Breakdown of بهمن ماهِ زمستان است.
ماهmâh
month
بهمنbahman
Bahman (11th Persian month, Jan–Feb)
زمستانzemestân
winter
Questions & Answers about بهمن ماهِ زمستان است.
Why do I hear an 'e' sound after ماه (mah) if it is not written?
That is the ezafe. It is a short 'e' sound used to link words together, like a noun and its possessor. Here, it links ماه (month) and زمستان (winter) to literally mean 'month of winter'.
Does بهمن (Bahman) correspond exactly to a specific month in English?
Not exactly. بهمن is the 11th month of the Persian solar calendar, which usually falls between late January and mid-February. Interestingly, the word بهمن also means 'avalanche' in Farsi!
The English translation says 'a winter month', so where is the word for 'a' in the Farsi sentence?
In Farsi, you do not always need to use an indefinite article (like یک or the suffix -ی) when stating a general classification. The phrase ماهِ زمستان simply translates as 'month of winter', which we naturally express as 'a winter month' in English.
Why is the verb است (ast) placed at the very end of the sentence?
Farsi generally follows a Subject-Object-Verb word order. The main verb, including the 'to be' verb است (is), almost always goes at the very end of the sentence.
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