Word
کارآگاه یک اثر انگشت روی میز پیدا کرد.
Meaning
The detective found a fingerprint on the table.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of کارآگاه یک اثر انگشت روی میز پیدا کرد.
رویruye
on
میزmize
table
یکyek
one / a, an
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
Questions & Answers about کارآگاه یک اثر انگشت روی میز پیدا کرد.
How do the words in asar-e angosht combine to mean fingerprint?
asar means "trace", "mark", or "sign", and angosht means "finger". They are connected by the ezâfe (the hidden "e" sound linking nouns), so asar-e angosht literally means "trace of a finger".
Why is there no object marker râ after the fingerprint in this sentence?
We only use râ for definite direct objects (like "the fingerprint"). Because the detective found an indefinite object ("a fingerprint", or yek asar-e angosht), the direct object marker râ is not used.
Does the word ruy always need an ezâfe to mean "on"?
Yes, when used as a preposition before a noun. ruy originally means "face" or "surface", so it needs the ezâfe to link to the noun it describes. ruy-e miz literally translates to "on the surface of the table".
How would I change this sentence to apply our current lesson: "I doubt that the detective found a fingerprint"?
You would add your expression of doubt, like shak dâram ke (I doubt that), and then change the simple past verb peydâ kard to the present perfect subjunctive: peydâ karde bâshad. The full sentence becomes: shak dâram ke kârâgâh yek asar-e angosht ruy-e miz peydâ karde bâshad.