Breakdown of نتیجهی سرشماری نشان داد که پنجاه درصد خانوادهها صاحبخانه هستند.
بودنbudan
to be
خانوادهkhânevâde
family
پنجاهpanjâh
fifty
کهke
that (conjunction)
درصدdar-sad
percent
نتیجهnatije
result
صاحبخانهsâheb-khâne
landlord
نشان دادنneshân dâdan
to show
سرشماریsarshomâri
census
Questions & Answers about نتیجهی سرشماری نشان داد که پنجاه درصد خانوادهها صاحبخانه هستند.
Why isn't there an ezafe linking darsad and khanevade-ha to mean 'percent of the families'?
When expressing percentages in Farsi, the phrase [number] + darsad acts as a quantifier. It is placed directly before the noun it modifies without an ezafe. So, panjah darsad khanevade-ha translates literally to 'fifty percent families'.
Why does the verb hastand take a plural ending when 'fifty percent' is a single proportion?
When a percentage quantifies a plural, animate noun like khanevade-ha (families), the verb agrees with that logical subject. Because families are considered animate (groups of people) and the word is plural, the verb takes the plural ending -and.
If we are talking about multiple families, why is saheb-khane (homeowner) singular?
Saheb-khane is a compound word (literally 'house-owner') acting as a predicate noun here. In Farsi, when a predicate describes a plural subject, it usually stays singular. The plural subject and the plural verb hastand already provide enough context, so making it plural (saheb-khane-ha) is unnecessary.
How does the word sar-shomari translate to 'census'?
It is a descriptive compound word formed from sar (head) and shomari (counting, from the verb shomordan). Literally meaning 'head-counting', it is the standard Farsi term for a population census.
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