Breakdown of این سم بیش از حد قوی است.
است
is
این
this
قویqavi
strong
بیش از حدbish az had
excessively / too much
سمsamm
poison
Questions & Answers about این سم بیش از حد قوی است.
How does بیش از حد work in this sentence, and what does it literally mean?
بیش از حد acts as an adverb meaning too or excessively. It literally translates to more than the limit (بیش means more, از means than or from, and حد means limit or boundary). In this sentence, it is placed right before the adjective it modifies, which is قوی (strong).
Could I just use خیلی instead of بیش از حد here?
You could, but it changes the meaning. خیلی means very, which just shows a high degree. بیش از حد means too or excessively, which implies the amount goes beyond what is normal, expected, or desired.
Why does بیش از حد come before the adjective قوی?
In Farsi, adverbs of degree usually come right before the adjective they describe. Just like in English where the word too comes before strong, the phrase بیش از حد directly precedes قوی. The overall word order here is Subject plus Adverb plus Adjective plus Verb.
How is the word سم pronounced, given it has no written vowels?
It is pronounced sam. Since the Farsi alphabet typically does not write short vowels, you just have to remember that there is a short a sound between the consonants.
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