Breakdown of ما دو گزینه داریم؛ یکی کارایی بالا دارد و دیگری دوام بیشتر دارد.
ما
we
و
and
دوdo
two
داشتنdâshtan
to have
Questions & Answers about ما دو گزینه داریم؛ یکی کارایی بالا دارد و دیگری دوام بیشتر دارد.
How do یکی and دیگری work together in this sentence?
They are paired pronouns used to contrast two things, meaning 'one' and 'the other'. Because the first half of the sentence introduces دو گزینه (two options), we use یکی for the first option and دیگری for the second. In both clauses, they act as the subject for the verb دارد.
Is دیگری used exactly like this in everyday spoken Farsi?
While perfectly correct, دیگری sounds a bit formal or written. In casual everyday speech, Iranians almost always replace it with اون یکی (literally 'that one').
Are there invisible Ezafe vowels connecting the nouns and adjectives here?
Yes! You need to pronounce an Ezafe to connect the nouns to their modifiers. It is pronounced as کاراییِ بالا (karayi-ye bala) and دوامِ بیشتر (davam-e bishtar). Because کارایی ends in a long 'i' vowel sound, its Ezafe is pronounced as a 'ye' sound.
Why does بیشتر (more) come after the noun دوام (durability) instead of before it?
In English we say 'more durability' (quantity/adjective before noun), but in Farsi, comparative adjectives follow the standard noun-adjective word order. They come right after the noun they describe and are linked by an Ezafe (دوامِ بیشتر).