Breakdown of خیابانهای آبگرفته کاملاً خالی هستند.
بودنbudan
to be
خیابانkhiâbân
street
خالیkhâli
empty
کاملاًkâmelan
completely
آبگرفتهâb-gerefte
flooded
Questions & Answers about خیابانهای آبگرفته کاملاً خالی هستند.
How is the word for flooded, آبگرفته, formed in this sentence?
It is a compound adjective describing a resulting state. It combines the noun آب (water) with the bare past participle گرفته (taken/caught). Literally meaning water-taken, it describes the state of being flooded.
Does the compound adjective آبگرفته need an ezafe to connect to the noun?
Yes. Even though it is a compound, it functions exactly like a standard adjective modifying the noun before it. The ezafe, which is the ی added to خیابانها, links the streets to their flooded state.
Why does the adverb کاملاً end with a double line over the alef?
That is the tanvin ending, borrowed from Arabic, which produces an -an sound. In Farsi, adding this to an Arabic root creates an adverb. You will see it very frequently in words like کاملاً (completely), حتماً (definitely), and مثلاً (for example).
Since خیابانها (streets) is an inanimate plural, could we use the singular verb است instead of the plural هستند?
Yes, absolutely. In everyday Farsi, inanimate plural subjects often take singular verbs. Using the plural هستند here is also grammatically correct and tends to sound slightly more formal, or it can be used to emphasize the individual streets rather than treating them as a single group.
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