Word
چه منظرهی خیرهکنندهای!
Meaning
What a dazzling landscape!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of چه منظرهی خیرهکنندهای!
چهche
what
منظرهmanzare
landscape / view
خیرهکنندهkhire-konande
dazzling
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Questions & Answers about چه منظرهی خیرهکنندهای!
How does the exclamatory structure work in this sentence?
It uses the word che (what) followed by the noun phrase, and ends with the indefinite enclitic -i (a). Notice that the noun manzare (landscape) and the adjective xire-konande (dazzling) are linked by the ezāfe (-ye). So the pattern is: che + Noun + ezāfe + Adjective + -i.
Why does the indefinite -i meaning 'a' attach to the adjective rather than the noun?
In Farsi, the indefinite suffix -i attaches to the very end of the entire noun phrase. Since the adjective xire-konande describes the noun and comes after it, the -i gets tacked onto the end of the adjective, not the noun itself.
Why are the letters ای added to the very end of خیرهکننده?
The adjective xire-konande ends in a silent 'heh' (the short 'e' sound). When you add the indefinite suffix -i to a word ending in a silent 'heh', you cannot just add a ی. You must use an alef as a base, which makes it های (pronounced '-e-i').
How is the compound adjective خیرهکننده (xire-konande) formed?