Breakdown of سی درصد دانشجویان نمرهی زیر میانگین گرفتند.
دانشجوdâneshju
university student
زیرzir
under
سیsi
thirty
گرفتنgereftan
to take / to get
نمرهnomre
score / mark
درصدdar-sad
percent
میانگینmiyângin
average
Questions & Answers about سی درصد دانشجویان نمرهی زیر میانگین گرفتند.
How do we connect "thirty percent" to "the students" in Farsi?
We use the Ezafe vowel (pronounced "e"). Even though it's not explicitly written here, you say si darsad-e dāneshjuyān. In Farsi, percentages act like regular nouns describing quantities, so they connect to the following noun using Ezafe, just like saying "a glass of water" (yek livān-e āb).
Why is the verb گرفتند (gereftand) in the plural form? Isn't a percentage technically a singular amount?
In Farsi, when a percentage describes a human subject (like دانشجویان, students), the verb agrees with that logical subject. Since the students are a plural human group, the verb must take the plural ending ـند to become گرفتند ("they got"). If the percentage referred to an inanimate object (e.g., "30 percent of the food was eaten"), the verb would typically be singular.
How does the phrase نمرهی زیر میانگین (nomre-ye zir-e miyāngin) break down grammatically?
It uses a chain of Ezafe vowels to link the nouns and prepositions together. نمره (nomre) means "score" or "grade", زیر (zir) means "under/below", and میانگین (miyāngin) means "average". They link up as nomre-ye zir-e miyāngin (literally: score of below of average). Notice that ی is added to نمره because the word ends in a silent 'h' vowel sound.
Why does the sentence use the verb گرفتند (gereftand) for "scored"?
The verb گرفتن (gereftan) primarily means "to take" or "to get". In Farsi, you don't "score" or "achieve" a grade on a test; you "get" or "take" a grade. Therefore, the compound نمره گرفتن (nomre gereftan) is the standard way to express getting a grade or scoring on an exam.
Why is the word for students written as دانشجویان (dāneshjuyān) instead of دانشجوها (dāneshjuhā)?
Both mean "students," but the suffix ـان (-ān) is a more formal, written plural ending used specifically for people (and some body parts). Because this sentence is discussing statistics and averages, it has an academic or formal tone, making دانشجویان a very natural fit. In casual spoken Farsi, you would still say دانشجوها.
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