Questions & Answers about آن چیز کوچک است.
Since the current lesson is about the word chizi (something), why does this sentence just use chiz?
chiz is the regular noun for "thing." When we add the indefinite suffix to make chizi, it changes the meaning to "something" or "anything." Because this sentence specifically points out "That thing" using ân, we use the plain noun rather than the indefinite pronoun.
Why don't we connect "thing" and "small" with an ezafe, like chiz-e kuchek?
We only use the ezafe when an adjective directly describes a noun inside a phrase, like saying "the small thing" (chiz-e kuchek). In this sentence, "small" is the predicate describing the subject "That thing" across the verb "is" (ast). Because they are separated by their roles in the sentence, no ezafe is needed.
How does this sentence change in casual, spoken Farsi?
In everyday speech, the "â" sound often changes to "u", so ân becomes un. The word kuchek is usually pronounced koochik. Finally, the formal verb ast drops its first letter and attaches to the previous word as an -e sound. So, you will typically hear Un chiz koochik-e.
If I wanted to say "Those things are small", do I make the word ân plural?
No, in Farsi, demonstrative words like ân (that/those) stay singular when they come right before a noun. You only make the noun plural (chizhâ) and change the verb to match (hastand). The adjective kuchek also stays singular. The plural sentence would be Ân chizhâ kuchek hastand.
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