Breakdown of پرستار جدید به اندازهی دکتر دلسوز است، ولی خیلی کمحرف است.
دکتر
doctor
است
is
خیلی
very / many (of)
جدیدjadid
new
بهbe
to
ولیvali
but
اندازهandâze
size / amount
پرستارparastâr
caregiver
کمحرفkam-harf
quiet (person, not talkative)
دلسوزdelsuz
caring
به اندازهیbe andâze-ye
as much as, as ... as
Questions & Answers about پرستار جدید به اندازهی دکتر دلسوز است، ولی خیلی کمحرف است.
How does the phrase be andâze-ye create the meaning "as caring as"?
The phrase be andâze-ye literally means "to the measure of" or "to the extent of". When placed before a noun like doktor and followed by an adjective like delsuz, it acts just like the English "as [adjective] as" structure. Notice that because andâze ends in a silent 'heh', it takes the -ye form of the ezafe connector before doktor.
The word for caring is delsuz. What is the literal translation of this word?
It literally translates to "heart-burning". It is a compound adjective made from del (heart) and suz (the present stem of suxtan, to burn). In Farsi, having a "burning heart" for someone means you feel deep compassion and care for them.
How do the parts of kam-harf come together to mean "quiet"?
kam means "little" or "few", and harf means "word" or "speech". So, kam-harf literally describes someone of "few words". This is the most natural way to say someone is quiet, reserved, or untalkative in Farsi.
The English translation says "but she is very quiet", but there is no word for "she" in the second half of the Farsi sentence. Why is that?
Farsi frequently drops subject pronouns when the context makes it obvious who is doing the action. Since the first clause was about the nurse, the verb ast (is) at the end of the second clause is all you need to show we are still talking about her. Plus, even if we did use the third-person pronoun u, it is gender-neutral and could mean he or she!
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