Questions & Answers about این نان خشک است.
Can I use one of the prefixes from this lesson, like nâ- or bi-, to make the opposite of khoshk?
No, not every adjective uses a prefix to form its opposite. To say wet (the opposite of dry), you must use a completely different word like tar or khis rather than adding a negative prefix to khoshk.
How would this sentence change in everyday spoken Farsi?
You will usually hear it pronounced as in nun khoshke. The sound 'â' in nân often changes to 'u' in colloquial Tehrani Farsi, making it nun. Additionally, the formal verb ast (is) shrinks and attaches to the end of the adjective as the suffix -e.
Why is there no -e (ezafe) connecting nân and khoshk?
Because this is a complete statement meaning 'This bread is dry', rather than a descriptive phrase. If you wanted to say the phrase 'this dry bread', you would use the ezafe to link the noun and adjective: in nân-e khoshk. Since khoshk acts as the predicate right before the verb ast, no ezafe is needed here.
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