Breakdown of استخری که بچهاش در آن شنا میکند، عمیق نیست.
آن
that
بودنbudan
to be
درdar
in
بچهbacheh
child
کهke
that (conjunction)
شنا کردنshenâ kardan
to swim
عمیقamigh
deep
استخرestakhr
pool / tank
Questions & Answers about استخری که بچهاش در آن شنا میکند، عمیق نیست.
Why do we say dar ân (in it) instead of a word for "which"?
In Farsi, relative clauses introduced by ke (that) don't use a relative pronoun like "which" after a preposition. Instead, Farsi keeps the preposition and adds a regular pronoun inside the clause. So literally, this sentence says "The pool that her child swims in it." The ân (it) is called a resumptive pronoun because it refers back to the pool.
Why does estakhr (pool) have an -i suffix if the translation says "the pool" and not "a pool"?
While the -i suffix often means "a" or "an", here it acts as a specific linking marker before a relative clause. When a noun is described by a ke clause, it takes this suffix. You can think of estakhr-i ke as a single structural unit meaning "the pool that...".
Could bache-ash also mean "his child"?
Yes! Farsi pronouns do not indicate gender. The possessive suffix -ash can mean "his", "her", or "its" child. The translator chose "her" based on outside context, but looking at just this sentence, "his child" is completely correct too.
Why is the main verb phrase amigh nist (is not deep) so far away from the word estakhr?
Farsi puts the verb at the very end of its clause. Here, the subject of the main sentence is a long chunk of words: it's the entire phrase estakhr-i ke bache-ash dar ân shenâ mi-konad (The pool that her child swims in). The main verb nist (is not) has to wait until that whole description is finished.
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