Word
روبان آبی را دوست داشتم، پس خریدمش.
Meaning
I liked the blue ribbon, so I bought it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of روبان آبی را دوست داشتم، پس خریدمش.
خریدنkharidan
to buy
دوست داشتنdust dâshtan
to like / to love
راrâ
definite direct object marker
پسpas
so, then
Questions & Answers about روبان آبی را دوست داشتم، پس خریدمش.
Why is the object pronoun attached to the verb as in خریدمش instead of saying آن را خریدم?
Appending the object pronoun clitic -ash (it) directly to the verb (خریدمش) is extremely common in spoken and everyday Farsi. While آن را خریدم is grammatically correct, using the clitic makes the sentence flow much more naturally.
Why does the direct object marker را come after آبی and not immediately after the noun روبان?
The word را always follows the entire noun phrase that acts as the definite direct object. Since the complete object here is the 'blue ribbon' (روبان آبی), the marker must come after the adjective آبی to act on the whole phrase.
Can I use a different conjunction like بنابراین instead of پس here?
You could, but بنابراین (therefore) sounds quite formal. For everyday situations, پس (so, then) is the perfect, natural choice to link a simple cause and effect like liking something and buying it.
The word روبان sounds a lot like 'ribbon' or the French 'ruban'. Is it a loanword?
Yes, روبان (rubân) is a direct loanword from French. Farsi adopted many French terms during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and this one has been fully integrated into everyday vocabulary.