Breakdown of بعضی مزیتهای زیادی دارند و بعضی دیگر عیبهای بزرگی دارند.
و
and
بزرگbozorg
big / large
داشتنdâshtan
to have
زیادziyâd
a lot
Questions & Answers about بعضی مزیتهای زیادی دارند و بعضی دیگر عیبهای بزرگی دارند.
How does the "some... others" pattern work in this sentence?
The first "some" is simply ba'zi (بعضی). The contrasting "others" is ba'zi digar (بعضی دیگر), which literally translates to "some other". You use this pair to contrast two plural groups within a larger category.
Can I use the pair yeki ... digari (one ... the other) instead in this sentence?
Not in this context. The pair yeki ... digari is strictly used for singular contrasts—comparing one specific thing or person to another single thing or person. Because we are talking about plural groups having multiple advantages and flaws, you must use the plural contrasting pair ba'zi ... ba'zi digar.
Why is there an -i (ی) at the very end of the phrases maziyat-ha-ye ziyadi (مزیتهای زیادی) and eyb-ha-ye bozorgi (عیبهای بزرگی)?
That -i is the indefinite marker, which translates roughly to "some" or "a". In Farsi, when you have a noun modified by an adjective, the indefinite -i attaches to the end of the entire phrase, right onto the adjective. So, it attaches to ziyad (many) and bozorg (big) rather than the nouns themselves.
Since ba'zi (some) doesn't have a plural suffix, why is the verb darand (دارند) plural?
Even though ba'zi doesn't take a plural suffix like -ha, it is inherently plural in meaning when it stands alone as a pronoun. When it acts as the subject representing a group of people or countable things, the verb generally matches it in the plural form.