Breakdown of دانشجوی شلخته به اندازهی معلم پرحرف است!
است
is
معلمmo'allem
teacher
دانشجوdâneshju
university student
بهbe
to
اندازهandâze
size / amount
پرحرفporharf
talkative
شلختهsholakhte
messy
به اندازهیbe andâze-ye
as much as, as ... as
Questions & Answers about دانشجوی شلخته به اندازهی معلم پرحرف است!
How does به اندازهی (be andâze-ye) translate to "as... as" in this sentence?
Literally, اندازه (andâze) means "size" or "extent", and به (be) means "to". When you use به اندازهی (be andâze-ye) plus a noun, you are saying "to the extent of" or "as much as" that noun. Here, به اندازهی معلم (be andâze-ye mo'allem) means "to the extent of the teacher".
Why is the adjective پرحرف (por-harf) placed right before the verb instead of in the middle of the comparison?
English puts the adjective in the middle ("as talkative as"), but Farsi groups the comparison together. The structure is usually: [Subject] + [به اندازهی + Noun] + [Adjective] + [Verb]. So literally, the sentence order is: "The messy student, as much as the teacher, talkative is."
What are the parts that make up the word پرحرف (por-harf)?
It is a compound adjective. پر (por) means "full" or "a lot," and حرف (harf) means "word" or "talk." Put together, someone who is "full of talk" is talkative!
Why does دانشجو (dâneshju) have a ی added to the end of it here?
That is the ezafe connecting the noun (student) to its adjective, شلخته (shalakhte, meaning messy). Because دانشجو ends in a long vowel (the "u" sound), we must add the consonant ی (y) as a bridge before we can add the ezafe sound. This makes it dâneshju-ye shalakhte.
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