Breakdown of من نمیتونم زنی رو که کیفش تو اون باجهست ببینم.
من
I
آن
that
بودنbudan
to be
کیفkif
bag
زنzan
woman
درdar
in
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
توانستنtavânestan
to be able to
کهke
that (conjunction)
باجهbâjeh
counter / booth
Questions & Answers about من نمیتونم زنی رو که کیفش تو اون باجهست ببینم.
How do we say "whose bag" in this sentence?
Farsi doesn't have a single word for "whose". Instead, it uses ke (that) followed by a noun with a possessive ending. Here, we have zani... ke kifash..., which literally translates to "a woman... that her bag...". This is the standard way to build possessive relative clauses in Farsi.
Why does "woman" have both the -i suffix and the direct object marker ro (zani ro)?
The -i suffix here doesn't mean "a" (indefinite); it acts as a linking suffix required when a noun is followed by a restrictive relative clause (a clause that specifies which woman we are talking about). The ro is added because "the woman" is the specific direct object of the verb bebinam (see).
Why is the main verb bebinam placed at the very end of the sentence, after the "whose" clause?
Farsi strongly prefers a Subject-Object-Verb word order. The core of this sentence is "I cannot see the woman" (man nemitunam zani ro... bebinam). The entire relative clause (ke kifash tu un bâje-st) simply describes the woman, so it stays attached directly to her, pushing the final verb bebinam to the very end of the sentence.
What is the word باجهست (bâje-st) made of?
It's a spoken contraction of bâje (booth or counter) and the "to be" verb ast (is). In spoken Farsi, when a noun ends in a vowel and is followed by ast, the "a" is often dropped, merging the two words into -st.
Why is the verb "to see" written as bebinam instead of mibinam?
It is in the subjunctive mood, marked by the be- prefix. You must use the subjunctive here because it follows the modal verb nemitunam (I cannot). In Farsi, when you use verbs like "can," "want," or "must," the second verb expressing the action drops the mi- prefix and takes be-.
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