Questions & Answers about این ناشنوا خیلی باهوشه.
Why does the adjective ناشنوا translate to a noun (deaf person) here?
In Farsi, you can use adjectives as nouns to refer to a person or thing with that quality. While the current lesson focuses on adding ها for plural groups (like ناشنواها for 'the deaf ones'), this sentence shows that you can also do this in the singular. Here, ناشنوا simply acts as the subject, meaning 'deaf person'.
How is the word ناشنوا built?
It is made of the negative prefix نا (un- or non-) and شنوا (hearing). The word شنوا comes from the present stem of the verb شنیدن (to hear). Put together, it literally means 'non-hearing'.
Why is there an ـه at the end of باهوشه?
This is the colloquial spoken form of است (is). In everyday spoken Farsi, است usually drops its first vowel and attaches to the previous word as an '-e' sound, turning باهوش است (bâhush ast) into باهوشه (bâhushe).
What is the literal translation of باهوش?
It translates literally to 'with intelligence'. It is built from the preposition با (with) and the noun هوش (intelligence or smarts). Farsi frequently combines با or بی (without) with nouns to create adjectives.