Word
امروز آخرین روز است.
Meaning
Today is the last day.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about امروز آخرین روز است.
Why does آخرین come before روز instead of after it?
In Farsi, regular adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. However, ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.) and words like آخرین (the last) follow a special rule: they are placed right before the noun.
Should there be an Ezafe linking آخرین and روز?
No. The Ezafe (the invisible 'e' or 'ye' sound used to link nouns and adjectives) is completely dropped when an ordinal number or آخرین is placed before a noun. You simply say آخرین روز without any connecting sound.
Why does آخرین end in '-in' instead of '-omin' like the other numbers in this lesson?
Most regular numbers add -omin to form this pre-noun type of ordinal (like دومین for second). Because آخر (end/last) is a concept rather than a strict number, it just takes -in to become آخرین. Despite this small difference, it follows the exact same pre-nominal grammar rules as the -omin numbers.