Word
آن عقربههای سنگین اصطکاک تولید میکند.
Meaning
Those heavy hands produce friction.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of آن عقربههای سنگین اصطکاک تولید میکند.
آن
that
سنگینsangin
heavy
تولید کردنtolid kardan
to produce
عقربهaghrabe
watch hand
Questions & Answers about آن عقربههای سنگین اصطکاک تولید میکند.
Why does the verb میکند end in a singular suffix when the subject عقربههای (hands) is plural?
This is a key rule in Farsi: inanimate plural subjects (things that are not alive) generally take a 3rd-person singular verb. Since clock hands aren't alive, we use the singular میکند instead of the plural میکنند.
Since the subject is plural ("those heavy hands"), why do we use the singular آن instead of آنها?
Demonstrative adjectives like آن (that/those) and این (this/these) never take a plural marker when they are placed directly before a noun. You only use آنها when it stands completely on its own as a pronoun (meaning "they" or "those").
Why is there an extra ی at the end of عقربههای?
That is the ezafe linking the noun to its adjective, سنگین (heavy). Because the plural noun عقربهها ends in the long vowel sound "a", Farsi adds the consonant ی (y) as a bridge before pronouncing the ezafe "e" sound.
How does the verb تولید میکند work here?
It is a very common compound verb. It combines the noun تولید (production) with the helper verb کردن (to do/make). In the present tense for a 3rd-person singular subject, کردن becomes میکند, giving us "produces".