Word
آن طرفِ خیابان یک پارک است.
Meaning
On that side of the street is a park.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about آن طرفِ خیابان یک پارک است.
The lesson is about be taraf-e (towards). Why is there no be in front of taraf here?
In this sentence, taraf is just acting as a regular noun meaning "side", rather than as part of the directional preposition "towards". aan taraf-e khiaabaan simply means "that side of the street". If you added be to make it be aan taraf-e khiaabaan, it would change the meaning to "towards that side of the street", which wouldn't make sense with "is a park".
The translation says "On that side of the street", but there is no Farsi word for "on" in the sentence. Why?
In Farsi, when you use location phrases starting with in (this) or aan (that) like aan taraf (that side), the preposition for "in", "on", or "at" is often implied and left out. You could technically say dar aan taraf-e... (in/on that side of...), but dropping it is very natural and common in everyday speech.
Why is there an e sound at the end of taraf?
That is the Ezafe, a short e vowel used to link words together to show a relationship, like possession or description. Here, it connects taraf (side) and khiaabaan (street) to form taraf-e khiaabaan, meaning "side of the street".
Could I change the word order and say yek paark aan taraf-e khiaabaan ast?