Breakdown of دو تا سیب دارم.
سیبsib
apple
دوdo
two
داشتنdâshtan
to have
تاtâ
counting word between number and noun (do tâ sib = two apples)
Questions & Answers about دو تا سیب دارم.
Why is the word تا used between the number and the noun?
In conversational Farsi, تا acts as a general counter word for objects, similar to saying 'pieces of' or 'items of' in English. While formal written Farsi might skip it, you will almost always hear it used between numbers and nouns in everyday speech.
Since the English translation is 'apples', why isn't the plural form سیبها used?
In Farsi, whenever you use a number before a noun, the noun must stay in its singular form. Because the number دو already tells us there is more than one, adding a plural ending to سیب is not needed and is actually incorrect.
Where is the word for 'I' (من) in this sentence?
The subject pronoun is typically dropped in Farsi because the verb itself tells you who is doing the action. The verb دارم ends with the personal suffix -م, which clearly shows that 'I' am the one who has the apples.