Questions & Answers about نشونی این دکون کجاست؟
Why is the word for "address" spelled نشونی here?
This is a perfect example of the colloquial Tehrani accent you are currently learning! The formal, written word for "address" is نشانی (neshāni). Because the long "ā" sound (ا) comes directly before the nasal consonant ن (n), it changes to an "oo" sound in everyday spoken Farsi. To reflect how it sounds, it is written here as نشونی (neshooni).
Is دکون following the same pronunciation rule?
Exactly. The formal, written word for "shop" is دکان (dokān). Just like with the word for address, the "ā" sound before the final ن shifts to an "oo" sound in spoken Farsi, making it دکون (dokkoon). It's worth noting that while دکون is understood everywhere, the word مغازه (maghāze) is more commonly used for modern shops and stores.
Where is the ezafe connecting these words?
The ezafe links "the address of" to "this shop". Even though it is not written out in the Farsi script, you pronounce it as neshooni-ye in. Because نشونی ends in a vowel (the "ee" sound), spoken Farsi inserts a "y" sound to smoothly bridge into the ezafe "e" before moving on to این (in).
I know کجا means "where", but what is the ست at the end?
The word کجاست (kojāst) is a very common contraction of کجا (kojā, "where") and است (ast, "is"). While you might see them written as two separate words in very formal texts, in almost all everyday writing and speaking, Farsi speakers naturally merge them together into .