Breakdown of چرم پولیششدهی تودوزی خیلی نرم است، مگر نه؟
است
is
خیلی
very / many (of)
نهna
no
شدنshodan
to become
چرمcharm
leather
مگرmagar
unless / perhaps (used in tags)
نرمnarm
soft
تودوزیtuduzi
upholstery
پولیشpulish
polish
Questions & Answers about چرم پولیششدهی تودوزی خیلی نرم است، مگر نه؟
How is پولیششده formed and used in this sentence?
This is the compound passive participle. The active compound verb is پولیش کردن (to polish). To make it passive, کردن becomes شدن. The past participle form of that is شده. Here, پولیششده (polished) is used attributively as an adjective describing چرم (leather).
Why is there a ی at the end of پولیششدهی?
It is the ezafe marker. First, there is an invisible ezafe on چرم linking it to its adjective: چرمِ پولیششده (the polished leather). Then, another ezafe links that entire chunk to تودوزی (upholstery) to say 'the polished leather of the upholstery'. Because شده ends in a silent 'h' (pronounced as the vowel 'e'), this second ezafe requires the consonant ی (y) to bridge the vowel gap.
How does the word تودوزی translate to 'upholstery'?
It is a compound noun made of تو (inside) and دوزی (sewing or stitching). It literally translates to 'inside sewing' or 'inner lining', which is the standard Farsi term for the upholstery of a car or furniture.
Is مگر نه؟ the only way to say 'isn't it?' here?
مگر نه؟ is the standard, slightly formal way to ask a tag question like 'isn't it?' or 'right?'. In everyday conversational Farsi, you will frequently hear the shortened مگه نه؟ or simply just نه؟ at the end of the sentence.
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