Word
ما گیاهان عجیبی پیدا کردیم، از جمله نیلوفر و ارکیده.
Meaning
We found strange plants, including the lotus and the orchid.
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Breakdown of ما گیاهان عجیبی پیدا کردیم، از جمله نیلوفر و ارکیده.
ما
we
و
and
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
عجیبajib
strange
Questions & Answers about ما گیاهان عجیبی پیدا کردیم، از جمله نیلوفر و ارکیده.
What does the phrase az jomle literally mean, and how does it function here?
The word jomle translates to sentence but historically it also means total or collection. So az jomle literally translates to from the collection of. As a discourse marker, it is used exactly like including, such as, or among which in English to introduce specific examples of a broader category mentioned just before it, which in this case is giahan.
Why is the indefinite marker -i attached to the adjective ajibi instead of the noun giahan?
In Farsi noun phrases, the indefinite suffix -i attaches to the very end of the phrase. Since the adjective ajib modifies the noun giahan, the suffix goes on the adjective. This gives us giahan-e ajibi meaning some strange plants, rather than attaching to the noun directly.
Why does the word for plants, giahan, use the -an plural suffix instead of the standard -ha?
The singular noun is giah. While the standard plural suffix -ha is perfectly fine to use to make giah-ha, Farsi often uses the animate plural suffix -an for plants and trees. This is a leftover from older Persian where growing things were treated grammatically as living or animate nouns. Using -an here makes the sentence sound just a bit more elegant.
Do I need to use an ezafe vowel after az jomle to connect it to the list of flowers?