Breakdown of در یک مهمانی تجملاتی، پچپچی دربارهی فلان عمارت بود.
بودنbudan
to be
یکyek
one / a, an
درdar
in
مهمانیmehmâni
party
دربارهdarbâre
about / concerning
عمارتemârat
mansion
تجملاتیtajammolâti
luxurious
پچپچpech-pech
whisper / murmuring
فلانfolân
such-and-such / so-and-so
Questions & Answers about در یک مهمانی تجملاتی، پچپچی دربارهی فلان عمارت بود.
How is folân used here, and does it take an ezâfe before emârat?
folân translates to "such-and-such" or "a certain". It acts as a determiner here. Just like the demonstratives in (this) and ân (that), folân comes before the noun it modifies and does not take an ezâfe. So, it is pronounced folân emârat, not folân-e emârat.
Could we use folâni instead of folân in this sentence?
No. As you are learning in this lesson, folân is a determiner that must sit directly before a noun (like emârat). folâni, on the other hand, is a pronoun (meaning "so-and-so" or "a certain someone") and stands entirely on its own. You would only use folâni if you completely removed the word "mansion" and just said "the whisper was about so-and-so".
What exactly is pech-pechi, and what is the final -i doing?
pech-pech is a very common onomatopoeic word for "whispering," "murmuring," or "gossip." The final -i is the indefinite article, making it mean "a whisper" or "some murmuring."
The adjective tajammolâti looks like it contains an Arabic plural. How is this word built?
Spot on! It starts with the Arabic-derived noun tajammol (luxury). It gets the Arabic plural suffix -ât to become tajammolât (luxuries/extravagances). Finally, the Persian suffix -i is added to the end to turn that plural noun into an adjective, meaning "luxurious." Mixing Arabic plurals with Persian suffixes like this is very common in Farsi.
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