Word
خرس پستاندار انفرادی است؛ در گله زندگی نمیکند و به حس بویایی خود تکیه میکند.
Meaning
The bear is a solitary mammal; it does not live in a herd and relies on its sense of smell.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of خرس پستاندار انفرادی است؛ در گله زندگی نمیکند و به حس بویایی خود تکیه میکند.
است
is
و
and
درdar
in
بهbe
to
Questions & Answers about خرس پستاندار انفرادی است؛ در گله زندگی نمیکند و به حس بویایی خود تکیه میکند.
Why is خرس singular when the sentence refers to bears in general?
This sentence uses a bare singular noun for generic reference. By using خرس (bear) without any plural markers or the indefinite ی, it represents the entire species. English typically translates this concept as "The bear is..." or "Bears are...".
Since خرس conceptually represents all bears, why are the verbs نمیکند and میکند singular?
Grammatical agreement in Farsi strictly follows the actual form of the noun. Because the generic subject خرس is written as a singular word, the verbs زندگی نمیکند (does not live) and تکیه میکند (relies) must also be singular, regardless of the plural meaning.
Why is the preposition به used before حس بویایی?
It is required by the compound verb تکیه کردن (to rely). Just as English uses "rely on", Farsi verbs often have specific prepositions they must pair with. In Farsi, you rely "to" something, so this verb always takes به.
Why does the sentence use خود instead of a regular possessive ending like اش for "its"?
While you could technically say به حس بویاییاش, using خود is much more natural here. In Farsi, whenever the possessor of an object is also the subject of the clause performing the action, the language strongly prefers the reflexive pronoun خود to emphasize "its own".