Breakdown of تمرکز اشتغال در پایتخت، شتاب شهرنشینی را بیشتر میکند.
درdar
in
کردنkardan
to do / to make
راrâ
definite direct object marker
بیشترbishtar
more / most (of)
پایتختpâytakht
capital (city)
شهرنشینیshahr-neshini
urbanization
شتابshetâb
pace / acceleration
اشتغالeshteghâl
employment
تمرکزtamarkoz
concentration
Questions & Answers about تمرکز اشتغال در پایتخت، شتاب شهرنشینی را بیشتر میکند.
This lesson is about نسبت به (nesbat be), but it's not in this sentence. Is there still a comparison happening here?
Yes! The comparative word بیشتر (bishtar - more) implies a comparison, meaning urbanization is happening faster than before or than it otherwise would. If you wanted to explicitly state a comparison, like 'accelerates urbanization compared to other regions', you could add نسبت به مناطق دیگر (nesbat be manategh-e digar) right before بیشتر میکند.
The translation says 'accelerates', but the Persian uses بیشتر میکند (makes more). Why not use a single verb for 'accelerate'?
In Persian, verbs of change are frequently built by combining an adjective or noun with کردن (kardan - to do/make). Here, شتاب (shetab) means 'pace' or 'acceleration', and بیشتر کردن (bishtar kardan) means 'to increase'. So شتاب ... را بیشتر میکند literally means 'increases the pace of...', which is a very natural way to express 'accelerates' in formal Farsi.
What is the difference between اشتغال (eshteghal) and شغل (shoghl)?
شغل (shoghl) refers to a specific 'job' or 'occupation' (e.g., 'She has a good job'). اشتغال (eshteghal) is the broader, abstract Arabic-derived noun meaning 'employment' in an economic or statistical sense. You will see it often in B2-level analytical texts like this one.
How is the word شهرنشینی (shahrneshini - urbanization) broken down?
It is a classic Persian compound. It combines شهر (shahr - city) + نشین (neshin - present stem of 'to sit/reside') + ی (i - abstract noun suffix). شهرنشین means 'city-dweller', and adding the final ی creates the abstract concept of 'city-dwelling' or 'urbanization'.
Why is the object marker را (ra) placed after شهرنشینی instead of right after شتاب (pace)?
را marks the entire definite direct object. Because 'the pace of urbanization' is a single noun phrase linked by the invisible Ezafe vowel (شتابِ شهرنشینی), را must sit at the very end of that whole chain, right before the verb phrase.
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