Breakdown of از زمان فارغالتحصیلی به بعد، او یک برنامهنویس است.
است
is
او
he/she
یکyek
one / a, an
بهbe
to
ازaz
from
زمانzamân
time (concept, duration, era)
بعدba'd
then, afterwards
برنامهنویسbarnâme-nevis
programmer
فارغالتحصیلیfâregh-ot-tahsili
graduation
Questions & Answers about از زمان فارغالتحصیلی به بعد، او یک برنامهنویس است.
How does the structure az ... be ba'd work in this sentence, and is zamān-e strictly necessary?
The phrase az ... be ba'd acts as a frame meaning "from ... onwards". Here, it wraps around zamān-e fāregh-ot-tahsili (the time of graduation). While you could technically just say az fāregh-ot-tahsili be ba'd, adding zamān-e (time of) makes the temporal starting point sound much more natural in Persian.
In English we would say "he HAS BEEN a programmer" since graduation. Why does this sentence use the simple present tense ast (is)?
In Persian, when a state or action begins in the past and continues seamlessly into the present, you usually use the simple present tense. The temporal phrase az ... be ba'd already tells us exactly when the state started, so the present tense ast is perfectly sufficient to express "has been and still is".
The word for graduation, fāregh-ot-tahsili, looks quite long. How is it constructed?
It is based on the Arabic-derived word fāregh-ot-tahsil, which means "graduate" (literally: one who is free from or has finished their studies). Adding the Persian abstract noun suffix -i at the end changes it from a person (a graduate) to the concept or event itself (graduation).
How do the parts of barnāme-nevis combine to mean "programmer"?
This is a classic Persian compound noun. It combines barnāme (program or plan) with nevis, which is the present stem of the verb neveshtan (to write). Together, a "program-writer" logically translates to programmer.
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