Breakdown of تقریباً ده ردیف پر شد.
دهdah
ten
تقریباًtaghriban
almost / approximately (nearly)
ردیفradif
row
پر شدنpor shodan
to become full / fill up
Questions & Answers about تقریباً ده ردیف پر شد.
Could we have used hodud-e instead of taghriban in this sentence?
Yes, they are mostly interchangeable when estimating numbers. However, grammatically they connect differently. taghriban acts as an independent adverb. If you used the word hodud, you would need the ezafe linking vowel to connect it to the number: hodud-e dah radif.
What is the double dash symbol at the end of تقریباً?
That symbol is called tanwin, which Farsi borrowed from Arabic. It is pronounced as "an" and is typically used to turn a noun or adjective into an adverb. Here, the noun taghrib (approximation) becomes the adverb taghriban (approximately or almost).
Why is the word for "row" (radif) singular when there are ten of them?
This is a strict rule in Farsi: nouns that come immediately after a number always stay in their singular form. You must say dah radif (literally "ten row"), never dah radif-ha.
Since "ten rows" is plural, why does the sentence use the singular verb shod (became) instead of shodand?
In Farsi, inanimate objects (things that aren't human or alive, like rows, chairs, or cars) almost always take a singular verb even when there is more than one of them. If the subject were ten people, you would use the plural verb shodand.