suffix to the noun. Because kuse ends in a vowel sound, it takes a connecting 'y' sound, making it kuse-i.
How do I know where to put the main verb ast (is) in a sentence like this?
The core of this sentence is simply kuse bozorg ast (the shark is big). The relative clause ke az ân mi-tarsam (that I am afraid of) is just extra information describing the shark, so it gets inserted immediately after the noun it describes. The main sentence then wraps up at the end with bozorg ast.
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