Breakdown of ما برای این تحقیقات به توضیحات نیاز داریم.
ما
we
این
this
بهbe
to
برایbarâye
for
داشتنdâshtan
to have
نیازniyâz
need
تحقیقاتtahqiqât
investigations / research
توضیحاتtowzihât
explanations
Questions & Answers about ما برای این تحقیقات به توضیحات نیاز داریم.
Why do تحقیقات and توضیحات end in ات instead of the usual Persian plural ها?
The suffix ات is an Arabic plural marker used in Persian for specific Arabic loanwords, especially abstract nouns, administrative terms, and formal concepts. While you might hear the standard Persian plural ها used with these in very casual street Farsi, the ات forms are the natural, correct way to pluralize them in standard speech and writing.
What are the singular forms of تحقیقات and توضیحات?
The singular forms are تحقیق (research/investigation) and توضیح (explanation). Dropping the ات suffix is a great trick for B1 learners to quickly find the dictionary form of formal vocabulary words.
The English translation says 'this research', but تحقیقات is plural. Why is that?
In English, research is an uncountable noun, so it stays singular. In Persian, the plural تحقیقات (literally investigations or studies) is used to refer to a comprehensive body of research. Also, notice that the singular word این (this) is used before it. In Persian, demonstratives like این and آن never take a plural marker when they come directly before a noun.
Why is there a به right before توضیحات?
The compound verb for to need is نیاز داشتن (literally to have need). This verb always requires the preposition به (to) to connect it to the thing that is needed. So, the structure here literally translates as 'we have need to explanations'.
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