Breakdown of عفونت زخم خطرناک است و من دربارهاش با دکتر صحبت کردم.
من
I
دکتر
doctor
است
is
و
and
باbâ
with
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
خطرناکkhatarnâk
dangerous
دربارهdarbâre
about / concerning
زخمzakhm
wound
عفونتofunat
infection
Questions & Answers about عفونت زخم خطرناک است و من دربارهاش با دکتر صحبت کردم.
Why is the word order in عفونت زخم (ufonat-e zakhm) the reverse of the English "wound infection"?
In English, "wound" acts as an adjective describing "infection." In Farsi, we link the two nouns using the ezafe connector (an invisible "e" sound), which translates roughly to "of". The main noun comes first, so ufonat-e zakhm literally means "infection of the wound."
How does دربارهاش (dar bâre-yash) translate to "about it"?
Darbâre-ye is a preposition meaning "about." Instead of using a separate pronoun for "it", Farsi often attaches a pronoun suffix directly to the preposition. Here, the suffix -ash (him/her/it) is added. Because darbâre ends in a vowel, a "y" sound is inserted to connect them smoothly, making it darbâre-yash.
Why do the phrases دربارهاش (about it) and با دکتر (with the doctor) come before the verb?
Farsi is a Subject-Object-Verb language, meaning the verb almost always sits at the very end of the sentence. Because the compound verb sohbat kardam (I talked) must go at the end, extra details like "about it" and "with the doctor" get stacked before it. The order of these phrases is flexible, so bâ doktor dar bâre-yash sohbat kardam would also be completely correct.
Is صحبت کردم (sohbat kardam) a single verb?
It is a compound verb. Instead of having a unique single word for "to talk", Farsi pairs the noun sohbat (conversation/talk) with the helper verb kardan (to do). Because the subject is "I" (man), the helper verb is conjugated in the past tense as kardam (I did).
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