Word
دیروز تقریباً صد بلیت فروش رفت.
Meaning
Approximately one hundred tickets were sold yesterday.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of دیروز تقریباً صد بلیت فروش رفت.
صدsad
one hundred
بلیتbelit
ticket
دیروزdirooz
yesterday
تقریباًtaghriban
almost / approximately (nearly)
Questions & Answers about دیروز تقریباً صد بلیت فروش رفت.
I noticed there is no ezafe after taghriban, but there is usually one after hodud. Why is that?
taghriban is an adverb meaning "approximately", so it modifies the sentence directly without needing a connecting sound. On the other hand, hodud is a noun meaning "limits" or "boundaries", so it requires the ezafe (hodud-e) to link it to the number, literally meaning "in the boundaries of".
Why is belit singular even though the sentence says there are a hundred of them?
In Farsi, nouns that follow a specific number are always kept in their singular form. You say sad belit (one hundred ticket), never sad belit-ha.
If "one hundred tickets" is plural in meaning, why is the verb raft in the third-person singular form?
In Farsi, plural inanimate subjects (like tickets, books, or chairs) usually take a singular verb. Since the tickets are non-human, the singular verb raft is the most natural and grammatically correct choice here.
The translation says "were sold", but what does foroosh raft literally mean?
It literally translates to "sale went". foroosh raftan is a common compound verb used as the passive or intransitive equivalent of "to sell". Instead of a complex passive structure, Farsi often uses a noun plus raftan (to go) to show that a state or action happened to the thing you are talking about.