Word
چرخدندههای این ساعت خیلی کوچک است.
Meaning
The gears of this watch are very small.
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Questions & Answers about چرخدندههای این ساعت خیلی کوچک است.
The subject "gears" (چرخدندههای) is plural, so why is the verb singular (است instead of هستند)?
In Farsi, when the subject is an inanimate plural (things that are not alive, like gears), the verb is almost always conjugated in the third-person singular. That's why we use است (is) rather than the plural هستند (are).
What is the exact breakdown of the word چرخدندههای?
It is a compound word: چرخ (wheel) + دنده (tooth or gear) + ها (plural suffix) + ی (the ezafe connector). Literally, it translates to "the toothed wheels of...".
Why is the ezafe written as a full ی at the end of چرخدندههای?
The plural suffix ها ends in the long vowel alef. Whenever a word ends in a long vowel like alef or vav, the ezafe (which links "gears" to "this watch") must be written with the letter ی and pronounced as -ye to smoothly connect the words.
I learned ساعت means "hour". How do we know it means "watch" here?
The word ساعت is very versatile and can mean "hour", "clock", or "watch". You have to rely on context. Since the sentence discusses the physical "gears" of this specific object, it refers to a mechanical timepiece like a watch or clock.