Breakdown of اتفاقاً من اونو رو میز دیدم.
من
I
آن
that
رویruye
on
میزmize
table
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
اتفاقاًettefâghan
actually, as it happens
Questions & Answers about اتفاقاً من اونو رو میز دیدم.
Why is 'on' written as رو (ru) here instead of روی (ru-ye)?
In everyday spoken Tehrani Farsi, the preposition ruy-e (on) is often shortened to just ru. It drops the final -y-e sounds completely, so ruy-e miz becomes ru miz.
Where does the -o at the end of uno (اونو) come from?
uno is the colloquial spoken form of ān rā (that or it + the direct object marker). In everyday speech, ān becomes un, and the object marker rā changes to -o after consonants. Together, they form uno.
What does the little double accent mark mean at the end of ettefāqan (اتفاقاً)?
That mark is called tanvin. It comes from Arabic and is used in Farsi to make an -an sound at the end of a word, turning a noun into an adverb. Here, it turns ettefāq (event or coincidence) into ettefāqan (actually or coincidentally).
Why does uno come before ru miz? Wouldn't it make sense to put the place first?
In Farsi, when a direct object is specific and takes the object marker (rā or colloquial -o), it usually moves closer to the beginning of the sentence. It typically comes right after the subject and before prepositional phrases like ru miz (on the table).
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