Breakdown of ما در مورد همین نقاشیها صحبت میکنیم.
ما
we
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
همینhamin
this very, same
در موردdar mored
about / regarding
Questions & Answers about ما در مورد همین نقاشیها صحبت میکنیم.
Why doesn't hamin take a plural suffix to match the plural noun naghâshi-hâ?
In Farsi, demonstrative adjectives like hamin (this very) and hamân (that very) always stay in their singular form when they come directly before a noun. Even though the paintings are plural, the adjective modifying them does not change. You would only add a plural suffix to hamin if it stood completely alone as a pronoun.
How does hamin change the feeling of the sentence compared to just using in?
While in simply means this or these, hamin adds a strong layer of focus and emphasis. By using hamin, the speaker is stressing that they are talking about these exact, specific paintings and absolutely no others. It often implies the paintings were just mentioned or are currently being pointed at.
How does the phrase dar morad connect to the words that follow it?
dar morad is a compound preposition meaning about or regarding. To link it to the noun phrase it refers to, it requires an ezafe (the invisible linking e sound). Therefore, it is pronounced dar morad-e hamin naghâshi-hâ, even though the ezafe is not written out in the Persian script.
Why is mi-konim used here instead of a single verb for talking?
Farsi relies heavily on compound verbs. The verb for to talk or to converse is sohbat kardan, which literally translates to doing conversation. To say we are talking, you take the noun sohbat and conjugate the verb for the first-person plural in the present tense, giving you .