Breakdown of نمودار نشان میدهد که چهل درصد مردم خوشحال هستند.
خوشحال
happy
بودنbudan
to be
چهلchehel
forty
کهke
that (conjunction)
مردمmardom
people
درصدdar-sad
percent
نشان دادنneshân dâdan
to show
نمودارnemudâr
chart / graph
Questions & Answers about نمودار نشان میدهد که چهل درصد مردم خوشحال هستند.
In چهل درصد مردم, how do the words connect? Is there a Farsi word for 'of' here?
They are connected by the ezafe. You pronounce it as چهل درصدِ مردم (chehel darsad-e mardom). The ezafe acts like the English word 'of' in this context, linking the percentage directly to the noun it describes, so you do not need any extra vocabulary.
Why does the sentence use the plural verb هستند when 'forty percent' feels like a single block or amount?
When using percentages, the verb must agree with the logical subject, which is the noun that the percentage belongs to. Here, the percentage belongs to مردم (people). Because مردم refers to a group of individuals, the verb takes the plural form هستند.
نشان میدهد means 'it shows'. What is the infinitive of this verb, and how is its present tense built?
The infinitive is the compound verb نشان دادن (to show). The non-verbal part, نشان, stays exactly the same. The verb part, دادن, takes the continuous prefix می, the present stem ده, and the third-person singular ending -د to become میدهد.
Can I drop the word که just like I often drop the word 'that' in conversational English?
While dropping 'that' is very common in English (e.g., 'The chart shows forty percent...'), you should generally keep که in Farsi. It acts as an essential bridge to clearly separate the main action (نمودار نشان میدهد) from the subordinate clause that explains what is being shown.
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