Breakdown of این دو نمونه با یکدیگر تفاوت زیادی دارند؛ یکی عالی است و دیگری عیب دارد.
و
and
عالی
excellent
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
باbâ
with
دوdo
two
داشتنdâshtan
to have
زیادziyâd
a lot
یکیyeki
one (of them), someone
یکدیگرyekdigar
each other
دیگریdigari
the other
عیبeyb
flaw / defect
نمونهnamune
sample / example
تفاوتtafâvot
difference
Questions & Answers about این دو نمونه با یکدیگر تفاوت زیادی دارند؛ یکی عالی است و دیگری عیب دارد.
How do yeki and digari work together in this sentence?
They are used as a pair to mean 'one ... the other' when contrasting two things. yeki means 'one of them' (built from yek plus the -i suffix), and digari means 'the other one' (built from digar plus -i). You will see this structure a lot when comparing exactly two items.
The English translation says they differ 'from' each other, but the Farsi says ba yekdigar (with each other). Why?
In Farsi, the standard expression for 'to differ' is tafavot dashtan ba (literally 'to have a difference with'). You always use the preposition ba (with) when expressing what something differs from, rather than using az (from).
Why is the noun nemouneh (sample) in its singular form if there are two of them?
In Farsi, whenever a noun comes immediately after a specific number, it must stay in its singular form. Because the sentence specifies do (two), we use the singular nemouneh instead of the plural nemouneh-ha.
Could I say hamdigar instead of yekdigar here?
Yes, they are essentially interchangeable and both mean 'each other'. yekdigar sounds a little more formal or literary, which fits nicely with the slightly formal tone of this sentence, but hamdigar is exactly what you would use in everyday speech.
What is the -i at the end of ziadi doing in the phrase tafavot-e ziadi?
The word ziad means 'much' or 'a lot'. Adding the -i suffix is a common way to build an adjective modifying a noun. Linked to the noun by the invisible Ezafe, tafavot-e ziadi translates to 'a great difference' or 'a lot of difference'.
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