Breakdown of گیاهان متفاوتی از جمله کاکتوس در آنجا پرورش داده میشدند.
آنجاânjâ
there
درdar
in
شدنshodan
to become
گیاهgiyâh
plant
Questions & Answers about گیاهان متفاوتی از جمله کاکتوس در آنجا پرورش داده میشدند.
How does the phrase از جمله (az jomle) function as "including" here?
The word جمله (jomle) usually means "sentence," but its older root meaning is "totality" or "collection." So, از جمله literally translates to "from the collection [of]." As a discourse marker, it functions exactly like "including" or "among which," introducing a specific example (کاکتوس) that belongs to the broader category just mentioned (گیاهان متفاوتی).
Can you break down the long verb پرورش داده میشدند?
This is the past continuous passive voice. The active compound verb is پرورش دادن (parvaresh dādan, to cultivate or raise). To make it passive, we take its past participle, پرورش داده, and add the auxiliary verb شدن (shodan, to become). Adding the continuous prefix می (mi-) to the past form شدند (shodand) gives us the meaning "were being cultivated."
Why is there an -i suffix on the adjective متفاوتی (motefāvet-i)?
This is the indefinite ی (-i). When an indefinite noun has an adjective modifying it, the suffix normally attaches to the very end of the noun phrase, not to the noun itself. So, گیاهان متفاوت (different plants) becomes گیاهان متفاوتی (certain/some different plants).
Why is کاکتوس singular here when referring to the plant generally?