Questions & Answers about بهار فصلِ اول است.
Why is it فصلِ اول instead of اول فصل?
In Farsi, ordinal numbers like اول (first) act like adjectives. They usually come after the noun they describe and are linked by the Ezafe vowel (an "e" sound added to the end of the noun). So, you are literally saying "season-e first".
Can I put the word for "first" before the noun like we do in English?
Yes, but you have to change the word slightly! If you add the suffix -ین (-in) to make it اولین (avvalin), it goes before the noun and you drop the Ezafe. Both فصلِ اول and اولین فصل mean "the first season" and are completely interchangeable.
Where is the word for "the" in this sentence?
Farsi does not have a definite article like "the". Whether a noun is definite ("the first season") or general is simply understood from the context. Here, because there is only one "first season", English naturally requires "the".
How does است (ast) sound in everyday casual conversation?
While written as است (ast) in formal Farsi, native speakers almost always shorten this in spoken Farsi. They drop the word entirely and just attach an "-e" sound to the end of the previous word. So, you will usually hear people say فصلِ اوله (fasl-e avval-e).
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