Word
وسایل شخصی شما نباید روی میز مشترک باشد.
Meaning
Your personal belongings must not be on the shared desk.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of وسایل شخصی شما نباید روی میز مشترک باشد.
شما
you (plural)
بودنbudan
to be
رویruye
on
میزmize
table
Questions & Answers about وسایل شخصی شما نباید روی میز مشترک باشد.
Why is the verb at the end bāshad instead of ast?
Because of the modal verb nabāyad (must not / should not). In Farsi, modal verbs like bāyad and nabāyad require the main verb of the sentence to be in the present subjunctive mood. bāshad is the present subjunctive form of budan (to be).
The word for belongings (vasāyel) is plural, so why is the verb bāshad singular instead of the plural bāshand?
In Farsi, when the subject of a sentence is inanimate (meaning it is not a person or an animal), the verb is almost always conjugated in the third-person singular form, even if the subject itself is plural. Since vasāyel (belongings) are inanimate objects, the singular verb bāshad is used.
Is vasāyel a regular plural word?
No, vasāyel (belongings/equipment) is an Arabic broken plural of the singular word vasile (tool/means/device). Instead of adding a standard Farsi plural suffix like -hā, the internal structure of the word changes. You will see this frequently with Arabic loanwords in Farsi.
How do the Ezafe vowels connect the phrase vasāyel-e shakhsi-ye shomā?
The Ezafe links the main noun to its adjective, and then to its possessor. It works like this: vasāyel-e (belongings) + shakhsi (personal) + -ye + shomā (your). Notice that we use the transitional instead of just after because the word ends in a long vowel.