Breakdown of سه قسمت زرد به یک قسمت قرمز اضافه میشود.
یکyek
one / a, an
بهbe
to
سهse
three
قرمزgermez
red
زردzard
yellow
اضافه کردنezâfe kardan
to add
قسمتghesmat
part / portion (section)
Questions & Answers about سه قسمت زرد به یک قسمت قرمز اضافه میشود.
In this sentence, is the word به used because of the verb to add, or to express the ratio of three to one?
It is actually doing double duty here! The preposition به connects the numbers to express the ratio (three parts to one part), which fits our current lesson. However, the compound verb اضافه شدن (to be added) also naturally requires به to indicate what something is being added to.
Should there be an ezāfe (the connecting e sound) between قسمت (part) and زرد (yellow)?
No, and this is a subtle but important detail! Normally, an adjective or noun modifier takes an ezāfe. But here, قسمت is acting as a unit of measurement. In Farsi, when a noun functions as a measure word (like a glass of water), we drop the ezāfe. So it is simply سه قسمت زرد.
Why is the noun قسمت (part) singular when the number سه (three) comes right before it?
This is a quick refresher of an essential rule: nouns that follow a specific number always remain in their singular form in Farsi. Even though we translate it as three parts in English, Farsi strictly keeps it as سه قسمت.
How does the verb اضافه میشود show that the sentence is passive?
The active compound verb is اضافه کردن (to add). To make it passive, the کردن (to do) part is replaced with شدن (to become). میشود is the present tense of شدن, so اضافه میشود literally translates to becomes added.
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