Breakdown of ارزیابی کردنش برای روانشناس بالینی به مراتب سختتر است.
است
is
او
he/she
برایbarâye
for
سختsakht
difficult / hard
روانشناسravân-shenâs
psychologist
ارزیابی کردنarzyâbi kardan
to evaluate
به مراتبbe marâteb
by far / considerably
بالینیbâlini
clinical
Questions & Answers about ارزیابی کردنش برای روانشناس بالینی به مراتب سختتر است.
Why is the enclitic -ash attached to kardan instead of using u?
Arzyābi kardan (ارزیابی کردن) means "to evaluate". By attaching the possessive enclitic -ash (ـش) directly to the infinitive, we get arzyābi kardanash, translating to "evaluating him" or "evaluating it". While you could grammatically say arzyābi kardan-e u, attaching the enclitic directly to the infinitive is much more natural and idiomatic in Farsi for expressing the logical direct object of a verbal noun.
Could the enclitic attach to the noun part of the compound verb instead, like arzyābi-ash kardan?
Generally, placing the enclitic on the noun part (like arzyābi-ash kardan) turns the phrase into a colloquial past tense verb meaning "they evaluated him" (short for arzyābi-ash kardand). Because we need a gerund or noun phrase here to act as the subject of the sentence ("evaluating him is..."), the enclitic must attach to the very end of the full long infinitive, creating arzyābi kardanash.
What does the phrase be marāteb (به مراتب) add to this sentence?
It translates to "by far" or "considerably". Marāteb is the plural of martabe (degree, level). When placed right before a comparative adjective like sakht-tar (harder), the phrase be marāteb acts as a strong intensifier, literally meaning "by many levels harder".
How is the word for clinical psychologist, ravān-shenās-e bālini (روانشناس بالینی), constructed?
Bālini means "clinical", coming from bālin (bedside). Ravān-shenās (psychologist) is composed of ravān (mind, psyche) and shenās, the present stem of shenākhtan (to know). Using a noun plus the -shenās suffix is a very common pattern for describing scientific specialists, such as jāmee-shenās (sociologist) or zist-shenās (biologist).
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