Breakdown of بازدیدکنندهها برای دیدن نمایشگاه به موزه آمدند.
موزهmuze
museum
بهbe
to
برایbarâye
for
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
Questions & Answers about بازدیدکنندهها برای دیدن نمایشگاه به موزه آمدند.
How is the word بازدیدکنندهها (bâzdid-konande-hâ) built using the -ande suffix?
It starts with the compound verb بازدید کردن (bâzdid kardan), meaning to visit. To make the noun for the doer of the action, we take the present stem of کردن, which is کن (kon), and add the suffix ـنده (-ande). This gives us بازدیدکننده (bâzdid-konande), meaning visitor. Finally, the standard plural suffix ـها (-hâ) is added to the end to mean visitors.
Why is the infinitive دیدن (didan) used here instead of a conjugated verb to express purpose?
In Farsi, you can express purpose using a conjugated subjunctive verb, but a very common alternative is using the preposition برای (barâ-ye) followed by the infinitive. Here, the infinitive دیدن acts like a verbal noun or gerund. So برای دیدن literally translates as for seeing, which functions exactly like the English phrase in order to see.
Is there a hidden ezâfe between دیدن and نمایشگاه?
Yes, there is! When spoken, it is pronounced didan-e namâyeshgâh. Even though دیدن (to see) represents the action here, grammatically it is an infinitive noun. Therefore, it needs an ezâfe to connect it to its object, نمایشگاه (the exhibition). Because دیدن ends in a consonant, the ezâfe is just a spoken vowel and is not written in the Farsi script.