Questions & Answers about آنها یک فرش تقلبی به من فروختند.
Since this lesson is about the indefinite '-i', is the '-i' at the end of taqallobī the indefinite suffix?
No, the word taqallobī naturally means fake and already ends in that sound. When a noun phrase has an adjective, the indefinite -i usually attaches to the very end of the adjective. However, because taqallobī already ends in an -i, Farsi speakers drop the extra suffix to avoid the awkward double-i sound (taqallobī-ī).
They sold a rug, making it the direct object. Why isn't the direct object marker rā used here?
The marker rā is strictly used for definite direct objects, like the rug or that rug. Because the sentence is about a fake rug (an indefinite object), rā is completely left out.
What are the past and present stems for the verb forūkhtand (they sold)?
The infinitive is forūkhtan (to sell), making the past stem forūkht. You just add the -and ending for they. It is highly useful at this level to memorize its irregular present stem, forūsh, which you need for present tense verbs like I sell (mī-forūsham).
How do we know to pronounce an 'e' sound between farsh and taqallobī?
This is the ezāfe vowel, which links a noun to its adjective. It is pronounced as yek farsh-e taqallobī. Even though it is rarely written in the Farsi script, you must add this spoken 'e' whenever an adjective directly follows a noun.