Breakdown of آیا نمایشگر این گوشی قابل تعویض است؟
است
is
این
this
آیاâyâ
whether (question particle)
گوشیgushi
phone
قابلqâbel
capable of
نمایشگرnamâyeshgar
display / monitor (screen)
تعویضta'viz
replacement
Questions & Answers about آیا نمایشگر این گوشی قابل تعویض است؟
How does the qâbel-e construction work here to mean "replaceable"?
The word qâbel means "capable of" or "worthy of". To express that something can have an action done to it (similar to the English suffix "-able"), Farsi connects qâbel-e to an action noun or a long infinitive using the Ezafe. Here, it connects to the noun تعویض (ta'viz), meaning "replacement", to create قابل تعویض (qâbel-e ta'viz), literally "capable of replacement" or "replaceable".
Could I use an infinitive instead of the noun تعویض (ta'viz) in this structure?
Yes. While connecting qâbel-e to an Arabic-derived action noun like تعویض is very common and sounds professional, you can also use the full infinitive of a compound verb. For example, you could say قابل عوض کردن (qâbel-e avaz kardan), which means "capable of being changed". Both structures express passive capability perfectly well at the B2 level.
What is the exact Ezafe chain in the phrase نمایشگر این گوشی?
The Ezafe links the head noun to its possessor. It goes on نمایشگر (namâyeshgar-e), linking it to این گوشی (in gushi). Notice that the Ezafe does not go on این (in), because demonstrative adjectives like این and آن sit outside the Ezafe chain and precede their nouns. So the phrase is read as namâyeshgar-e in gushi.
How is the word نمایشگر (namâyeshgar) formed?
It is formed by combining the noun نمایش (namâyesh), meaning "show" or "display", with the suffix گر- (-gar). This suffix usually indicates a person or device that performs an action, similar to "-er" or "-or" in English. So, a نمایشگر is literally a "displayer", which is the standard Farsi word for a screen or monitor.
Would this sentence sound natural in everyday casual conversation?
It is a bit formal. In spoken Farsi, people usually drop the question word آیا (âyâ), rely purely on a rising intonation at the end of the sentence to ask the question, and merge است (ast) into the previous word. A casual speaker would likely just say: نمایشگر این گوشی قابل تعویضه؟ (namâyeshgar-e in gushi qâbel-e ta'viz-e?).
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