Breakdown of پسره خیلی باهوشه.
خیلی
very / many (of)
باهوشbâhush
smart
پسرهpesare
the boy, that guy (spoken)
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Questions & Answers about پسره خیلی باهوشه.
Why is there an 'ه' at the end of both پسره and باهوشه? Do they mean the same thing?
No, they serve completely different purposes in spoken Farsi! The ه on پسره makes it specific, meaning the boy or that guy. The ه on باهوشه is the colloquial short form of است meaning is.
I thought پسر meant boy. Why is it translated as guy here?
While پسر literally means boy or son, in casual conversation with the specific ه ending (پسره), it is very commonly used to mean that guy or the dude, regardless of his exact age.
How does the word باهوش translate to smart?
It is made of two parts: با meaning with, and هوش meaning intelligence. So someone who is باهوش is literally with intelligence, which is the standard way to say smart or clever.
If I were writing this in formal Farsi, how would the sentence change?
You would remove the conversational suffixes. پسره becomes آن پسر (that boy) or این پسر (this boy) because formal Farsi uses separate words for this and that. The conversational ه for is goes back to its full form, است. So formally, it would be آن پسر خیلی باهوش است.