Breakdown of همچنان دربارهی گویش جدید با زبانشناس صحبت میکنیم.
جدیدjadid
new
باbâ
with
صحبت کردنsohbat kardan
to speak / to talk
دربارهdarbâre
about / concerning
Questions & Answers about همچنان دربارهی گویش جدید با زبانشناس صحبت میکنیم.
I already know هنوز (hanooz) means 'still'. Why use همچنان (hamchenān) here?
Both mean 'still', but همچنان specifically emphasizes that a state or action is continuously ongoing just as it was before. It carries a slightly more formal or emphatic tone than هنوز, highlighting that the conversation hasn't been interrupted or changed.
How is the word گویش (guyesh - dialect) formed?
It is built from گوی (guy), the present stem of گفتن (goftan - to say/speak), attached to the suffix ـِش (-esh). This suffix turns a verb stem into an action noun. It is a very common pattern you will recognize in words like خواهش (request) or ورزش (sport/exercise).
What is the literal breakdown of the word for linguist, زبانشناس (zabān-shenās)?
It combines زبان (zabān - language) with شناس (shenās - knower/recognizer). شناس is the present stem of شناختن (shenākhtan - to know or recognize). You can attach -شناس to many nouns to describe an expert or someone who studies a field, such as روانشناس (psychologist, 'mind-knower').
Could I swap the order of the two prepositional phrases and say با زبانشناس دربارهی گویش جدید instead?
Yes, Persian word order for multiple prepositional phrases is quite flexible. Putting دربارهی گویش جدید (about the new dialect) first places a bit more emphasis on the topic of the conversation. Moving (with the linguist) before it would simply shift the emphasis to the person you are speaking with.