Breakdown of بعضی از دانشجوها واسه این کنجکاو هستن.
این
this
دانشجوdâneshju
university student
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
برایbarâye
for
بعضیba'zi
some
کنجکاوkonjkâv
curious
Questions & Answers about بعضی از دانشجوها واسه این کنجکاو هستن.
The translation says "about this", but doesn't واسه mean "for"?
Yes, exactly! واسه is the colloquial spoken form of برای (for). In Farsi, you don't typically say you are curious "about" something; instead, the standard phrasing is that you are curious "for" it (کنجکاو برای or colloquially کنجکاو واسه).
Could I use در مورد or درباره (about) since the English translation uses "about"?
You will sometimes hear people use در مورد این (about this) with this adjective, but using واسه or برای is generally the most natural and common way to connect کنجکاو to the thing you are curious about.
Why is the verb هستن and not هستند?
This is a very common feature of everyday spoken Farsi. The third-person plural ending ـَند drops the final "d" sound, becoming just ـَن. So the written word هستند is pronounced as هستن in conversation.
Does بعضی از دانشجوها mean exactly the same thing as بعضی دانشجوها?
They are very similar but have a slight difference in feel. بعضی از دانشجوها literally translates to "some of the students" (referring to a specific group you are already talking about), while dropping the از to say بعضی دانشجوها just means "some students" in general. Both are perfectly correct.
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