Questions & Answers about این بازی عالی است.
Why isn't there an ezafe connector between این (this) and بازی (game)?
In Farsi, pointer words like این (this) and آن (that) come right before the noun they describe, and they never use the -e connecting sound (ezafe). You just put them side by side to say این بازی.
Why isn't there an ezafe between بازی (game) and عالی (excellent)? Don't adjectives need one?
You would use an ezafe if you were saying 'this excellent game' (این بازیِ عالی). However, in this sentence, 'excellent' is the predicate. Because it is telling us what the game is rather than acting as a tag-along adjective, it stands alone right before the verb است.
Since the current lesson is about compound verbs, is عالی است considered a compound verb?
No, this is a simple sentence using the verb to be (است). A compound verb combines a word with a helper verb to describe a completely new action (like combining 'work' and 'to do' to mean 'to work'). Here, عالی is just a regular adjective describing the subject.
How would native speakers pronounce عالی است in casual conversation?
In spoken Farsi, است almost always shrinks down to a short 'e' sound attached to the end of a word. Because عالی ends in a vowel, native speakers add a smooth 'y' sound to connect them, making it sound like 'aaliy-e' instead of the formal 'aali ast'.
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