Breakdown of من گوشت آبپز را به گوشت سرخکرده ترجیح میدهم.
من
I
بهbe
to
گوشتgusht
meat
راrâ
definite direct object marker
آبپزâb-paz
boiled
سرخکردهsorkh-karde
fried
ترجیح دادنtarjih dâdan
to prefer
Questions & Answers about من گوشت آبپز را به گوشت سرخکرده ترجیح میدهم.
How is the phrase "prefer X to Y" structured in this sentence?
The verb is tarjih dâdan (to prefer, literally "to give preference"). To show what you are comparing the first item to, you use the preposition be (to). The complete frame used here is [Thing 1] râ be [Thing 2] tarjih midaham.
Why does the object marker râ come after the adjective âb-paz instead of right after the noun gusht?
The marker râ is placed at the end of the entire direct object phrase, not just after the head noun. Since the specific thing being preferred is the whole phrase "boiled meat" (gusht-e âb-paz), râ must sit at the very end of it.
Are the phrases for "boiled meat" and "fried meat" linked by an ezafe even though it isn't written?
Yes! As a quick refresher, when spoken, you must use the invisible ezafe (the "e" sound) to link a noun to its adjective. You pronounce these phrases as gusht-e âb-paz and gusht-e sorkh-karde.
How are the adjectives âb-paz (boiled) and sorkh-karde (fried) formed?
âb-paz is a compound made of âb (water) and paz (the present stem of pokhtan, to cook). sorkh-karde combines sorkh (which means red, but is used in Farsi for frying) and karde, the past participle of kardan (to do/make). Both function perfectly as adjectives here.
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