Breakdown of این اشراف هستند که همیشه راجع به فلان لباس و بهمان ماشین صحبت میکنند.
و
and
این
this
بودنbudan
to be
ماشینmâshin
car
لباسlebâs
dress / clothes
همیشهhamishe
always
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
کهke
that (conjunction)
راجع بهrâje' be
about
فلانfolân
such-and-such / so-and-so
اشرافashrâf
aristocracy / elites
بهمانbahmân
such-and-such
Questions & Answers about این اشراف هستند که همیشه راجع به فلان لباس و بهمان ماشین صحبت میکنند.
Why do we see bahmân paired with folân here?
The word bahmân (and sometimes bisâr) is commonly used as a rhythmic follow-up to folân. When listing multiple unspecified, hypothetical, or trivial things, Farsi speakers use folân for the first item and bahmân for the second. It translates well to "such-and-such and so-and-so" or "this, that, and the other."
Why is there no indefinite -i suffix on lebâs or mâshin after folân and bahmân?
When folân and bahmân are used as determiners (placed directly before a noun, like "such-and-such clothes"), the noun stays in its simple form without the indefinite -i. You only see the -i added to the placeholder itself when it acts as a standalone pronoun (like folâni, meaning "so-and-so" or "a certain person").
Why does the sentence start with in ashrâf hastand ke instead of simply saying ashrâf hamishe...?
This is a "cleft sentence" structure used to add heavy emphasis. By saying in [X] hastand ke... (literally "These are [X] that..."), the speaker is singling out the aristocracy. It perfectly mirrors the English emphatic structure: "It is the aristocracy who..." rather than just "The aristocracy always..."
The verbs hastand and mikonand are plural. Is ashrâf a plural noun?
Yes. ashrâf is an Arabic "broken plural" (an irregular plural formed by altering the word's internal structure) of the word sharif (noble/honorable). In Farsi, it means "the aristocracy" or "the nobles" and correctly takes plural verb agreement.
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