Breakdown of بسیاری از قلمنیها روی میز افتاده بود.
رویruye
on
میزmize
table
ازaz
from
افتادنoftâdan
to fall
قلمنیqalam-ney
reed pen
بسیاریbesyâri
many
Questions & Answers about بسیاری از قلمنیها روی میز افتاده بود.
What is the difference between besyâr and besyâri az in this sentence?
Besyâr simply means "very" or "a lot" and usually acts as an adverb or adjective. By adding the -i suffix and the preposition az (from/of), it becomes the quantitative phrase besyâri az, meaning "many of" or "a lot of". This allows you to talk about a specific portion of a group, like "many of the reed pens" in this sentence.
Why is the verb oftâdeh bud in the singular form when the subject is "many reed pens"?
In Farsi, when a plural subject is inanimate (non-living, like pens), the verb is almost always conjugated in the singular. Even though the subject uses the plural marker -hâ and the phrase besyâri az (many of), the verb remains in the third-person singular form: oftâdeh bud (it had fallen).
How is the tense "had fallen" formed in oftâdeh bud?
This is the past perfect tense, which you use to talk about an action completed before another point in the past. It is formed by taking the past participle of the main verb—oftâdeh (fallen)—and adding the simple past tense of the verb "to be" for the matching subject, which here is bud (was).
Why does the plural marker -hâ only go at the end of qalam-ney?
Qalam-ney (reed pen) is a compound noun made from qalam (pen) and ney (reed/cane). In Farsi, you don't pluralize both parts of a compound noun. The plural suffix -hâ simply attaches to the very end of the entire compound, resulting in qalam-ney-hâ.
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