Word
ارتفاع بلندترین تندیسها صد متر است.
Meaning
The height of the tallest of the statues is one hundred meters.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of ارتفاع بلندترین تندیسها صد متر است.
است
is
صدsad
one hundred
بلندboland
loud / high / long
ارتفاعertefâ'
height
Questions & Answers about ارتفاع بلندترین تندیسها صد متر است.
How do we get the meaning "tallest OF the statues" here, rather than just "the tallest statues"?
To create this partitive meaning ("the most X of the Ys"), Farsi adds an Ezafe to the superlative adjective. Even though it is not written out, we pronounce it as بلندترینِ تندیسها (boland-tarin-e tandis-hā).
How does the word ارتفاع (height) connect to the rest of the subject?
It connects with another Ezafe! You actually have an Ezafe chain here: ارتفاعِ بلندترینِ تندیسها (ertefā'-e boland-tarin-e tandis-hā), meaning "the height of the tallest of the statues."
Is تندیس the standard word for "statue"?
مجسمه (mojasameh) is the everyday word you will hear most often for a statue or sculpture. تندیس (tandis) is a slightly more formal, literary word used for grand monuments, famous statues, or award trophies.
Since the sentence mentions one hundred meters, why isn't متر pluralized as مترها?
As a quick refresher: in Farsi, any noun that directly follows a number must stay in its singular form. Because it directly follows صد (one hundred), متر stays singular.