Word
برادرم یه پسر بیخیاله.
Meaning
My brother is a carefree boy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of برادرم یه پسر بیخیاله.
بودنbudan
to be
برادرbarâdar
brother
پسرpesar
boy / son
یکyek
one / a, an
Questions & Answers about برادرم یه پسر بیخیاله.
Why does the sentence use یه instead of یک for the word 'a'?
یه is the standard colloquial Tehrani pronunciation of یک (one or a). In everyday speech, the final k sound is dropped, which is exactly what this lesson focuses on.
Where is the verb 'is' in this sentence?
It is attached to the very end of the sentence as the suffix ه on the word بیخیاله. In formal written Persian, this would be the separate word است, but in spoken Persian it shrinks down to an -e sound attached to the last word.
Is there an Ezafe between پسر and بیخیال even though we cannot see it?
Yes. You must pronounce an -e sound between پسر (boy) and its adjective بیخیال (carefree) to link them together. The Ezafe is rarely written in the Persian alphabet, but it is required here to show that the adjective belongs to the noun.
How does the word بیخیال literally translate to 'carefree'?
It is a combination of the prefix بی meaning without and the noun خیال which means thought, worry, or imagination. So a person who is without worry is carefree!