Breakdown of دانشمندان در آستانهی شروع کردن یک دوران جدید هستند.
بودنbudan
to be
جدیدjadid
new
یکyek
one / a, an
درdar
in
شروع کردنshoru' kardan
to start
دانشمندdâneshmand
scientist
آستانهâstâne
threshold
دورانdowrân
era
Questions & Answers about دانشمندان در آستانهی شروع کردن یک دوران جدید هستند.
Why do we use the full infinitive shoru' kardan instead of a conjugated verb after dar âstâne-ye?
The phrase dar âstâne-ye acts like a preposition requiring a noun after it. To say you are on the threshold of doing something, you use the full infinitive (the "long infinitive") as a verbal noun. Here, shoru' kardan acts exactly like the English gerund "starting."
Is there a hidden Ezafe linking shoru' kardan to the rest of the sentence?
Yes! When an infinitive acts as a noun and is followed by its logical object, they are linked with an Ezafe. You pronounce it shoru' kardan-e yek dowrân. It literally translates to "the starting of a new era."
Could I use the other imminence expression, dar shorof-e, instead of dar âstâne-ye here?
Grammatically yes, but dar âstâne-ye is a much better stylistic fit. Dar shorof-e usually means "on the verge of" or "about to" and focuses on immediate timing. Dar âstâne-ye literally translates to "on the threshold of" or "at the dawn of," which perfectly suits the grand scale of entering a dowrân-e jadid (new era).
Why use the suffix -ân to make dâneshmandân plural instead of the standard -hâ?
While dâneshmandhâ is correct and common in everyday spoken Farsi, -ân is the classic plural suffix for people and animate beings. Because this sentence has a slightly formal, journalistic tone, the formal dâneshmandân feels much more appropriate than the everyday -hâ.
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